Light and Sound Relaxation Information Booklet
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PHOTOSONIX Sensory rhythms for mental fitness! Light and Sound Relaxation All PHOTOSONIX products are Information booklet designed and manufactured by microfirm inc., 2420 Gundry Avenue Signal Hill, California, USA. & PHOTOSONIX Information booklet and software Light and Sound Relaxation Machines copyright Microfirm Inc. 2003, all rights reserved. PHOTOSONIX is a registered Trade Mark of Microfirm Inc. www.photosonix.com by Jeff Labno and Snezana Zdravkova PHOTOSONIX PHOTOSONIX About the authors of this book Jeff Labno has been in the Light & Sound Industry since Warranty and Customer Service 1980, when he founded Altered States MindGym. Currently, he is a product specialist at Tools For Wellness. Make sure that you fill-out, and send in your warranty card when you Snezana Zdravkova is one of the principal designers of purchase your unit. You can save on postage and register your warranty PHOTOSONIX products and written materials. on our web site: www.photosonix.com More information Systems come with a one year warranty (parts and labor) to the original More information about the Light and Sound industry, PHOTOSONIX purchaser. products and support is available by visiting our web site information center: www.photosonix.com Your Owners Manual contains full details on how to use your system. If you need help using your unit, contact your dealer. For answers to your questions, help with choosing In addition, our website is a complete customer service resource designed or purchasing a model please contact our sales to help you 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. It contains FAQs (frequently and customer service representatives. asked questions), how to obtain copies of manuals (in case you lose yours), stat sheets (and a comparison chart) on all of our products, details on how Telephone to download additional programs, a list of accessories, pricing, shipping, and more. 1-800-258-2566 (in the USA) 1-562-981-8000 (International) For service and repair, contact: [email protected] 1-800-258-2566 (United States) e-mail: 1-562-981-8800 (International) [email protected] www.photosonix.com www.photosonix.com PHOTOSONIX PHOTOSONIX Downloading additional sessions About PHOTOSONIX Additional sessions can be downloaded from our web site Thank you for your interest in Light and Sound Relaxation and our www.photosonix.com into PHOTOSONIX models that offer the download- products. If you are looking to purchase a relaxation machine we hope ing feature. A custom made computer cord is supplied with these models. this booklet helps you understand the features, the benefits and the Also, a USB port serial adapter (for computers that have no serial port), is possibilities. available from <www.keyspan.com>, Keyspan part # USA-19QW. If you have purchased a PHOTOSONIX light and sound system, thank To download sessions: first, you will need to download our L/S Librarian you. We hope that you will enjoy your system for many years to come. software. It is available free from our web site <www.photosonix.com. Specific downloading instructions are in the Librarian help section. We first began manufacturing electronic equipment in 1981. In 1989, we applied our expertise in microprocessor-embedded technology to Creating new sessions manufacturing light and sound systems (also known as AVS audio visual stimulation devices). We feel that we have developed the most Some of our customers, after using their built in sessions will opt to design diverse, and complete line of light and sound relaxation systems. We custom made ones and download those into their unit. This allows them to offer systems for home users who like to keep it simple, for home users incorporate the parts of existing sessions they like, change what they dont who like all the features, for professionals such as therapists, for or design a completely new session. researchers and for commercial usage. In order to design sessions, you will need to purchase our L/S Designer Our line of relaxation products incorporate many industry firsts, such as: software. Make sure you tell us which model machine you own when choice of light color for glasses, PVStim glasses for use with eyes open, purchasing to get the correct and most recent revision software. hemiStim glasses for hemispheric specialization, midiStim for use with brainwave biofeedback, bi-color glasses (using two different colors), For more information on downloading or creating new sessions downloading sessions from the Internet, units with custom programs for please see the download link on our web site. healthcare professionals, dual binaural beats and dual monaural beats, multi-user systems, integrating breath pacing with light and sound, sine wave light technology, and Light WeaveTM light technology. 