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Finding Grace in Silence

Part II in a series about personal transformation and the beauty of silence, written by Louie Santos, iAwake’s beloved longtime Business Development Director, who resides in Manila in the Philippines. I can barely understand what the woman on the Skype line is telling me. Her husband, who a few minutes ago had been strumming his…

Finding Refuge in Alpha

Nadja Lind, healer, producer, yogini, and one of iAwake’s brilliant longstanding brainwave entrainment developers, has created a new gem called Refuge: A Place of Peace Amid the Storms of Life. Here, Nadja is in conversation with John Dupuy, CEO of iAwake Technologies, and fellow entrainment artist (and iAwake’s CTO) Douglas Prater to talk about Refuge,…

Gamma Brain Waves and What They Do For Our Brains

Judith Pennington shares her extensive knowledge of gamma brain waves with John Dupuy, co-founder of iAwake Technologies. Judith is the founder of the Institute for the Awakened Mind, where practitioners from all over the world use the Mind Mirror EEG to map, monitor, train, and research advanced states of consciousness. Judith: I fell in love…

When you type “brainwave study music” into your search bar, more than likely, you are going to get a good variety of results: alpha brain waves, gamma, theta… But how do you know which one is the best to use, and when? You’re in luck, because in this article, we will be exploring just that!…

Recapture the Lost Art of Deep, Restorative Sleep

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…

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…

As we are all learning in this age of astounding progress in the field of neuroscience, the brain is capable of being trained and re-trained in ways we previously thought impossible. Now Joseph Kao, a brilliant hypnotherapist from the U.K., has turned his hand to developing a tool — a guided deep sleep meditation — to help people both relax deeply and also…

There’s a real cultural thing about New Year’s Eve that you’ve got to get toasted, right? That’s how you bring in the New Year. Being an introvert, I don’t remember the last time I went to a drunken New Year’s Eve celebration… I don’t even like to watch the ball fall in Times Square. In…

“To go home to my family was both painful and also very embarrassing to me. It seemed like if you were to walk in, you wouldn’t see me anywhere, because I was just a little tiny water droplet or something. That’s how powerful a hold lifelong interactions can continue to have.” Journey of Integral Recovery…

In this call, John and Doug answer the question, “What is spiritual awakening?” John mentions a book that he and Doug are currently working on with the working title of The Practice of Life or The Life of Practice. There are four parts to this practice of life or life of practice to help us…

John and Doug talk about how to get rid of negative life stories by tuning in to your interior states, bracketing your thoughts to be aware of your feelings, focusing on your feelings, staying with those feelings, processing those feelings, and then eventually changing your story.

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.

John and Doug talk about iAwake’s new release, Stealing Flow. They also discuss what flow states are; how flow states are similar to karmic yoga or the path of service – one reason why we need flow states; and practice, practice, practice which is how we can achieve these flow states.

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.

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…

John Dupuy and Doug Prater discuss iAwake Technologies’ new upcoming release developed by Doug Prater himself, Stealing Flow.

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…

John discussed in this week’s call the four pillars for practice: wake up, grow up, clean up and show up. Wake up: You need to stay awake Grow up: You need to go to the highest level of your moral development Clean up: You need to deal with your shadow, trauma, and screwed up childhood…

John is back with the Integral Recovery Podcast coaching team, Doug Prater, and a special guest for this week, Dr. Bob Weathers. Dr. Bob Weathers has a PhD in Clinical Psychology. He is also a therapist, teacher, writer and a practitioner. In this call, he shared the 9 Different Perspectives on Forgiveness, and grouped…

John discussed spiritual technology and how spirituality deals with ultimate questions: “Who am I?” “What am I?” “What am I here to do?” Technology is any tool to assist you in doing something. How meditation (especially in using iAwake tools) helps in finding your deepest self. Certain meditations focus on the heart center –…