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The Sound Medicine of Brian Dailey, M.D.
by Russ Mason, M.S.The links in this article are NOT part of the
original article. They are aids to help you select a CD that is most
suited to your needs.
This article was published in Alternative&
Complementary Therapies, June 2004. Reprinted with permission by
Monroe Products™.
The use of sound and music for healing has a long history. In
the 1950s Robert Monroe pioneered a new kind of sound technology.
This patented process used tones to create specific physiological states
within the brain, and thus balance both hemispheres of the brain. Though
the combination of tones, various states of healing, relaxation,
concentration, focus and intuition may be attained. The CDs produced
at Monroe Products™ utilize this patented technology now knows as
Hemi-Sync®. Today,
health care practitioners are finding significant new ways to assist their
patients with this innovative sound technology. Among them is Brain
Dailey, M.D.
Brian Dailey, M.D., is a clinical
instructor in ACM therapies at the University of Rochester School of
Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, NY) and is board certified in emergency
medicine. Dr. Dailey is an attending physician in emergency medicine
at Rochester General Hospital. Dr. Dailey is also a long-time
practitioner of energy medicine, a Reiki Master and teacher, and uses
crystal therapy and aromatherapy. He lectures and conducts workshops
throughout the United States and Canada on the application of these
modalities. Dr. Dailey is on the board of advisors at The Monroe
Institute® (TMI) at Faber, Virginia, a member of their Professional
Division, and a member of the Dolphin Energy Club (DEC), a group of remote
healers. He is actively involved in research of consciousness
exploration as well as energetic and remote healing.
In 1990 Dr. Dailey experienced the
Hemi-Sync® technology in a weekend workshop conducted by Dr. Joseph
Gallenberger, a clinical psychotherapist, in Rochester, NY.
Impressed and intrigued with what he had experienced, Dr. Dailey
subsequently attended may of the residential courses offered at The Monroe
Institute. Further interest led to a membership in the Professional
Division of TMI, as well as a position on the advisory board.
Additional experience convinced him of the therapeutic value of Hemi-Sync®
for his patients in the hospital, outpatient and home environments.
Russ Mason:
Please tell me how you use sound to help your patients heal.
Brain Dailey: As a physician trained in both traditional
and energetic medicine, I have found that sound may have a therapeutic
effect for patients with a variety of illnesses, and that sound can be
extremely effective in assisting
healthy individuals with concentration,
insight, intuition, creativity, and meditation.
R.M.:
Please explain about the sounds, specifically, and what they do.
B.D.: Robert Monroe, founder of TMI, discover that
specific sound patterns and frequencies have beneficial, identifiable, and
measurable effects on an individual's capabilities. For example,
some combinations of frequencies enhance alertness; others may induce
sleep, and still others evoke expanded states of consciousness. From
this research Hem-Sync® CDs were produced which may aid with
relaxation
and stress reduction; provide healing support for
cancer treatment,
surgery,
hypertension,
stroke,
asthma, and many other applications.
I use Hemi-Sync® myself for
insight,
intuition, improving my own
health,
and helping to engender a deeper
spiritual connection. It has
improved my intuitive insight into difficult-to-diagnose medical cases. It
has vastly increased my abilities as an
energy healer. My patients
have benefited as well. For example, the
Surgical Support Series has
been shown to reduce the need for anesthesia in coronary artery bypass
surgery1. I encourage all my patients undergoing surgery to consider
using the CDs, as listening can reduce their pain, their need for pain
medication, allow them to awaken more quickly in recovery, and hasten
discharge.
R.M.:
How did you discover The Monroe Institute and the Hemi-Sync® recordings?
B.D.: I first learned about TMI because of my interest in
remote viewing. The military used remote viewing to psychically
obtain information not available by ordinary physical senses, often with
great success. I found this intriguing, particularly the idea that
remove viewing might be used as an aid in medical diagnosis. The
military had sent many of their remote viewers to TMI workshops because
the workshops enhanced the remote viewer's performance. I also learned of
people such as Barbara Brennan and Elisabeth Kűbler-Ross who had been to
TMI, and I was intrigued with the work that TMI was doing in consciousness
research. TMI was a happening place!
