How Do Binaural Beats Work

If you think that you’re going to feel a little foolish listening to apparently nothing, you can relax. If you did listen to the beats by themselves it would sound a little like a motorboat with its engine running underwater. Because that is perhaps not the most engaging sound to listen to, producers have created several different methods of masking that sound a little. Your ears may not be able to hear them but your brain can.

Binaural beats are added to tracks of music that you can listen to as your brain does its work. The type of music generally changes to match the chief reason you are listening. For instance if you want to listen to be come more relaxed, then the music is more relaxed. If it’s because you want to sharpen your focus, then the music upon which the binaural beats are laid on top of is generally more upbeat and steady.

The music also gives your conscious mind something to focus on as it relaxes and rests while your subconscious mind takes over.

Not all tracks are set to music. Sometimes they are set to white noise, or to sounds of nature. Occasionally the binaural beats sounds can be heard faintly depending on the producer’s decision

As you need to hear the separate sounds going into each ear, it’s not enough to simply put the track on your stereo and play it into a room. You need to have stereo headphones on so your brain can experience the sensation of having the do sine wave tones played in each ear. If you don’t have stereo headphones, placing yourself between not too loud) stereo speakers is the next best thing.

Even if your ears can’t hear them, your brain can. These tones talk to your brainwaves and help them either slow down or speed up, depending on what your purpose is.

Why Should I use Binaural Beats?

Our poor subconscious mind has a hard time in our busy lives. We have both a conscious and subconscious mind and need to have both in ship shape order for our bodies to work well.

Our conscious mind is only able to do one thing at a time. It’s the part of us that rationalizes and analyses everything. We need our conscious mind to help us to remember things we only need to store for a few moments such as telephone numbers or that you need only need to pick up milk and bread. This part of us is around all the time we are awake- talking to us and helping us function in our everyday activities. It’s our problem solver, the part of us that sees everything from a very logical place.

Our subconscious is busy too, but is like the chef in the back of a huge restaurant. You don’t see them, but they’re making all the great food to nourish you and help you enjoy life. It’s in charge of all the mechanics of your body like your heart rate and your breathing. But it’s also in charge of all those lovely feelings and emotions too.

The subconscious mind is also in charge of your memories and your ability to store new information in the right place so you can use it when you need to. Anytime you remember a special smell or memory it’s your subconscious helping you find it.

With all the busy-ness of our lives giving your subconscious time to relax and reboot, to find space to put new information or just not be quite so anxious is increasingly difficult.

Binaural beats helps your sub conscious have a chance to get sorted. Cos it’s going direct to your brain, it manages to slip past that chatterbox conscious self and talks directly to your subconscious. It’s particularly good for those who find straight meditation hard to achieve as it gives you something to focus on that your brain is doing automatically.

Because so much of our day to day life stems from the actions of our subconscious, making it easier to talk to it by opening up the pathways with binaural beats it makes a lot of sense.