Binaural And Bilateral Music Guide

Discover the differences between binaural and bilateral music therapies. Binaural music uses auditory beats for brainwave entrainment, while bilateral music alternates sound between ears for emotional processing. Understanding these distinctions helps in choosing the right therapeutic tool for relaxation, focus, or emotional healing.

Music: Blissful Healing, Chris Collins and Loborio Conti Bilateral Tranquility

Transcript

Hi,

This is a short talk on the differences between binaural and bilateral music and how they help people feel calm and relaxed.

Binaural music,

Have you heard of binaural beats?

It's a form of auditory processing that occurs when two slightly different frequencies are presented in each ear separately.

The brain then perceives a third tone and that's the difference between the two frequencies and that's called the binaural beat.

I find this music really calming and relaxing.

I have ADHD,

Often my mind is really really busy so I just thought I'd share with you this to see whether it would be helpful for you too.

So you need headphones to experience the different sounds in each ear.

You might have heard of brain wave entrainment as well and this perceived beat can help synchronize brain waves to a desired frequency.

It can potentially help you feel relaxed,

Focused or even help you sleep.

So there's lower frequencies which are one to four hertz and they're associated with deep relaxation and meditation.

There's a focus and concentration which are mid frequencies,

10 to 20 hertz and they're linked to increased focus and alertness.

And then there's ones particularly for sleep which are in the delta range and they have been proven to help improve sleep,

Mood,

Brain function and reduce anxiety.

And then there's also bilateral music.

Bilateral music involves alternating the sound from one ear to the other and it's often used in therapeutic settings to promote emotional processing.

It's used in a therapy called EMDR which is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing.

So quite a mouthful there and this therapy helps patients process traumatic memories.

So this works by playing sounds in one ear and then another creating auditory stimulation that moves from the left to the right.

So you need headphones for this and it syncs the hemispheres of the brain helping you feel more calm.

So I train with Donna Eden which is an energy medicine practitioner and when people are tired or can't focus we do a lot of crossover.

So that might be taking one hand to the opposite knee and keep crossing over,

Crossing over.

It might be taking one hand to the shoulder stroking across the body down to the hips.

You're crossing the brain over so you're trying to synchronize those two parts the left and right hemispheres of the brain and this is what the bilateral music does.

Bilateral stimulation has been shown to be effective in trauma therapy.

So to summarize,

While both binaural and bilateral music aim to influence brain activity and promote mental well-being,

They differ in their methods.

Binaural music is more focused on brave way,

Entrainment and altering cognitive states whereas bilateral music is typically used in therapeutic contexts to facilitate emotional processing and hemispherical balance.

I often add these types of music to my tracks to help people stay calm and relaxed and if you want to focus more you might want to check out my courses and my tracks.

Have a great day,

This is Sandhya,

See you again.

Reviews

✨💗🙏💗✨ Thank you Sandhya for sharing this wonderfully helpful introduction to music and frequencies.
Music and sound are such powerful healers and I now better understand how the different herz frequencies can be used. 💗🎶💗
I look forward to learning more with you and your courses. Thank you again.
Namaste ✨🕉️✨

Thank you Sandhya for this introductory music lesson. I want to learn more!

I had no idea about the difference between these two types of music. The fact that bilateral can also be utilized when I’m doing things like tapping to try to regain equilibrium is really an exciting reminder that there are so many additional tools at our disposal. I’m now a lot more open to exploring Binaural Beats as well. Thank you for the succinct and incredibly useful breakdown of information!

This is a very simple and helpful explantion for binaural and bilateral music. So glad I discovered you tonight!