One day a synchronicity occurred. A
poster advertised TMI, and a local intensive weekend with Dr. Joseph
Gallenberger in Rochester, NY. The poster said that one could expand
one's
cognitive function with the use of sound. I attended the weekend
intensive, and the experience just opened up, in a nearly explosive
manner, my appetite for expanding my own awareness and intuition.
The weekend provided a wonderful introduction to TMI and Hemi-Sync®.
It was a tasty appetizer, leaving me hungry for the main entrée.
R.M.:
What, specifically, did they do in the weekend intensive?
B.D.: We listened to Hemi-Sync® recordings which produced
alpha and theta brain-wave states. These induced profound relaxation and
well-being. They also opened insight and intuition and I was amazed
at the ease with which it worked. Someone practicing meditation 20
years might achieve a hemispheric theta brain-wave state after several
hours of
meditation, and maintain it for five to 15 minutes. We were
learning to do it in mere minutes - and maintaining it for long periods of
time.
R.M.: Have
any Buddhist meditators tried the Hemi-Sync® products?
B.D.: Yes. A 92-year-old monk went to TMI and,
after experiencing it, returned to his temple with a large number of
Hemi-Sync® exercises. He felt the younger monks could learn in one week -
what had taken him years of meditative practice.
R.M.:
What happened next?
B.D.: Shortly thereafter I went down to TMI in Virginia
and took two six-day courses,
Gateway Voyage® and Guidelines®, back to back. It was a
monumental growth period for me.
R.M.:
Why was that?
B.D.: Each six-day residential course takes place in the
Blue Ridge Mountains on the grounds of TMI, sharing meals and the
experience with the others attending. There are numerous Hem-Sync®
exercises that one experiences in a
progressive manner, each expanding on
the previous experience. TMI attracts an incredibly interesting mix
of people and healers. More than half of the healing techniques I
have learned have occurred while there. Karen Malik, president of
ISSSEEM, and a trainer at TMI, took time to introduce me to some
crystal
healing techniques that I now use every day. It's one of the most
enlightening experiences I have ever had and has made me a much more
effective physician; not just in allopathic medicine, but in other healing
arts, such as Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Cranial Sacral Therapy, crystals,
and aromatherapy.
R.M.: How long after taking these
sessions did you being to apply what you had learned into your medical
practice?
B.D.: Immediately, I was applying it
there at TMI as I learned it. applying the techniques to my patients
back home was a natural extension. Using Hemi-Sync® in my
practice brought immediate and tangible results for my patients.
R.M.: How successful were the
CDs in a clinical setting?
B.D.: They can be enormously
helpful. Gretchen G. a lymphoma patient, liked to listen to
Metamusic® in the waiting room before her
chemotherapy. Her
oncologist commented one day on "how relaxed she appeared," in contrast to
the other patients. "It's the Metamusic®," she explained.
This
is why it is useful in the reception areas of dental and medical offices.
In a hospital setting where there is a lot of ambient noise, I place
headphones on the patient to enhance the relaxation and healing effect.
Kelly A. was in the surgical intensive care unit after a severe motor
vehicle accident. She had sustained a severe liver laceration with
anemia (Hematocrit=27%), as well as a compression fracture of her first
lumbar vertebra which had keep her bedridden for three days due to
pain.
After her first Hemi-Sync® and Reiki session, she was able to get out of
bed, and on the fifth day, after four treatments, her hematocrit had risen
to a normal level of 36%, the equivalent of a transfusion of three units
of blood (without the associated $1,500 dollar cost, or health risks
associated with blood transfusion). She did not receive any Epogen
injections.
R.M.: What is it that the Hemi-Sync®
recordings actually do for the individual who experiences them?
