Hemi-Sync® Journal 2003-1&2 (Winter/Spring)

vents them from being disqualified because they have tensed up from the journey and consequently measure above the maxi- mum height for their class. Returning to cats, the Fauna Communications Research Institute is currently seeking funding to study the effects that the purr might have on the human body. Meantime, of course, we can get on with our own research. But not all cats are con- tent to sit beside their owner, or lie on their owner’s lap, for hours at a time. Many prefer the challenges of outdoor life— cats, we know, have wills of their own. So. . . 1 submitted the information from Fauna Communications to TMI and now we have the Purrfect Hemi-Sync CD, a Hemicat that is quite con- tent to remain indoors in close proximity to its owner indefi- nitely and combines Hemi-Sync signals with the characteristic purring of a cat. Jill has met this creature already. In 2001 she had two “sprung ribs.” Her osteopath sent her to the local cot- tage hospital for an x-ray to rule out fractures. When the osteopath saw the films, she said signs of osteoporosis were evi- dent. After eight months of listening to the purring Hemi-cat every night, Jill went for a follow-up scan. Her sacrum was scanned and she was told that any osteoporosis anywhere would also show up there; it didn't. Interestingly, Jill had listened to Purrfect Hemi-Sync so intensively to relieve chronic insomnia. Doing so did not “cure” her insomnia but her sleep pattern def- initely improved. It’s our feeling that listening to the Hemi-cat throughout the night, or even once on going to bed, could pro- duce similar benefits for others. Hemi-Sync has proved to be a most powerful and elegant means of exploring human consciousness without any compli- cations or side effects. It is up to the Professional Division members to continue developing more means and ways by which this technology can continue to benefit @ humans and other creatures, great and small. $m PREPARING TO USE BINAURAL BEAT SOUND WITH DEAF CLIENTS by Helene N, Guttman, PhD Helene N. Guttman, PhD, is president of HING Associates/Sound Balance in Bethesda, Maryland, where she basa private transpersonal counseling practice and does research on states of awareness. Prior to her current career, Dr. Guttman was 4 professor in medical and graduate schools—awhere she did a wide range of research and published in several multidisciplinary areas. She also taught and held admin- istrative appointments. Some of her research and teaching pioneered proving the relationship of certain biomalecules (small peptides) synthesized as a result of ‘learn- ing” changed behaviors, After her academic career, she held administrative positions in federal science agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S, Department of Agriculture, wwhere—among other appointments—she was associate director of a Human Nutrition Research Center. For a description of Helene Guttman’s transpersonal counseling practice and certifications, visit her Web site, bttp://www.soundbal- ance.net She may be contacted by email at hguttman@soundbalance.net People with normal hearing, as well as those who are pro- foundly deaf, sense sound vibrations. These sensations do not always “enter” via the cars. How can we make use of this ability so that profoundly deaf individuals can utilize binaural beat audio- tapes, such as The Monroe Institute’s Hemi-Sync®, to stimulate beneficial changes in states of awareness readily enjoyed by indi- viduals with normal hearing? There are some clues in the way profoundly deaf individuals sense sound vibration. Evelyn Glennie, a profoundly deaf, inter- nationally famous musician, is a percussionist who performs bare- footed in order to sense her own instruments and those of the accompanying orchestra. Is this a special trait reserved for gifted, trained musicians? No! For example, in July 2002 a major inter- national festival called Deafway II was held in Washington, D.C., at Gallaudet University, the premier educational institution for the deaf and hard of hearing. Many people with normal hearing were surprised to learn that the program included dancing to rock bands. Their beats were easily followed by the deaf dancers through the vibrations of the music coursing up from their feet through their bodies. Deaf nondancers clustered around the loud- speakers, placed their hands on the speakers, and swayed to the beat coursing through their bodies from their hands. So, must deaf individuals place either their feet or hands on loudspeakers to --- PAGE 6 (OCR) --- HEMI-SYNC® JOURNAL. enjoy the benefits of Hemi-Sync? As will be shown, all people, hearing or deaf, sense sound via several routes—the ears being just one. ‘The objective of this study was to locate convenient and com- fortable placements for inexpensive, readily available headphones on deaf individuals. These placements would allow them to use Hemi-Sync to move into different states of consciousness and achieve the benefits enjoyed by hearing individuals, such as relax- ation and pain control. Since Hemi-Sync-induced changes in states of awareness are usually accompanied