In today's fast-paced world, I needed to find effective ways to relax, de-stress, and enhance my overall well-being. One method I found is bilateral music. This has gained significant attention in recent years. It is a unique form of auditory stimulation and has shown promising results in promoting relaxation, reducing anxiety, and increasing focus. In this blog post, I’ll explore what bilateral music is, and how it works, and provide resources and tips to help you benefit.
This music is not just for use in your counseling sessions and I hope to show you how it can benefit and be used throughout your everyday life.
Understanding Bilateral Music:
Bilateral music is a type of music that incorporates bilateral stimulation, a technique used to activate both hemispheres of the brain simultaneously. It achieves this by playing different sounds or melodies through stereo headphones, with each sound alternating between the left and right ear. This alternating pattern stimulates the brain's bilateral pathways and promotes synchronization between the two hemispheres. This has been found to help aid in the production of new neural connections and increase creativity.
Understanding Biolateral Music:
Biolateral music is a special subset of Bilateral Music that does not move from left to right with a predictable pattern. The music is hand panned and the rate at which it switches back and forth changes. Biolateral music is found to keep the neocortex busier to aid in helping you drop into your mid-brain for deeper processing work.
