Brainwave entrainment is a beneficial form of therapy that involves pulsing sound waves, light waves, or electromagnetic waves to stimulate the brain into entering a desired state. In the case of Moodlapse, the sound frequencies call on the brain’s organic frequencies to follow or echo those suggested in each Moodlapse track. Both your bodily functions and your moods depend on specific brainwave states. With your brain being a frequency receiver and producer, you can use brainwave entrainment to reduce stress and anxiety; increase focus, concentration, motivation, confidence, and psychomotor performance, and also reach deeper levels of relaxation during meditation.
We recommend headphones when listening to our binaural 'soundscapes' to enjoy the full benefit. Binaural audio works by playing two separate audible frequencies into each ear. The difference between those frequencies is the binaural beat frequency.
The Moodlapse app is loaded with six exclusive 3D binaural ambient looping soundscapes that are designed to compliment the unique visuals or to be listened to on their own. Each track works positively with different brainwave states to help you relax, focus concentration or energise. Pick one to suit the moment!
Here are individual descriptions for each Moodlapse track to help you choose:
Positivity
This experience, also known as the Mozart Effect, can be likened to nature’s preparation for a new day. Feel the warmth of the sun as it rises; hear nature, crickets, and birds unfold at dawn as waves of positivity and a zest for life surround you. Compiled using major chords only, in reference pitch C, with five-limit just intonation at a slowed sixty beats per minute, feel your inner positive emotions come to the surface through the desired application of both High Gamma (64hz) and Alpha (8hz) brainwave entrainment.
Creativity
This piece will assist in releasing creative tension and allow your imagination to flow. The elements of nature, including the harmony of crickets, flowing water, and a soft feminine voice help the listener to reconnect with the elements of creation, and therefore their own inner creativity. Compiled using major-seventh chords in D# with five-limit just intonation, at a relaxed seventy-two beats per minute, the experience aims to smoothly reopen the listener’s imagination through the correct application of both Gamma (38.4hz) and Alpha (9.6hz) brainwave entrainment.
Awakening
This piece signals the arrival of dawn and then carries the listener through sunrise and into a bright and wonderful new day. Imagine the sensation of early morning sunlight on your face as it gradually warms, brightens and awakens the world around you. Compiled using reference pitch G with five-limit just intonation, at an inspiring 90 beats per minute. Allow the subtle strings and sounds of a choir to welcome you to a new beginning, through the effective application of Alpha brainwave entrainment.
Focus
Concentrate your focus on all that is uplifting, beautiful, and purposeful in your world. Let the chorus and sounds remind you of the warmth that comes with being inspired, then use this warmth to guide you and remain focused on your path. Compiled using major and minor chords in E with five-limit just intonation, at a concentration-inducing seventy-five beats per minute, this listening experience serves to activate the element of focus in your daily life through the best-suited application of both Gamma (40hz) and Beta (20hz) brainwave entrainment.
Dreamtime
Drift toward the moon, the stars and the nebulas and let go. Experience a journey from the sound of crickets near the ocean at night, towards the stars, where restful soft sounds create space for you to float safely into a state of suspension. Compiled using major and minor chords in reference pitch B (8th Schumann resonance), with five-limit just intonation at a dream-inducing 112.5 beats per minute, allow yourself to be lifted gently into a dream-space through the effective application of Epsilon brainwave entrainment.
Balance
To be balanced means to be calm and centred. Listening to this piece, you will be encompassed by a feeling that all is well, giving you the opportunity to process and consider new beginnings. The strings of the soft sitar are soothing and touch on the soul, allowing your creative and physical selves to emerge in balance. Compiled in the Pythagorean Scale using perfect fourth and fifth chords in reference pitch A (432hz), at a tempo of 101.25 beats per minute, this track features an accumulation of balance-inspiring Delta, Alpha, and Theta brainwaves.
Further reading:
For anyone interested in exploring this topic further here are some links to academic peer-reviewed articles on the subject of binaural audio.
A comprehensive review of the psychological effects of brainwave entrainment
The Effect of Binaural Beats on Visuospatial Working Memory and Cortical Connectivity
Binaural Beat Technology in Humans: A Pilot Study To Assess Psychologic and Physiologic Effects
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