“You are not your thoughts — but you can become the master of them.”
Patrick K. Porter, Ph.D., Founder, BrainTap Technologies
In this article I would like to tell you more about a new technology that’s now available to our patients, and how it can help you reach deep relaxation in minutes – for people that have never meditated, people that have no success with it, and even people that meditate regularly.
This new technology is called BrainTap. It creates relaxation, focus, and restorative rest quickly and effectively.
As our doctors say again and again: One of the most important foundations for long-term health is relaxation. But staying relaxed in this noisy, busy world takes effort. Many people practice yoga, meditation, breath work etc regularly to reach their inner Zen, but that takes time and dedication.
BrainTap makes relaxing a lot easier by combining several methodologies. It uses:
- Guided meditation and visualization
- Soothing Music
- Binaural beats and isochronic tones
- LED light pulses synchronized with the sounds
This helps your nervous system shift away from stress and toward a state that supports restoration, healing, and mental clarity.
Who benefits?
BrainTap may be especially helpful for people who:
- Feel overwhelmed or mentally exhausted
- Have difficulty “turning off” their thoughts
- Struggle with stress-related tension
- Want support for meditation or mindfulness practices
- Are looking for non-pharmaceutical wellness options
- Simply need a dedicated time to rest and recharge
Many patients tell us that BrainTap helps them relax more deeply than they are able to on their own.
So what is BrainTap exactly?
BrainTap is a guided meditation and brain fitness platform that utilizes sound, visualizations, and light to reduce stress, improve focus, and promote deep relaxation. It consists of a mobile app with over 2,000 guided sessions (and growing), plus an optional headset with visor that enhances the sessions with immersive audio and LED light stimulation, to help you relax more deeply and get the most from the BrainTap experience.
Part of the growing library are sessions specifically geared towards deep relaxation, weight loss, self improvement, performance boost, motivation and many others – it even includes several language learning programs!
BrainTap’s inventor, Dr. Patrick Porter, has been involved in personal development and brainwave entrainment for over four decades. As author of six books, master NLP practitioner, and THE established leader in brain wave entrainment, he has dedicated his life to teaching people how to live stress-free. He and his technology have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, Entrepreneur, and INC magazines as well as on ABC, NBC, CBS and Discovery Channel. In 1989, he earned the ‘Best New Gadget of the Year’ award with BrainTap’s predecessor “MC² (M C Squared)”.
By combining sound, vibration, and lights, Dr. Porter found a way to calm and focus the brain so his programs can effectively talk to the subconscious – the part that runs 98% of our lives. This makes changing strong-held beliefs possible. Change your thoughts – change your life!
As an experienced meditator, I was pleasantly surprised how quickly and easily I was able to reach a deep meditative state with BrainTap, and how long the effect lasted. With my normal meditation practice, it takes me 2-3 times longer to get to that state.
Another Benefit: Improved Sleep
An overstimulated brain cannot fall asleep. Constant screen use, work stress, financial pressure, relationship issues, and health challenges make it hard to ‘switch off’ for needed rest.
In an earlier article we explored the importance of quality sleep for a healthy body and mind. If you have any trouble getting to sleep or sleeping through the night, this tool could be really useful!
When consistently used as a pre-sleep ritual, a BrainTap session signals the brain to wind down for a more restful sleep. But even if you don’t use BrainTap, any pre-sleep ritual – reading, meditating, stretching etc – consistently used before bed will help you sleep better. But BrainTap sure makes it easy!
Finding Happiness
Having a positive outlook on life helps us be happier as well as healthier. Negativity on the other hand creates more stress and keeps us stuck in ‘fight-or-flight’. With the media mostly bombarding us with negativity, reaching for positive thoughts takes constant effort. A daily practice of gratitude or exploring creativity are fun ways to stay positive and to find lasting happiness.
BrainTap can help you cultivate positivity as well as improve mental clarity. Regular BrainTap sessions specifically geared towards happiness will retrain your brain to respond to stress with relaxation, thus improving optimism, a positive outlook, happiness – in short, increasing your overall well-being.
A Tool That Supports the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal
At Siskiyou Vital Medicine we often talk about creating the conditions for optimal health. Whether through nutrition, movement, restorative sleep, stress reduction, or supportive therapies, our goal is to help the body function at its best.
BrainTap is one more tool that can support that process by helping patients access a calmer, more restorative state of mind, no matter the state of the world.
If you are curious about BrainTap and would like to experience a session for yourself, I’d like to invite you to contact our clinic. We’d be happy to give you an evaluation, answer your questions, and help you determine whether it may be a good fit for your wellness journey.
You could also try out the app completely free for one month.
Let us know how we can be of help!
Written by Karen Wegehenkel
Approved by Dr. McClane Duncan