Psychology   

Sound waves significantly affect brain waves by synchronizing neural activity — a process known as brainwave entrainment — where the brain aligns its electrical oscillations with the frequency of sound, inducing specific mental states like relaxation, focus, or deep sleep. Through technologies like binaural beats, specific frequencies can stimulate delta (deep sleep), theta (meditation), alpha (calm), or beta (alertness) waves. The instructor will recount his experience as a test subject on this research. For background, see Robert Monroe’s Journeys Out of the Body.

New remote workshop. Format will include lecture and discussion.

Lucid dreaming, the practice of oneironautics, is a way of bridging the gap between waking states and sleeping states, creating opportunities to explore the deeper realms of the mind. In this course, we will explore, didactically and experientially, ways in which we can access these deeper states and the nature of mind and reality, through videos, writings, lecture, discussion, and experience. We will learn and practice techniques to enter dream states from daytime wakefulness, and to bring dream awareness during nighttime sleep.

New hybrid course. Format includes lecture, discussion, and film.

SUGGESTED BOOK: Dreams of Light, Andrew Holecek, ISBN 9781683644354