This presentation explores the benefits to meditating and in particular the benefits to working with iAwake Technologies' Profound Meditation Program 3.0

1. Benefits of Meditation and
Profound Meditation 3.0
Ubiquity University

2.  Benefits of Meditation
 Physical Health Benefits
 Psychological Benefits
 Relationship Benefits
 Spiritual/Transformative
Benefits
 Professional Benefits
 Cautions of Meditation
 Benefits of Brainwave Entrainment &
iAwake Meditation
 Cautions to the Use of Brainwave
Entrainment
 Resources

3. The benefits of meditation/mindfulness are many: physical,
emotional/psychological, cognitive, transformational, relational and
professional. In the next several slides we’ll review some of the highlights.
Here are some resources you might also check out:
 Meditation: What You Need to Know/United States’ National Institute of
Health (NIH): http://nccam.nih.gov/health/meditation/
 Meditation: A Simple Way to Reduce Stress/Mayo Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/meditation
 20 Scientific Reasons to Start Meditating Today/Psychology Today:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/meditation
 Health Benefits of Meditation/PsychCentral.com:
http://psychcentral.com/2014

4. The impact of stress on physical health is powerful – some doctors will tell
you that most of the issues they see are at the very least exacerbated by
stress, if not caused by it. So including meditation into one’s health regimen
as a way of reducing stress can be very beneficial.
Research has found that meditation can:
• lower blood pressure
• strengthen the immune system
• support healthier heart functioning
• support better sleep
• possibly decrease age related neural degeneration in parts of the brain
• increase cortical thickness – leading to improved neural communication
• support pain management, decreasing need for medication
Sources: Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org • WebMD: http://www.webmd.com • International Journal of
Behavioral Medicine: http://link.springer.com • NIH: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/meditation/overview.htm

5. Research has found that people who meditate experience:
• greater happiness
• more resilience
• less symptoms of depression
• less symptoms of anxiety related disorders
• lessened stress response
• Increased capacity for self-observation
• increased emotion regulation
• increase in emotional balance
• increased capacity for empathy
• a maturing sense of morality
• greater between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
Sources: http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/mindfulness-meditation-may-ease-anxiety-mental-stress-201401086967 • Dr
Heather Urry, Dr Andrew Newberg, Dr. Daniel Siegel

6.  supports more attuned communication
 supports more of a sense of social connection
 helps to increase emotional intelligence
 supports more flexibility in response to stress –
leading to less conflict
 reduces feelings of loneliness
 Increases capacity for compassion and empathy

7. Check out these four short videos on Meditation and the Brain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdHRR_XuJQo

8. Meditating can facilitate:
• Deep feelings of peace and relaxation
• Experience of being in the present moment – the power
of Now
• Deep feelings of connection with all life – unity
experiences
• Clarity of thought and perspective
• Deep insights into self and the nature of reality
• Increased empathy and compassion
• Increased capacity to witness interior dimension
• a stronger sense of purpose
• Increased in access to intuition
• Equanimity

9.  Reduces stress
 Increases capacity for focus and concentration
 Increases productivity
 Increases creativity
 Supports better decision-making
 Improves teamwork
 Facilitates more self-awareness
 Generates a more positive mood (better morale)
 Decreased absenteeism due to stress/health
Sources: Meditating At Work/Noetic Sciences: http://www.noetic.org/noetic/issue-nineteen-february/meditating-at-work/ •
Forbes: How Meditation Can Make You a Better Leader: http://www.forbes.com/sites/insead/2014/01/28/how-meditation-
can-make-you-a-better-leader/ • Companies that Meditate/MBA: http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/10-big-companies-that-
promote-employee-meditation/ • Chopra Center: http://www.chopra.com/ccl/5-ways-meditation-can-benefit-businesses

10. While meditation is generally experienced as an incredibly supportive and positive activity
(though certainly challenging at times!), there are some cautions to consider:
 For people who have significant trauma, meditating can trigger trauma re-experiencing,
which in the short-term can be terrifying, though in the longer term is an opportunity for
healing and integration. The key here is support and knowledge about responding effectively
to the reactivation and using acceptance, releasing and integration strategies, particularly of
a somatic nature.
 Meditation can be contra-indicated if the person has very weak ego strength and/or severe
mental health issues which might lead to decompensating symptoms, such as chaotic
thoughts, obsessive-compulsive patterns, suicidal thoughts, etc.
 If the person tends towards very negative thinking, meditation could initially exacerbate that
pattern - so it would be important to help this person manage this effectively - ultimately its
an opportunity for shifting the negative pattern.
 For some people meditation can even trigger what’s called a “dark night of the soul” - a
term that describes a harrowing experience of deconstruction of one’s whole belief system
and life structure. It has also been called a “spiritual emergence” - again ultimately
can signal a movement towards a next stage of growth but living through it can be quite the
challenge. Again, knowledgeable support is very important.

