Here are two kick-ass techniques that you can use to increase your mind power, and boost your visualization skills.
Binaural Beats
Binaural beats are alternating tones played underneath soothing music or hypnosis suggestions that allow you to access the deeper levels of conciousness, quickly, safely, easily.
Your brain actually oscillates and has different rhythms through the day, most people don’t know when the frequency of their brain switches from one to the other, but when trained properly you can be trained to realize whats going on inside your head and keep your mind in that state for as long as you would like.
Science has measured the electrical vibrations of the brain using an EEG (Electroencephalography) machine, I’m sure you’ve seen one in a movie or on tv, it has the appearance of a spider web of electrical circuits that connect to your scalp in order to read the electromagnetic impulses your brain produces.
Your brain waves are as follows:
- Gamma Waves ( High Alert, Fight or Flight )
- Beta Waves ( Actively Thinking, Busy Mind )
- Alpha Waves ( Relaxation, Pre-Sleep State )
- Theta Waves ( Dream State / Deep Meditative State )
- Delta Waves ( Dreamless REM Sleep, Growth Hormone Secreted, Body Healing )
The Peg System
Your mind is a wonderful machine, it has the ability to store everything you have ever seen, touched, smelled, tasted, or experienced without breaking a sweat. Your brain works by associating sensory input in a “neural net” per say. If your thinking about the last time you saw your mother, you may remember what she cooked, how it tasted, when you’ve had that meal before, where you’ve had it before, what song you were listening too while eating it, etc.
Your brain can be trained to remember ANYTHING you could ever want: peoples names, math formula’s, martial art moves, martial art kata’s, where your keys are, and the list goes on and on!
So, what does the “Peg System” have to do with all this? Well, the system works by associating what you want to remember with a specific body part and a graphic visualization that helps you lock in what you want to remember by neuro-association.
Let’s try this with a simple 5 item grocery list:
- Eggs (Head)
- Milk (Left Hand)
- Cheese (Right Hand)
- Carrots (Right Foot)
- Watermelon (Left Foot)
Now when we begin to visualize, don’t be afraid to create an EXTREMELY exagerated version of our visulization, in fact, I encourage you to do so as it will lock in the memory that much stronger.
So here we go (Please try to visualize as vividly as possible these scenarios):
- Head – Your head turns into an egg and you smash it against a frying pan, the yolk oozes out into the frying pan and begins sizzling.
- Left Hand – You take an imaginary milk carton and begin to pour milk all over the floor, the milk comes out like a water fall and begins foaming at the bottom.
- Right Hand – Your hand turns into a cheese grater and begins to grate a GIANT block of cheddar cheese, you proceed to eat the cheese.
- Right Foot – Your right foot begins to turn into a carrot and gets sucked into the ground where you stand.
- Left Foot – You setup a watermelon like a football, line-up the kick, and send juicy pieces flying all over your house.
I hope you get the idea of where I’m going with this, watch the video below to explore your memory even further!
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