Do binural beats work?

**Qwer** · 10-10-2011 03:58 AM

Do binural beats work with lucid dreaming?

How do you use them for it?

**yuppie11975** · 10-10-2011 08:20 AM

Not sure QWER, of how they work.
I do know that you listen to them before, leave them on as you go to sleep, or delay it so it plays a few hours later when you're dreaming.
As for wether they actually work, I'm pretty skeptical..

**Pandabear** · 10-10-2011 04:55 PM

I believe binaural beats helps me. I think it depends on the person, maybe.

I listening to binaural beats every night, not just for lucid dreaming, but also to calm down. I find it very difficult to fall sleep, if I don't listen to some relaxing music, because of all my thoughts. So, first of all, it helps me a lot to fall asleep. Well, my lucid dreams was after I listened to binaural beats, the first one I listened to it before bed and to WBTB, but my last LDs I only listened to it before bed, not to WBTB.

Some people find binaural beats annoying, and some others (like me) find it very relaxing.
What do you think about binaural beats?

Good luck! ^^

**Graves** · 10-10-2011 05:27 PM

I had no success with them. They kind of messed me up for a while too (constantly insanely tired), so wouldn't readily recommend them to anyone else.

**nito89** · 10-10-2011 05:33 PM

You will find very mixed results with binaural beats. Personally i found them extremely useful during a WBTB.

**Pandabear** · 10-10-2011 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by nito89

You will find very mixed results with binaural beats. Personally i found them extremely useful during a WBTB.

Agree - I think it depends on the person.

**LikesToTrip** · 10-10-2011 09:06 PM

I haven't had much success with Binaurals and lucid dreaming, but I do enjoy it for meditation. I prefer isochronic or monaural though. Whenever I meditate to brainwave entrainment there is definitely a shift in awareness and even a nice body buzz. It's quite enjoyable.

**yuppie11975** · 10-13-2011 07:29 AM

So you listen to them before going to bed? Is that right?
And nito and panda bear, link me to what you listen too?

**Solarflare** · 10-14-2011 02:38 AM

not sure if mentioned. Listen to them with earphones

**Mancon** · 10-14-2011 02:44 AM

I think that they work differently for each person. I personally haven't had much success with them, but plenty of people have. They are worth a shot! You just listen to them right before you go to bed or during the night while you're sleeping!

**Moondreamer** · 10-14-2011 03:19 AM

The ones I've listened to made my head hurt. A lot. Maybe they were fake or to hgih a frequency for me, though... I heard the Beta is what you're supposed to start with...?

**FancyRat** · 10-14-2011 03:34 AM

Originally Posted by Solarflare

not sure if mentioned. Listen to them with earphones

Yeah, apparently this is key to how they work (if they work at all). I've tried falling asleep listening to them but I can't fall asleep with earphones in so I didn't get far with them.

**Erii** · 10-16-2011 10:21 PM

Some of it is placebo, sometimes they work for me, sometimes not. It too depends on which kind you are listening to, to get you in the right frequency, etc. I've read that isochronic tones are much more helpful

**Qwer** · 10-17-2011 10:13 PM

I've heard isochronic tones are better to.

Does anyone know were I can get some good free isochronic tones???

**LikesToTrip** · 10-18-2011 07:17 PM

I prefer Isochronic over Binaurals, they supposedly work better too. The reason binaurals are so popular is because they can be hidden behind music or nature sounds and still be effective. You have to listen to an isochronic by itself for it to be useful. I use Gnaural to make all of my entrainment tracks. I uploaded some basic ones, there's a link in my sig.

**FancyRat** · 10-18-2011 09:52 PM

I've been reading more about this and I'm confused. I can see that theta and delta beats are used for relaxation as they mimic deep sleep but if our brainwaves are the same when awake and in REM (alpha and beta) then what is listening to aplha beats supposed to do?

**LikesToTrip** · 10-19-2011 07:47 PM

Alpha is relaxed wakefulness. You feel very relaxed and tranquil, but without being tired or drowsy. It's prominent during meditation, and also when smoking cannabis. Alpha is definitely one of my favorites to meditate to. It's also very easy to entrain because you don't have to go very far to get there.

**FancyRat** · 10-19-2011 07:59 PM

Also Alpha waves when watching TV. I know that the realxation and meditative kind is good though.

**Jdcie** · 10-28-2011 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by Moondreamer

The ones I've listened to made my head hurt. A lot. Maybe they were fake or to hgih a frequency for me, though... I heard the Beta is what you're supposed to start with...?

I find that the most comfortable frequency combination is any two between 60-80 Hz. My favorite is 70 Hz and 73 Hz. If they're too harsh or annoying, you can try mixing them in under some ambient music, the ocean, a forest, or what have you. If you have a mac, just use Logic or Garage Band. Make a session with two mono tracks, pan them all the way left and the other all the way right put a tone generator on each. This way, you can try out different combinations of frequencies and tweak them to your taste!

**TargetDummy** · 12-04-2011 02:38 AM

I'm going to try to loop a playlist of two binaural beats and one 18 Hz Isochronic tonight while I sleep, post the results tomorrow.

**TargetDummy** · 12-06-2011 01:02 AM

Nope, it didn't work. I didn't even have non lucid dreams ):

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