Practical Tips on Meditation February 25, 2009
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I thought it would be useful this week to offer some more practical tips on meditation, you can never have too much help when you first start out meditating.
FREQUENCY OF MEDITATION: Be sure to set aside some quiet time each day to meditate. I recommend early morning or early evening. Be careful to guard against tiredness, meditation is not just a way to get to sleep!
ACCOMPANYING EXERCISE: When you meditate after exercise, you often reap greater rewards. Exercising the body often allows greater clarity for the mind. Have you ever experienced a moment where during exercise you understood something better? Clearly, the most obvious form of exercise that suits meditation is Yoga, however swimming and running could also benefit the quietening of the mind.
CHOICE OF LOCATION: Choose a room where you will not be disturbed. Take the phone off the hook, turn off your mobile, pda and computer. It’s important that you give this time to yourself and your location needs to be suitable. Choose somewhere that isn’t too warm and dry, and not too cool either. A pleasant temperature will help you to remain focused.
POSTURE: There are many possible postures for meditation, however lying down is often one that promotes sleep and not mindful stillness. Sitting up straight is one way to ensure that you remain alert even when you are deeply meditating. Ensure that you are comfortable, but that the comfort doesn’t induce sleep.
DURATION: When you first start out, it may be difficult to meditate for a long time but 5-10 minutes should be enough to start seeing some early benefits. As you become more accustomed to it, you will be able to increase this time to 15-20 and upwards to whatever duration you choose.
BREATHING: If you feel a great deal of physical tension when you meditate, place your focus onto your breath. Your body is not used to holding itself still like this, even during sleep, so you may find it twitches and moves involuntarily, but by focusing on deep, relaxing breaths, you’ll allow your physical state to become completely still too.
— Ivor Murray is the MD of Meditations-UK, an innovative company that sells technology-led aids to help you relax and de-stress. Their main products are Meditation Machines – small, portable machines that use natural light and sound to gently guide you into calm, relaxing states of mind and body, easily and automatically.
You can find out more about them at www.Meditations-UK.com or www.MindSpa-UK.com, or telephone 020 8371 0436
On Brainwaves and Meditation Machines February 13, 2009
Posted by themindspa in Mindspa, meditation.Tags: Brainwaves and Meditation Machines, Gray Walter, Ivor Murray, Meditation, meditation machines, Meditation Technology, Meditations Ltd
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In my last blog post, I wrote about how meditation affects an individual’s brainwave output. In this blog post, I want to explain how and why meditation machines help people to meditate effectively.
Back in the 40s, Grey Walter, a researcher, discovered that brainwave patterns would mirror flickering light. There is a direct correlation between the frequency of the flickering light and the frequency of the brainwaves, the tiny electrical impulses emitted by the brain.
Flickering lights help us to slip from our rapid, racing beta waves into alpha and then theta states, perhaps even delta if we’re not mindful of our slipping into sleep.
In the 70s, scientist Gerald Ostler discovered that sounds could have a similar effect to the patterns of flickering light.He introduced the concept of binaural beats which occur when one ear perceives a pure tone of a differing pitch than the other ear. The brain then takes over and harmonizes the two different pitches and brings them together as one whole.The brain then follows these binaural beats creating a state of relaxation and the reduction of tension.
Meditation machines take advantage of this knowledge about flickering lights and pulsing sounds to create relaxation or other mood changing effects. A system consists of a small, hand-held unit, stereo headphones and special glasses inset with light-emitting diodes (LEDs). During a session, these lights flash and are synchronized with specific sound patterns that are received through the headphones.
By presenting the pulsed audio and visual stimulation to the brain, after a short time, your brain begins to resonate , or entrain, at the same frequency as the stimulus. (This is similar to the relaxing effect you might experience by gazing at a gently flickering flame or listening to soothing music).
The tone, frequency and other parameters of the light and sound stimulation vary the effect and Meditation Machines have many different types of sessions built into them for relaxation, meditation, stimulation, creative visualisation and so on.
In addition to entrainment, the imagery created by the visual and auditory stimulation provides a focus for your mind and quiets internal dialogue or chatter. The various areas of your brain begin to integrate into one whole, harmonious unit as experienced by masters of meditation. This entrainment and integration is passive and occurs naturally without your conscious effort.
At Meditations-UK, we offer a range of machines across a wide price range. We hope that this allows everyone to find a machine that is within their budget.
As you go up in price through the range, the Machines tend to increase in quality in terms of the sound and, in particular, the special Light Glasses. Additionally, we’ve found that different machines tend to be better for certain purposes.
If you’re not sure which Meditation Machine will be best for you, please contact us either by emailat or by phone on 020 8371 0436 and we’ll be happy to advise you.
