Self Healing Vibration Class

Brain Wave Vibration is an easy-to-learn and practical type of meditation. The basic idea is to relax both mind and body through natural rhythmic movements. This type of movement can help to quiet the thinking mind and soothe emotions- think of a mother rocking a baby- and bring awareness more fully to the body. It is a dynamic meditation used to manage stress and improve brain function.

All of this was the subject of a research study* funded by the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology. The study was conducted over two years by the collaborating research institutes of the Seoul National University Hospital, the Seoul National University College of Medicine, and the Korea Institute of Brain Science (KIBS).

The study was designed to assess the association between stress, positive affect and catecholamine levels in meditation and control groups. The meditation group consisted of 67 subjects who regularly engaged in Brain Wave Vibration mind-body training, and the control group consisted of 57 healthy subjects. The strength of this study was the relatively high number of subjects, who were around the same age and practiced the same type of meditation.

The study concluded that people who practiced meditation using Brain Wave Vibration exhibited less stress and higher levels of plasma Dopamine (DA) (hormones that trigger a positive mood) in stressful situations compared to a control group, according to the international science journal, Neuroscience Letters, published June 2010.

According to the study, the 67 participants in the meditation group who practiced Brain Wave Vibration were able to respond more positively even during stressful situations. Their stress hormone levels indicated better stress management skills and a faster capacity to shift from a negative attitude to a positive one despite stress. Specifically, the control group demonstrated that the stress they experienced brought their mood down, whereas the meditation group showed that stress exerted less influence on how they felt. The Brain Wave Vibration meditation method seems to train the sympathetic nervous system to regulate and reduce stress.

“Now it is widely accepted that the benefits of meditation include positive effects on regulating stress. This study ... gives us a clue that this can be by the regulation of the sympathetic nervous system, especially by elevation of DA level in this vibrative meditation group,” says the study’s primary investigator, Dr. Do-Hyung Kang from Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Center, Seoul National University Medical Center.

So, there you go. If you’re looking for a way to improve brain function, get out of that funk you’re in, or relax and destress, Brain Wave Vibration is a great type of meditation to try. It is scientifically proven to help increase dopamine levels in the body- getting you back to feeling like your best self!

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