Hemi-Sync® Journal 1993-4 (Fall)

--- PAGE 1 (OCR) --- Journal Fall 1993 No. 4 A Publication of The Monroe“Institute IN THIS ISSUE 1993 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR OVERVIEW ......i HEMI-SYNC IN SUPPORT OF A CONFLICT- MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP. ii James Akenhead provides an overview of possible ways in which Hemi-Sync may enrich and enliven workshop formats. USE OF THE HEMI-SYNC SUPER SLEEP TAPE WITH A PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILD ... .iv Hemi-Sync is the key to balancing a disruptive sleep pattern in this report by Leanne Rhodes. THE EFFECT OF HEMI-SYNC ON THE SLEEP OF HYPNOTICS-ADDICTED PATIENTS... Pill panaceas or Hemi-Sync? Regis Louis's pilot pro- ject explores the dichotomy. 1993 PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR OVERVIEW From July 24 through July 30, Professional Members from Canada, Great Britain, Italy, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States convened at the Nancy Penn Center in Faber, Virginia, for the Eleventh Annual Professional Seminar. The theme of this year’s gathering, Transformation & Rebirth: Cycles of Life 1993, was evocative of the reorganization and evolution taking place at The Monroe Institute and changes occurring in the lives of individual members. It was perfectly expressed by the array of feature presentations forming the core of seminar activities. The initial presentation described a two-year research pro- ject demonstrating the ability of hemispheric synchronization frequencies, positive affirmations, and autogenic training to ease pregnancy and the birth process for both mother and child. Other offerings covered the spectrum of healing, learn- ing, and creativity occupying the space between birth and the death transition. In one session, participants completed a per- sonal profile instrument and used it to consider Hemi-Sync’s usefulness for managing individual style in a variety of life situ- ations. It was suggested that our habitual style accompanies us into the experience and reporting of alternative consciousness levels. This was followed by an update on current Hemi-Sync research indicating that the unique consciousness states engen- dered by binaural beat stimuli allow access to a greater range of dissociative and transcendent states of awareness. A newly developed computer program gave seminar attendees the opportunity to test their ability to intuit random numbers while in Hemi-Sync consciousness categories (e.g., Focus 10 through 21) with immediate feedback. Innovative use of Hemi-Sync with color and light to improve vision and thus contribute to overall life quality and balance comprised another segment. In the are- nas of healing and learning, initial testing of study workshops incorporating tapes from the Progressive Accelerated Learning (PAL) albums and exploration of anomalous healing in a group ..-Hemi-Sync acts in support of physical, emotional, and mental healing for long- and short-term survivors of AIDS. setting with the Dolphin Energy Club tape were explored. A report on the status of the Positive Immunity Program provided poignant, “living” insights into how Hemi-Sync acts in support of physical, emotional, and mental healing for long- and short- term survivors of AIDS. This dynamic session included a guided Hemi-Sync exercise for healing of oneself and others. The final presentation defined four fundamental styles of energy, expressed in our own bodies and sexuality, and how they may be reflected in our beliefs, attitudes, and feelings about dying. The experiential portion of this session allowed everyone to explore four ways of being with death in a Hemi-Sync-support- ed ambiance. Succeeding issues of the HEMI-SYNC JOURNAL will feature the papers that formed the basis for the presenta- tions. /Ed. note: Unedited copies of session tapes are available.] Throughout the week, the Open Forum schedule provided a © 1993 The Monroe Institute Route 1, Box 175, Faber, VA 22938-9749 804/361-9132 --- PAGE 2 (OCR) --- HEMI-SYNC™ JOURNAL platform for members to share their unique healing and teach- ing skills freely. Topics included light-hearted speculation on how the ancient Egyptians may have employed binaural sound techniques, using METAMUSIC to encourage music students to relax and enter the creative flow in a weekend workshop, Hemi-Sync support of the heart focus in life activities, transfor- mation of personal perspectives through Personal Resource Exploration Program (PREP) sessions in the Institute lab, H-PLUS support for healing and forming new neural pathways following brain trauma, and consideration of the possible bene- fits of auditory guidance in senior healthcare. A special treat was a virtual-ear-reality environment allowing one to design a self-guided Hemi-Sync experience through all Focus levels. Individual PREP sessions were also available. Bodywork and personal fitness sessions, together with free time for just relaxing (swimming, playing volleyball, walking, or running), struck a balance between the inner and outer. During the Tape Day Intensive, everyone experienced selected tape exercises from the LIFESPAN 2000 program. The finale was a Celebration of Change to inaugurate the first year of the Professional Membership’s second decade. An enthusiastic group sing-along followed an excellent evening of live music by Mark Certo and Clinton Brown. From the foundation of the unique energy generated by the seminar, members departed with many plans in the formative stages—plans to develop the myriad ways in which the Hemi- Sync technology can be integrated into the cycles of life to enable all to thrive instead of merely survive. What @ will these plans birth in 1994? HEMI-SYNC IN SUPPORT OF A CONFLICT-MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP by James Akenhead, EdD Asa licensed professional counselor, James Akenhead has been a public- and private-sector organizational consultant for fifteen years. A career educator for thirty years, with twenty-four years