One of the most famous and  highly regarded academic institutions in the Americas, and possibly the world, also known for ground breaking research in the areas of medicine, science and statistics, has made the connection between meditation and neuronal growth in the human brain. In a 2006 Harvard publication, scientists have observed how meditation increases…

Binaural beats, often referred to as binaural tones, were discovered in 1839 by Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. However, they weren’t the subject of extensive research until Gerald Oster published new laboratory findings in 1973. Among other things, Oster used the beats as a diagnostic tool to assess basic neurological conditions and auditory impairments. He discovered that most women…

Using music for healing a behavioral condition, mental stress, or a physical issue is not a new practice. Music dating back to its beginnings as an expressive medium has always found an audience that is uplifted in its presence, even for those who are not afflicted with any condition. Today’s busy world may actually be…

Recently at the University of California, Berkeley volunteers were shown images that triggered emotions, then were presented with them several hours later. Those volunteers who were allowed to sleep in between the showings had less activity in the areas of the brain linked to emotion. From the test it was discovered that the part of…

10 months ago a bullet penetrated Congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ brain and left her in critical condition. The injury forced the medical teams in charge of her recovery to use a lessor known method for growing neurological pathways: music therapy. The injury Giffords sustained resulted in aphasia – the inability to speak because of damage to…

Not many of us consider the small external issues surrounding the bedroom before getting a good night’s sleep.  We do have a favorite pillow, a preference in bed mattresses, and perhaps a mild habit like listening to music or reading  a chapter of a good crime novel before going to bed. Some of us have…

Michele Rosenthal was only 13 years old when she developed Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome, a strange allergic reaction to a medication that put her in critical condition overnight. In her own testimony,  Michele makes it clear in her descriptive About page on her website that a turn for the worse occured. She goes on to…

Traumatic Brain Injury, also known as “TBI” is not as rare as one would think. Take for instance this staggering statistic: A total of 41,059 people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes in 2007. Another 2.5 million people were injured (NHTSA.com). In another statistic, The Center for Disease Control reports that about 1.7 million…

Creatively depicted in the blockbuster movie, Inception, lucid dreaming is the ability to become consciously aware inside the dream world and control its events. Though scientifically proven and theoretically accessible to anyone, lucidity is an elusive concept for many people simply because they’re not trained to recognize when they’re dreaming. However, you can always learn……

  Diane Ravitch, a well-known historian of education, and Research Professor of Education at New York University, recently published an indictment of the standardized testing movement in the form of a book titled The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.  Her book addresses the basic…

Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, a pediatrician from Walnut Creek, California who in his 1996 book suggested that the hyperactivity disorder was being over-diagnosed has released a new book on the progress of some of his patients over the years. Read the full L.A. Times article here.

Sound Therapy News Issue 1, 2011. Hemisyncforyou.com These are interesting times we live in, indeed. If the chaos of the modern world could be boiled down to messages and information, which it very well could be – then what if there was a way to put all mass messages in perspective so that there was…

The way to get the mind off  thoughts at night is not with alcohol or pills, as millions seem to resort to. Thousands of people are now finding that years’ over-use of sleep medications no longer help them stay asleep at night. Their bodies have reached the saturation point or tolerance level that renders sleep medications ineffective.…

Over the last few years, it has been reported that an estimate of 70 million people in the USA today suffer from a sleep disorder of some kind. While sleep disorders can occur due to a variety of reasons, one very common cause of sleep disorder is anxiety. When the mind is full of phobias, fears, apprehension and worries…

Let us assume that an audiophile with sleep issues would find this topic interesting, and that they could come close to recognizing the value in older more bulky stereo equipment for a  finer more enriching listening experience. They could be interested in older technology that is less distracting and more durable. Perhaps they like equipment…

This series is about you and your personal awareness for enhanced living and being.  Explore methods to activate the power within yourself, nurture inner peace, develop centeredness and calm in times of uncertainty, and transcend limiting thought patterns. You will also learn to tap into an expanded source of knowledge and guidance for your life,…