It was a few months after the birth of our second child that I came to truly understand the effects of long-term sleep deprivation. Constantly waking up at 1:00 or 3:00 a.m. soon turned daily life into a hazy blur. I'd often find myself lying in bed, anticipating the next round of crying, or later in the night, I'd be tossing and turning for ages after being woken up. It's no fun whatsoever to drag yourself out of bed every morning with dark circles under your eyes. During this time, it became … [Read more...]
Alpha, Theta, Delta, Epsilon, Gamma: What Do These Brainwave States Do For You?
You may already have a good feel for where each of the different brainwave states takes you, and know intuitively what will work for you the best on a day-to-day basis with your meditation practice. If you are a little fuzzy about the differences between the brainwave states, however, and would like to have a really clear, visceral sense of what each state does for you and how they resonate with you physically, mentally, and emotionally, one way you can find out is to listen to Harmonic … [Read more...]
How to Blow Through Your Blocks and Find Your Creative Flow
So how’s that novel coming? Your new song? What about that program you were going to write? Or the website you wanted to build? If your creative project, no matter what it is, isn’t coming along as smoothly or as quickly as you’d hoped, you’re not alone. After a lot of soul-searching, research, and banging my head against the wall, I've learned a lot about creative flow, and I'd like to share these tools, tactics, and insights with you. But back to where we started... It’s not that you didn’t … [Read more...]
Using Meditative States for New Levels of Growth | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on July 5, 2017
John and Doug talk about a new product currently undergoing development with the working title Call of The Heart. In this call, they also discuss how Integral practice can help us reach new levels of growth. … [Read more...]
Working with the Flow State for Purpose, Growth, and Connection | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on June 21, 2017
John talks about how using these meditation technologies can help us reach different states which can help us evolve and get us "in the zone" to be better people and to do our work in the world. … [Read more...]
Cycles of Practice, Developing Intuition, and the Importance of Letting Go | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on June 14, 2017
John and Doug talk about iAwake Technologies' new track developed by Doug Prater himself, Stealing Flow - a tool which can help you become your best self. They also discuss Stealing Fire, the book which was the inspiration for Stealing Flow. John also talks about depression and how to overcome it through finding your path and your purpose - and how being in flow states facilitates that. … [Read more...]
What if you could be a 30% better you? | iAwake Practitioner’s Weekly Coaching Call on May 3, 2017
John and Doug discuss how to be a better you - how you should always be available to what you can learn. You have to show up to whatever you experience and do the best you can do in that moment. For John, his daily practice helped improve 30% in spirituality, in health, and in mental intelligence. A person can become a champion as they continue to practice. Discipline and motivation increases - it becomes deeper. When you learn about practice, you can accomplish way beyond what you thought … [Read more...]
Make Room for New Thoughts: Meditation and Creative Thinking Techniques
With so many thoughts begging for your attention each day, it’s hard to believe that most of them are the same ones you had yesterday. Actually, many psychologists who have studied the thought processes associated with our thinking patterns would agree that, on average, 90% of the thoughts that we become aware of throughout the day are the same thoughts that we have already experienced, over and over again. The reason we are so prone to repetitive thinking is because the brain is always … [Read more...]
iAwake, Consciousness Hacking, and the Future of Transformative Technologies
Excerpted from a conversation about transformative technologies and practices and their individual and cultural effects, with sociologist Harley Bergroth, currently researching his PhD at the University of Turku, Finland, and iAwake’s CTO and sound energy artist, Javi Otero, creator of Fractal Entrainment, a method of using sound energy to resonate the whole body. Harley: Could you give me a little introduction to iAwake [Technologies]? Javi: iAwake might initially … [Read more...]
How to Awaken Your Innate Vitality, Exuberance, and Grace
Javi: Welcome, everybody! Joseph Kao is here with us today to talk about Profound Renewal. I’m really happy to be doing this interview, because I was also lucky enough to interview Joseph when he released his previous product, Profound Releasing. First I’m going to read a little from Profound Renewal’s product page: Profound Renewal: Deeply Rest and Recharge. Feel refreshed, renewed, and ready to go. Profound Renewal is an energy-building program designed to evoke calm, healthy, and … [Read more...]