This CD doesn't just play the music in the background. The guided meditation was written with the music in mind, allowing the music to enhance the experience and contribute to and interact with the images and feelings brought about by the words.

There are specific frequencies associated with the different brain wave states: Beta (20-13 Hz, awakened state of consciousness), Alpha (13-7 Hz, relaxed state of creative flow, of no time and limitations), Theta (7-4 Hz, deeply relaxed meditative state at edge of sleep - difficult to achieve consciously), and Delta (4-0 Hz, sleep). The first song is entitled "Getting to Delta" and when you listen, you will hear it gradually slowing down over a 15 minute period. Just the music alone helps your brain move into the more effective Alpha and Theta states. But there's much more going on...

After finding the music, I asked a singer and friend (who's a yoga master that's led many people through yoga meditations) to record, in the form of affirmations and hypnotic suggestions, all of the characteristics of healthy, naturally thin people, in addition to many empowering positive affirmations. Using professional recording studio software, I layered her affirmations and suggestions on top of the actual session. Also note: there are no subliminal messages. Every word, every phrase can be heard clearly with a little focused thought.

Additionally, I panned (and layered again) both of our voices between the left and right channels so that we communicated with both the left and right hemispheres of the brain. One person described the experience as being in a large room as Song (the singer) and I walked around her - sometimes circling, sometimes whispering directly in her ear.

All this accomplishes many things...

One way to create a mild hypnotic state is confusion. Because there are often two people speaking at once, this creates that confusion.

And because the voices are coming from all sides - both male and female, this helps create what is called dissociation. An example of dissociation is what I did in my Freedom to Fly CD and is also something you can easily do on your own...

As you sit where you are, imagine standing on the other side of the room where you can see yourself sitting there reading this. Next, imagine sitting in a theater as you see yourself upon the screen standing on one side of the room looking at yourself reading this article. Then, move up to the projection room where you can look down into the theater only to see yourself sitting there watching all that's on the screen.

You can carry this further and imagine that you are sleeping and dreaming all of this. Then you can see yourself sleeping and on and on and on. This is dissociation and is very effective in helping people achieve very deep states of relaxation.

By using both male and female voices, multiple senses are stimulated and the suggestions are more easily understood. Also, to stimulate even more senses, the listener is guided into a luscious hiking trail and later to future times when you live all the positive behaviors of a healthy, naturally thin person.

Speaking into the left and right channels causes both the intuitive/creative mind and the logical/judging mind to participate - usually it's always one or the other.

Metaphors are used throughout the guided meditation. Metaphors are stories and imagery whose messages are both literal and symbolic. These are extremely affective when someone is deeply relaxed and focused on their positive goals.

All of these can be used individually to create a wonderful and effective meditation/self-hypnosis session. And none of them are anything new. This CD just happens to be the first to take advantage of the latest technology such that all of these tried and true methods are utilized at once.

Sometimes you will listen to the CD and focus on my voice, the actual session, while Song's affirmations and suggestions continue to be heard quietly in the background. At other times, you will enjoy tuning in to all of the empowering affirmations and positive suggestions, while my voice is tuned out. And still other times, you will listen only to the music. (I include on the CD a second track which contains only one voice. Sometimes listeners prefer a traditional guided meditation.)

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