7 Tips For Using Binaural Beats, Monaural Beats & Isochronic Tones
If you’ve decided to use brainwave entrainment recordings such as binaural beats, monaural beats or isochronic tones to make a difference in your life, good choice! All three can be very powerful and are a great way to start tapping into your true potential. However, the way you use your recordings can make a big difference to how well they work for you. This article gives a few tips for getting the most from your isochronic tones or binaural/monaural beats.
1. Listen consistently
It’s important to get into a routine of listening to your recording regularly. While some people get great results from brainwave entrainment the first time they try it, for many others the effects are cumulative. So make sure you set aside some time every day to listen, and create a new habit. You’ll soon find that you don’t want to miss a day, since binaural beats etc can get kind of addictive (in a good way!)
2. Listen in a suitable environment
You also need to practice in a quiet place that’s free from disturbances. Ask others in the house to avoid interrupting you, and try to keep pets and children away from your listening area.
Also, you need to be physically comfortable while listening – wear loose fitting clothing and find a supportive surface on which to sit or lie down. If you find, as many people do, that you tend to drift off to sleep when lying down, try using a chair instead (you might even want to get a meditation chair
3. Headphones are preferred
If you’re using binaural beats, you’ll need to use headphones. However, they’re not essential when it comes to monaural beats and isochronic tones, which is one of the advantages of these newer technologies. Not having to use headphones makes brainwave entrainment more accessible and convenient to many.
Still, it’s worth using headphones for all three types of recording if possible, because they do a great job of helping to eliminate distractions, helping you to get better results.
4. Check the volume
Some people make the mistake of listening at volumes that are too loud, and end up with headaches (and the risk of ear damage) as a result. While isochronic tones and monaural beats must be audible in order to work, they don’t need to be loud. So ensure that the volume is comfortable – you certainly shouldn’t be getting sore ears or a headache from your brainwave entrainment sessions.
5. Be patient if necessary
We’ve already discusses the need to listen regularly. In the same vein, it’s also important to be patient, as you may not get the full results that you’re looking for the first time you try a recording (although it does happen).
If a recording doesn’t seem to ‘work’ first time out, it doesn’t mean it’s a dud (though it could be!). It normally takes repeated listening to access the full potential of a recording. And there are some people who seem to be more resistant to brainwave entrainment technologies than others, who will need more time. If your recording is from a reputable source, stick with it for at least a few weeks of consistent use before deciding it doesn’t work for you.
It can also be a good idea to try out the different technologies that are available – if binaural beats don’t work well for you, monaural beats or isochronic tones might, or perhaps you’ll get better results with a mind machine product that includes visual stimulation.
6. Be careful with delta brainwave entrainment
Delta waves are very low in frequency (< 4Hz). Some people find that isochronic tones and monaural beats don’t work well for delta entrainment, perhaps because these tones can sound rather irritating and distracting at such low frequencies (and unlike binaural beats, they need to be audible in order to work). For this reason, many people like to stick with binaural beats for delta work.
As with everything, it’s best to experiment for yourself, but this is something to bear in mind if you want to try recordings in this frequency range.
7. Use high quality recordings
Lastly, it’s vital to use high quality binaural, monaural or isochronic recordings that are designed for the purpose you have in mind. While there are plenty of places on the internet where you can get binaural beats etc, not all of these are going to be of good quality.
But how do you find the good stuff? One option is to try it all out for yourself – but this can be very time consuming, especially when you consider that even a great recording may not give the results you want first time, hence the need to keep at it for a while. Most people don’t have that kind of time, and would prefer to avoid the frustration of trying lots of things that just don’t work very well.
To save yourself a lot of time and discouragement it’s best to use recordings from a reputable source to start with. While there are a few great sites that offer these, I especially like Unexplainable Store’s meditation tracks, which I’ve found to work really well. They’re available in binaural, monaural and isochronic formats, and there are some free samples to download too.
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Brainwave entrainment can help you enter a deep meditative state more easily. I really like the alpha and theta isochronic meditation recordings from The Unexplainable Store. Alpha is good for light meditation, and theta for deeper trance states. I prefer the versions without music, but you can preview both to see which suits you.
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