24 www.photosonix.com www.photosonix.com 1 PHOTOSONIX PHOTOSONIX What Are Light and Sound Systems? Ways to Enhance Your Experience Light and sound systems are electronic devices that enable the user to see Food a light that pulses, while hearing a sound that pulses at the same frequency as the light. Food most definitely affects how you feel. Besides making sure you are not interfering with your goals you can also use it to enhance your You wear light glasses and headphones that are connected to the light and sessions. sound machine, which has internal programs that generate the light and sound pulses. Many people use coffee to wake them up and stay alert. It definitely enhances doing sessions for focus, learning, memory, and concentration. Lights are mounted on the inside of glasses for stimulation. Be sure to keep your eyes closed when doing a session, but it is not dangerous should you Citrus juice give the body a flood of energy. Some fruits are known open your eyes. It is however, more effective to keep the eyes closed and aphrodisiacs, such as pomegranates, apricots, figs, pineapple, mango, keep outside distractions away. You hear pulsed sound (that we produce) strawberries Aphrodisiacs stimulate the imagination. Eating these fruits via the headphones. is reported to increase the ability to visualize. You can also add your choice of music or a stimulation tape to the sound we Warm milk contains L-Tryptophan, which is an amino acid that helps produce, for more effective results, or, for a more enjoyable experience. induce sleep. Some use it with relaxation or sleep programs. All PHOTOSONIX models come with a stereo patch cord for this. These are just a few examples of how some use foods to enhance light Strobe light and sound affect your state of mind (brainwave state), because and sound programs. your brainwaves take on the same frequency as the strobe. There are pre- set programs inside the machine, that allow you to choose from several Alcohol brainwave states, such as alert, learning/memory, creativity, and sleep. We strongly, very strongly discourage and suggest you avoid the use of alcohol and/or recreational drugs with any PHOTOSONIX machine or session. 2 www.photosonix.com www.photosonix.com 23 PHOTOSONIX PHOTOSONIX Ways to enhance the experience What are Light and Sound systems? Choosing Music for Your Session The frequency ranges of these sessions are based on basic brainwave Using the correct music while doing a program greatly enhances the states (see page 13). They are general guides and they will not work experience. When it comes to music, everyone has different tastes, so it the same for everyone. This is the reason we offer so many sessions is impossible for anyone to make recommendations for you. Essentially, and tone combinations in our systems, the variety helps most find what just use the music that you truly enjoy! is suitable and enjoyable for them to use. Certain types of music are very conducive to putting you into a particular Strobe light has long been known to change brainwaves, such as state of mind. Nature sounds are reported to be best for general looking at the flickering light of a campfire. The same is true for strobe relaxation. Same with the calm and non evasive New Age music. Some sound, such as taking a walk on the beach, listening to the sound of claim that Jazz, for example, makes them feel very energetic and that ocean waves breaking on the shore. In both situations, the result is a classical music brings out an imaginative state. Popular music brings back more relaxed state of mind. lots of memories Light and sound systems uniquely combine these two sensory Audio Strobe stimulations. By combining light with sound, brainwave transformation is much more efficient than by just using one of the senses (light, or Audio Strobe is a technology invented in Germany where encoded onto sound). CDs are frequencies that coordinate the light pulses to flash with music. Our Nova Pro 100 and InnerPulse are Audio Strobe compatible. While light stimulates the front of the brain (cortex logical thought These CDs come in a variety of styles, such as synthesized music, process), sound is processed by the back of the brain (limbic acoustic instruments, and nature sounds. You will have to try Audio emotional process). The combination of light with sound stimulates both Strobe for yourself to see if this technology is for you. The synthesized the front and back of the brain at the same time. This helps to balance CDs sound like sound tracks to movies depicting adventures in outer the activity of the front with that of the back of the brain by increasing space. The acoustic CDs are natural instruments and the nature sounds the activity of both at the same time. are, just that, nature sounds combined with instrumental themes. 22 www.photosonix.com www.photosonix.com 3 PHOTOSONIX PHOTOSONIX Who Uses This Technology, and Why? Ways to enhance the experience Light and sound machines were first used for experimental therapy in the Adding music 1970s.