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Who Uses This Technology, and Why?
Light and sound machines were first used for experimental therapy in the
1970s. Flickering light and sound rather quickly transition people from
thinking about their daily to concerns to being in a more deeply relaxed
state.
Deep states of relaxation were deemed conducive for therapists to help
people make positive changes very quickly. Very much like hi-tech self
hypnosis. Light and sound technology is now often used in conjunction with
hypnotherapy to augment hypnosis programs.
In the mid 1980s, businessmen in the New Age community began to
promote this technology as the ultimate high, because the lights in the
glasses produced an amazing array of colors and patterns, with your eyes
closed. Meditators also found the kaleidoscopic light show, at times looks
like a mandala (spiraling meditation chart), useful to help quiet the mind.
In the late 1990s, the use of light and sound once again grew amongst
therapists to help patients relax, control their stess, practice breath
exercises, meditate and recently to help children and adults who suffer
from learning challenges, such as ADD (attention deficit disorder).
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