by synchrony between the left and right sides of the brain at the same frequen- cy, these electrophysiological changes were used to determine the best non-ear placements for headphones. Six hearing individuals were the subjects. Using 16-channel EEG brainmapping equipment, EEGs were measured while sound was delivered through headphones placed over the ears or at other head locations. The brainmapper was employed to ascer~ tain whether there were specific electrophysiological responses that were independent of the anecdotal reports of the individual being tested. When non-ear locations were tested, subjects were fitted with earplugs to prevent sound sensation via the ears. ‘The tapes used were either a Hemi-Sync-embedded medita- tion music tape entitled METAMUSIC Inner Journey or an Inner Journey tape lacking Hemi-Sync (kindly provided by Dr. Darlene Miller of The Monroe Institute)' or the Hemi-Sync-embedded tape Touring the Interstate from the GOING HOME series. Both subjects and operator were unaware (blinded to) which tapes were being played. Therefore, subjects had no “clues” as to what they might experience. During playing of a tape, the opera- tor viewed the brainmap on the computer screen. Results showed that left-right brain synchrony could be achieved with headphones placed at several non-ear locations. The best location—judged both for comfort and ease in keeping headphones in place—was approximately one inch above and slightly behind each ear.’ In addition, subjects reported relaxation and a “feeling of lightness” with both versions of Inner Journey. Anecdotal reports of subjects fitted with headphones at non- ear locations during the playing of Touring the Interstate were par- ticularly interesting. Although the subjects received no clues as to what to expect—either from the operator or from the verbiage on the tape—their experiences replicated the essence of reports by individuals who had listened to the instructions on the tape and had also read the instructions for GOING HOME. They described moving through different colors (representing different Focus levels), then visualizing or hearing deceased relatives or “non-earthly beings.” 1 This pair of tapes was used to establish that nonhuman subjects responded to Hemi-Sync with both left-right brain synchrony and noticeable behavioral changes (Guttman, 1991; Guttman and Bliley, 1992). 2 Approximately between T; and Ts on the left and between Ty and T, on the right (using the International 10-20 Standard Electrode Placement map). Subsequent to completion of this series of experiments, an American Sign Language (ASL) translator, who also is a hyp- notherapist, suggested still another headphone placement that might be even more comfortable. This placement is roughly over the carotid (neck) arteries and can be perceived by first feeling the pulsation of the arteries and then placing the headphones over the pulsation. Using the Touring the Interstate tape, a client replicat- ed—in general—the same report as with headphones located over other non-ear head locations. Proof that this was indeed due to the Hemi-Sync sounds delivered through the nerve Close to the carotid arteries came when the headphones inadvertently slipped from their placement. The subject, an experienced Hemi-Syne user, then reported that the “experience” was ending and that she was returning to her usual conscious state. As a result of this study with control subjects, I am in the process of including various Hemi-Sync-embedded tapes with deaf clients, and I encourage others to do so, too. 3 Personal communication from Chris Adshade, 2002. References Guttman, Helene N. 1991. Hemi-Sync sounds for synchro- nizing brains of horses. Hemi-Sync Journal IX (4) 7-8. Guttman, Helene N., and Shirley Bliley. 1992. Behavioral effects of Hemi-Sync embedded meditation music on a horse. Hemi-Syne Journal X (4) 1-2. @ THE MONROE INSTITUTE BOARD OF ADVISORS Laurie A. Monroe, President James Beal, MS Wilson Bullard, PhD Gregory D. Carroll, PhD Harriet Carter, JD Virginia C. Colbum, JD Albert Dahlberg, MD, PhD Brian Dailey, MD Eleanor Friede Joseph Gallenberger, PhD Helene Guttman, PhD Fowler Jones, EdD Suzanne Evans Mortis, PhD Joseph Chilton Pearce Jill Russell, LCSP_ Peter Russell, MA, DCS Ronald Russell, MA Carol Sabick-Quinn, LLB, MBA Bill D. Schul, PhD. David Stanley, MD Charles Tart, PhD, Emeritus Constance M. Townsend, MD Stanley J. Townsend, PhD Raymond O. Waldkoetter, EdD Marguerite Q. Warren, PhD Editors: Shirley Bliley, Ann Vaughan Layout & Design: Grafton Blankinship ‘The HEMI-SYNC JOURNAL, a publi cation of The Monroe Institute, an educational and research organization dedicated to exploring and developing the uses and understanding of human consciousness, offers current reporting ‘on research and application of the Hemi-Sync® technology in a variety of professional fields. ‘The HEMI-SYNC JOURNAL is pub- lished by The Monroe Institute, 62 Roberts Mountain Road, Faber, VA 22838-2317. Telephone: (434) 361- 1252. Membership rates from $50 to $150 per year. ©2003 The Monroe Institute. All rights reserved. No part may be reproduced ‘without permission. vi