— Ivor Murray is the MD of Meditations-UK, an innovative company that sells technology-led aids to help you relax and de-stress. Their main products are Meditation Machines – small, portable machines that use natural light and sound to gently guide you into calm, relaxing states of mind and body, easily and automatically.
You can find out more about them at www.Meditations-UK.com or www.MindSpa-UK.com, or telephone 020 8371 0436
Meditation and Brainwaves February 11, 2009
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The brain is made up of millions of nerves that each give off a tiny electrical impulse. These impulses are often known as brainwaves. There are four types of these brainwaves that we are interested in when looking at meditation and its impact and effect on the brain.
Beta: These waves are active in the brain during normal waking mind states. The person is fully awake and alert, someone reading or engaging in an activity such as giving a talk or responding to questions is experiencing constant Beta waves.
Alpha: When a person is relaxed their brain activity slows from beta waves into alpha waves. This is when we feel quiet restfulfulness and relaxed well being.
Theta: Theta waves appear when the person enters a near sleep state, this is a state in which day dreams, memory and the highest state of creativity is reached.
Delta: This is the state achieved during sleep whenever you don’t dream. It is a deep, physically and mentally restful state of being. This final state is a place of complete psychophysiological stillness and calm.
Research using equipment to measure brainwave activity during meditation has found some fascinating results. Brainwave activity undergoes widespread change during meditation. Meditators quickly moved from a very alert state of beta waves into a relaxed alpha wave state. As the meditator moves into a deeper state of relaxation, theta waves begin to appear and the individual experiences the complete sense of inner stillness. Of course, inexperienced meditators often undergo a transition to Delta waves, as they fall from stillness to sleep.
In separate research of Buddhist meditation, scientists found that dormant areas of the brain awoke during meditation whilst normally active areas reduce their activity or became inactive. At the peak points of meditation, the scientists found that the brain activity had reduced its capacity for spatial awareness, giving the individual a sense of floating and complete physical release.
This is just a simple introduction to brainwave activity during meditation, but in my next blog, I’ll talk about how brainwaves are affected by meditation machines.
— Ivor Murray is the MD of Meditations-UK, an innovative company that sells technology-led aids to help you relax and de-stress. Their main products are Meditation Machines – small, portable machines that use natural light and sound to gently guide you into calm, relaxing states of mind and body, easily and automatically.
You can find out more about them at www.Meditations-UK.com or www.MindSpa-UK.com, or telephone 020 8371 0436
Meditation Technology February 6, 2009
Posted by themindspa in Mindspa, meditation.Tags: Help with Stress, Ivor Murray, Meditation, Meditation Ltd, Meditation Technology, Sirius
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In today’s blog, I wish to give a brief introduction to one of the meditation machines that we use to introduce and inspire people to use meditation to improve the quality of their lives. Meditations Ltd is the world’s leading authority on Meditation Machine Technology and experience has taught us that our technology can really be a huge help to people coping with stress, insomnia, depression, memory and concentration problems.
Our biggest selling Meditation Machine is called the MindSpa . As you can see in the picture, it’s like a walkman, with stereo headphones for aural stimulation, and glasses to provide a visual stimulus at the same time. The combination of sound and lights automatically helps to ease you into a meditative state. The synchronized use of gentle flickering lights and soothing pulses produces a relaxed state of mind and also allows the body to become restful.
MindSpa Meditation Machine
The MindSpa carries a ringing endorsement from the Co-Creator of NLP, Dr. Richard Bandler who has this to say about it :
“”I have devoted 35 years to developing tools to make the human brain more user friendly. I find the MindSpa to be of the most important new tools that can open the doorway to better quality of life.
I use the MindSpa on myself….I use the MindSpa on my clients. The results I get are astonishing. Better learning, sleeping, thinking…… the list goes on and on. I intend to use this device to create opportunity, success, and freedom.
Let the future be more wonderful! ”
We don’t just sell our Meditation Machines, we develop an ongoing relationship with our new customers through email contact. Our customers love the personal contact that we maintain as we help them get the best out of their meditation technology. We help people to use their Meditation Machines effectively and provide free tips and advice on getting the best experience.
In my next blog, I’ll discuss the topic of brainwaves and meditation, it’s importance will help you understand further how meditation technology works!
— Ivor Murray is the MD of Meditations-UK, an innovative company that sells technology-led aids to help you relax and de-stress. Their main products are Meditation Machines – small, portable machines that use natural light and sound to gently guide you into calm, relaxing states of mind and body, easily and automatically.
You can find out more about them at www.Meditations-UK.com or www.MindSpa-UK.com, or telephone 020 8371 0436
Modern Meditation February 3, 2009
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