Alpha Relaxation System- 2 CD Set- The Unwind Company- Relaxation Collection
The Alpha Relaxation System is designed to
help reduce the effects of long-term stress. Listening to this program can slow
your pace and entrain the mind to produce brainwaves more conducive to calm and
centered living.
Most people in our Western, high-tech, fast-paced society are constantly under
stress. We have job stress, relationship stress, world news stress, money stress,
tax stress, time stress - the list seems endless. We need a way to reach a calm
and still place inside ourselves in which we can recuperate, and we need to do
this regularly.
Most of us never even notice the effects that begin to accumulate in our system
from the long-term effects of all these pressures. The stress-handling centers
in our bodies at first adapt automatically to rising stress. Eventually, however,
the strain becomes too much, and we experience symptoms of overload. A variety
of conditions can result from prolonged exposure to stress, but these can be eliminated
if we take time to relax on a regular basis.
Using the Alpha Relaxation System can help reduce the effects of long-term
stress. Listening to the special audio environments created on this recording
can slow down our pace and entrain our brain to produce brainwaves more conducive
to calm and centered living.
The sound environment on this recording is the result of years of experience in
studying states of mind through electronically monitoring brainwave patterns.
The psychological and physical changes that take place under stress have been
studyied for years with EEGs and biofeedback. Since 1981 Dr. Jeffrey Thompson
has been researching the effects of stress on the body and the use of sound, music
and brainwave entrainment to alleviate this stress. Currently, healing professionals
in more than 26 countries use his high-tech musical soundscapes for deep relaxation.
His soundtracks use clinically proven techniques for gently guiding brainwave
function into deeply relaxed and rejuvenating states.
This recording uses a unique process for building sound pulse frequencies into
musical soundtracks. In 1981, Dr. Jeffrey Thompson discovered that by phasing
and tunig digital recordings in a certain way, he was able to create these pulses
directly within the sounds themselves instead of pasting the music on top of the
sound pulses. In this way, the pulsed modulations, which cause the brainwave entrainment
response, are part of the harmonics and overtones of the instrument sounds and
the nature sounds.
Although a number of high-tech sounds for creating deep relaxation are built into
this recording, it is important not to lose sight fo the fact that the music itself
has a large part to play in the relaxation response. Dr. Thompson is an accomplished
musician and composer, and has orchestrated specific music techniques that have
stood the test of time for causing deeply relaxed states. Certain types of flowing
and serene music tend to cause relaxation in and of themselves. The tempo of the
music contributes to this effect and the movement of various elements of the music
has a wonderful way of lulling the mind into a relaxed state. This is especially
true because many of the sounds are presented in Psycho-Acoustic 3-D, which is
a special way of recording and presenting sound so that the body experiences the
three-dimensional environment of the sound. In some cases, Dr. Thompson has taken
3-D recordings of nature sounds and has slowed them down over time so that the
body can follow cues from what appear to it to be real-world sounds.
It is very easy to get the full effects of this recording. You will need good
stereo separation, either with headphones, or by positioning yourself between
your speakers.
This recording consists of 2 CDs. The first CD is called DEEP RELAXATION, and
is the same as the Alpha Relaxation single CD. It is used to create a very deep
Alpha state associated with an expanded sense of detachment from stress, worries,
and disturbing problems and a greater ability to see things from a larger perspective.
It is best used for stress reduction, relaxation and meditation.
The second CD is called ACTIVE RELAXATION. It uses sound patterns to produce a
higher Alpha State, bordering on Beta, in which inner-directed mental activity
meets externally directed mental activity. Use this CD to enhance work, concentration
and productivity.
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