11. People who meditate with iAwake/brainwave entrainment accrue all
the benefits of meditation but in addition:
• Experience a faster shift into feelings of peace and relaxation
• Find it easier to establish and stay with the practice of meditation as the
technology assists with the quieting and focus that can be frustrating in the initial
stages
• Helps to decrease “monkey-mind”
• Motivates to meditate: Gives people experiences of peace and insight that can
normally take years to achieve
• Increases resilience: brainwave entrainment gently stimulates/stresses the brain,
which causes it to adjust/adapt to the stress, as in chaos theory
• Improves sleep – the delta brainwaves in particular help people sleep better
• Can trigger full-blown (or less dramatic) spiritual experiences
• Tends to facilitate intense and sometimes life-changing dreams – particularly in
the early phase of use
• Infuses creative expression and removes blocks

12. (continued): People who meditate with iAwake/brainwave entrainment
accrue all the benefits of meditation but in addition:
• Often a marked decrease in depressive symptoms
• Can assist in supporting people in recovery from substance and process
addictions in many ways, by helping to better manage cravings, enabling people
to meditate who wouldn’t normally be able to sit for very long, provides positive
non-drug-oriented state experiences, increases self-observation
• decrease in anxiety and trauma symptoms – these can initially be exacerbated
by the technology, but with continued use can decrease significantly
• Can facilitate remarkable emotional release – can initially bring these feelings to
the fore, that can then be released with the aid of releasing techniques
• Higher IQ - some studies have shown increase in IQ points after use of these
technologies
• Increased cognitive flexibility – more capacity to think outside the box
• potential spiritual-related experiences
• Supports state training – learning how to identify and work with different states of
consciousness

13. People who meditate with iAwake accrue all the benefits of
meditation and brainwave entrainment meditation but in addition:
 Report more of a sense of “pull” rather than the “push” associated with
traditional brainwave entrainment programs – easier to integrate
 iAwake’s stimulation/recovery cycles in the technology, based on sports
psychology, facilitate a more powerful yet more organic process
 iAwake’s panning (EMDR-like)* supports release of constriction, trauma
and emotional material more effectively
 iAwake’s biofield component impacts the whole body, not just the brain,
making for a more holistic entrainment effect.
 Includes “Evolved Mind” brainwave patterns discovered by Maxwell
Cade – scientist and biofieedback pioneer.
 Less invasive so works well with traditional meditation forms
*EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing – effective in the treatment of trauma symptoms for
many people

14. Some Basics:
 Don’t listen to these tracks and drive
 Do not listen to brainwave entrainment tracks for more than 2 hours a day
 Stay hydrated
These tracks can occasionally trigger memories and experiences of past emotional trauma -
this is normal and one of the gifts of the technology, so:
 Know this may happen
 Have a plan if this occurs. Use strategies you already know.
 Here are some simple guidelines:
 Allow yourself to fully feel the feelings that are arising
 Become aware of where in your body you feel these feelings
 Bracket the thoughts/memories associated with the feelings – set them aside and just
stay with the feelings and body sensations
 Eventually you will feel a sense of release – which includes a kind of new
spaciousness/emptiness and is often accompanied by new insight into the feeling
experience
 iAwake’s manuals and website are full of resources for working with and releasing emotions
and trauma. See the website for more details: http://www.iawaketechnologies.com

15. Overwhelm - it is possible for people new to the technology or if it is used too much,
that over stimulation can occur. Signs include:
 irritability,
 heightened reactivity,
 increased anxiousness,
 mild headache, or other uncomfortable physical symptoms.
If this happens:
 Switch to PMP3’s Releasing Meditation tracks and
 Use an inner releasing technique
 Stop listening for several hours or days
Go here for the Full Disclaimer

16.  Meditation: What You Need to Know/United States’ National Institute of Health (NIH):
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/meditation/
 Meditation: A Simple Way to Reduce Stress/Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org/meditation
 20 Scientific Reasons to Start Meditating Today/Psychology Today:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/meditation
 Health Benefits of Meditation/PsychCentral.com: http://psychcentral.com/2014
 Sources: Mayo Clinic: http://www.mayoclinic.org • WebMD: http://www.webmd.com • International Journal of
Behavioral Medicine: http://link.springer.com • NIH: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/meditation/overview.htm
 : http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/mindfulness-meditation-may-ease-anxiety-mental-stress-201401086967 •
 Dr Heather Urry,
 Dr Andrew Newberg,
 Dr. Daniel Siegel
 Meditating At Work/Noetic Sciences: http://www.noetic.org/noetic/issue-nineteen-february/meditating-at-
work/ • Forbes: How Meditation Can Make You a Better Leader:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insead/2014/01/28/how-meditation-can-make-you-a-better-leader/ • Companies
that Meditate/MBA: http://www.onlinemba.com/blog/10-big-companies-that-promote-employee-meditation/ •
Chopra Center: http://www.chopra.com/ccl/5-ways-meditation-can-benefit-businesses
 http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/272833.php