of service as a school superintendent, he holds five degrees and has published numer- ‘ous articles on leadership, team building, management, and human relations. Dr. Akenhead has served as coordinator of a graduate adminis- tration degree program and has taught graduate courses in administra- tion and counseling for eighteen years. Jim is presently director of The Ohio Network: Training and Assistance for Schools and Communities. This paper discusses the application of Hemi-Sync technology, in four different formats, to enhance the instructional environment during the delivery of a conflict-management workshop for administrators. An overview of workshop content objectives is presented, as are the results of a basic statistical analysis of participants’ perceptions, ‘Asa career educator and consultant for more than thirty years, I am continually interested in methods to enhance instruction in professional workshops, seminars, and presentations. After facili- tating several hundred workshops, I consider anything that helps tired and sometimes burned-out people get more out of presenta- tions. Ways of improving content presentation, adding humor, and varying instructional techniques and processes all receive atten- tion. Last summer I experimented with yet another dimension to aid workshop participants in getting the most for their time and effort. This project involved the use of Hemi-Sync for enhancing the delivery ofa workshop on conflict management. Workshop Objectives The workshop objectives were threefold. Clearly, a primary focus was to provide the participants—a group of school adminis- trators—with the skills and understanding necessary to make them better conflict managers. In addition, I wanted to use the Hemi- Sync technology to enhance the workshop learning environment and to give the administrators a tool they could use to maintain a “centered” state in which they would be able to deal more effective- ly with conflict situations (in much the same way that an athlete's personal state contributes to performance). Content ‘The curriculum for the conflict-management phase of the work- shop included a personality style analysis of each participant and a comparison of each participant's style with a hypothetical style pro- file deemed to be highly productive in managing conflict situa- tions. Following the style analysis, participants were given lectures, structured activities, and simulations that acquainted them with the nature of conflict and methods for conflict resolution. Hemi-Sync Technology At the beginning of the workshop, participants were told that Hemi-Sync would be used to enrich the workshop environment and to provide them with some personal resources that could be helpful to them in actual conflict situations. Technical aspects were explained briefly. The explanation included information on brain- wave technology, including the discovery and development of the Frequency Following Response and its capacity to support produc- tive brain-wave patterns. Concentration ‘The Concentration tape was used during the lectures and ques- tion-and-answer portions of sessions. The technology and rationale were explained, and the volume was raised so the tape sound could be heard. Thereafter, the volume was adjusted to fade into the background. METAMUSIC Participants were told that METAMUSIC would be used during small group discussions and breaks. Selections included Cloudscapes and Daybreak. Participants were assured that there were no subliminal messages on the METAMUSIC tapes. Exploring Exploring (with Hemi-Sync) from the series Journeys into Creative Problem Solving, developed by Applied Creative Leadership Systems, Inc., was introduced during the last phase of the workshop. This provided people with an additional resource for creating and exploring options for use in problem solving and in planning related to conflict situations. H-PLUS The Prep side of H-PLUS Relax was introduced as a system for bringing about full-body relaxation when the required time and privacy were available. The Relax side of the tape was presented as a means to learn a personal code or anchor that could effect a relaxation response in almost any situation without the need for a prolonged process. This kind of personal code was compared to a person’s consistent response to a favorite song. It was suggested that, once developed, the H-PLUS code would initiate the relax- ation response in the same way a favorite song initiates a particu- larly positive feeling. To make participants as comfortable as possible with this new ii --- PAGE 3 (OCR) --- Fall 1993 experience, everything on the tape—including the wording and the rationale for each side of the tape—was explained. Each person had been asked to bring a Walkman™-type stereo player to the workshop. Tape use was a scheduled part of the activities. On the first day, participants listened to Prep before lunch. They agreed to listen to it again that evening. Prep was also used be- fore lunch and on the evening of the second day. At lunchtime on the third day, participants heard the Relax side of the tape for the first time. They were then encouraged to begin using the code (Function Command] whenever they wanted to bring about per- sonal relaxation. ... H-Plus Relax was perceived by participants to have an impact on their state of relaxation. Participant Perceptions of Hemi-Sync It was decided to evaluate the Hemi-Sync technology through the perceptions of the participants. Each person was asked to com- plete a personal perception form, giving his or her reactions to each of the Hemi-Sync applications. Thirteen of the fifteen partici- pants completed the form. Two had to leave the workshop early because of unexpected business problems. Statistical Analysis To derive maximum usefulness from the perception evaluation, a statistical analysis was performed. Anytime an opinion is asked, a perception is recorded, or a measurement is made, some differ- ences will occur on the basis of “chance” only. A statistical analysis