free binaural beats
Binaural beats are used to promote brainwave states equivalent to those observed for deep meditation, relaxation, super-learning and deep sleep, as well as other more exotic states of consciousness such as lucid dreaming and OOBE.
The technology has been known about for a long time, and is completely safe, but it is only in the last 20 years or so that use of binaural beats has become more widespread, in line with the increase in use of digital media generally.
Choose your state of consciousness
You can use our free binaural beats to modify your experience of life: enhance your meditation practice, improve your work or study performance, even support natural cycles such as sleep.
This is possible due to a natural tendency of human brainwaves to synchronise with an external frequency stimulus; what is called brainwave entrainment.
How binaural beats work
When two tones of slightly different frequencies are played separately into the left and right ear, each ear hearing a different tone, the brain actually hears a third frequency, a pulse equal to the difference between the two tones. This is the beat frequency.
Using this method very precise virtual sounds (called binaural beats) can be created in the brain, including frequencies below the normal threshold of human hearing.
This is important as low brainwave frequencies are correlated with more settled states of consciousness such as relaxation, meditation and sleep: brainwave states that can now be actively stimulated using binaural beats.
| Frequency | Name | Associated with |
| >40Hz | Gamma Waves | Higher mental activity including perception, problem solving, fear. |
| 13-40Hz | Beta Waves | Busy or anxious thinking, concentration, arousal, feelings of separation, cognition. |
| 7-13Hz | Alpha Waves | Relaxation, superlearning, serotonin production, pre-sleep and pre-wake drowsiness. |
| 4-7Hz | Theta Waves | Dreams, deep meditation, increased creativity, emotional experiences, REM sleep. |
| <4Hz | Delta Waves | Deep dreamless sleep, release of HGH, loss of body awareness. |
It takes typically 7-8 minutes for the brain to tune in to a binaural beat frequency; shorter periods of listening are unlikely to produce any effect.
Further reading on Wikipedia.
Benefits of using binaural beats
Some of the reported benefits of using binaural beats are:
- Effortless (and extremely pleasurable) super-deep meditation.
- Improved learning and memory, greater clarity of thought and ability to concentrate.
- Increased creativity and intuition.
- Significantly lower levels of stress and correspondingly lower levels of harmful stress-related brain chemicals.
- Increased production of brain chemicals related to longevity, well-being, and quality of life.
All of which are achievable completely safely and with the minimum of effort.
Binaural beats do not require any active participation from the listener, and so can be combined with other complimentary activities; such as meditation or study. They should NOT be used while driving or operating heavy machinery.
Free binaural beats for meditation, relaxation and sleep
Our collection of free binaural beats has been designed to gently take you into deeper states of awareness. The binaural beats are layered with natural environment sounds that help you relax and also contribute to their effectiveness.
They can be used for meditation, relaxation and sleep - you just need to find the time each day and click play.
Note: binaural beats require the use of stereo headphones in order to be effective.
Move the mouse over the panel below to pause the rotation. Open a meditation guide by clicking anywhere on the panel.
binaural meditation
Ultra-deep meditation at the touch of a button.
Rain falls onto leaves and an occasional distant clap of thunder is complemented by the hypnotic ringing of wind chimes.
Embedded behind the relaxing sounds are binaural beats, taking you into a super-deep meditation. Just sit comfortably upright, put your awareness on your breathing and let yourself fall effortlessly into meditation.
Duration: 30:00
This meditation requires stereo headphones.
For more binaural beats visit the meditation room store.
playbinaural relaxation
Let your mind go.
Listen to the sound of waves gently breaking on the shore as you are taken safely and effortlessly deep into total relaxation.
Sit comfortably upright or lie down and put on your headphones, close your eyes, press play. The binaural beats do all the work for you so you don't need to do anything, just let yourself be meditated.
Duration: 20:00
This meditation requires stereo headphones.
For more binaural beats visit the meditation room store.
playbinaural sleep
Effortless deep sleep.
The sound of gentle rainfall gradually gives way to a slow deep pulse, taking you into a progressively deeper state of relaxation, before quieting the mind and letting you fall into deep sleep.
Lie down or otherwise make yourself ready, using earphones that are suitable for sleeping. The binaural beats do all the work for you so you don't need to do anything, just allow yourself to drift away.
Duration: 30:00
This audio requires stereo headphones.
For more binaural beats visit the meditation room store.
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