B.D.: Hemi-Sync® is short for
Hemispheric Synchronization. Sounds embedded on the CD result in a
"binaural beat" produced by the brainstem. Through a frequency following response this results in both hemispheres becoming synchronized
into a "whole-brain state." This whole-brain state allows us to
simultaneously access both the creativity and intuitive insight of the
right brain, with the analytic insight of the left brain. Many
cognitive states that facilitate healing, manifestation, and problem
solving may be facilitated, depending on the specific frequency patterns
that are used. Different frequencies will produce different effects.
Theta and delta frequencies will help with relaxation and sleep.
Beta frequencies will increase mental clarity, concentration and produce a
laser like focus, which students find useful for studying, and children
with
ADD/ADHD find helpful with concentration.
R.M.: Please explain how this sound
technology can assist
cancer patients.
B.D.: We have found anecdotally that Hemi Sync® frequencies, along with the positive guided imagery on the CDs,
can improve side effects of cancer therapies, such as chemotherapy and
radiation therapy. It may improve neutropenia, anemia, reduce or
eliminate nausea and vomiting, and improve over all well-being. All
it takes is 45 minutes, and a portable CD player with headphones. We
are currently developing protocols to do formal studies of the Cancer
Support Series.
R.M.: Please explain the concept of
"reframing" in the Cancer Support Series.
B.D.: As we know, the mind has a
tremendous influence on healing. Many of the Hemi-Sync® products may
enhance or "reframe" traditional viewpoints, such as in the Cancer Support
Series. Many people, particularly those with a holistic view,
consider chemotherapy to be a poison. Chemotherapy may have many
potential side effects, such as nausea/vomiting, diarrhea, hair loss,
anemia, and neutropenia. If a patient believes they are going to be
pumped full of poison, how will that effect their healing response?
I don not want my subconscious mind, let along my conscious mind, to think
such negative thoughts. Therefore, on the
Cancer Support Series CD
for chemotherapy (which I helped to develop), in our guided imagery we
refer to the chemotherapy treatment as a "Love Potion". We refer to
chemotherapy as a love potion because it is used to make the person well,
not ill; and that needs to be understood, appreciated and embraced.
Can you appreciate and feel the difference between taking a love potion to
make you well , and a poison?
R.M.:
How do the patients react to these sound recordings?
B.D.: Jackie G. was a wonderful mother, 34 weeks
pregnant, who, while showering one Sunday afternoon, discovered a lump.
It turned out to be a highly malignant breast cancer. I asked to
participate in Jackie's care. She was very open to the
Reiki and
crystals, and really enjoyed the Hemi-Sync® recordings. She used
Metamusic® for relaxation. She used another series of
recordings to assist with nursing and childbirth, for her delivery.
"The sounds really helped reduce the discomfort of my labor." Jackie
gave birth to a beautiful baby boy after a one-hour-twenty-minute labor;
no episiotomy, and no repair. She used the
Surgical Support Series for her seven hour surgery, which she
sailed through with little need for pain medication postoperatively.
Jackie also used Chemotherapy Companion to reduce the side
effects of her chemotherapy. The Positive Immunity Series
helped to improve her immune function and well-being. Jackie and I had a
wonderful dinner one moth ago with her family to celebrate her baby's
second birthday, and Jackie's wellness. What a joyful experience
that was!
R.M.:
Can you give me an example of other cancer patients who were helped by the
use of these recordings?
B.D.: Yes. The first person to use
Chemotherapy Companion was Gretchen G., who was 21 when she was
diagnosed with lymphoma. She was only able to complete four of her
scheduled 12 chemotherapies, because she had such pronounced nausea and
vomiting, in addition to complete hair loss. One year later while
living in Amherst, MA., her tumor had quadrupled in size. Her doctor had
suggested that she and I talk, and she agreed to come to Rochester, NY for
evaluation and treatment. She was initially extremely reluctant to
undergo the chemotherapy her oncologist recommended, based on her prior
experience and her holistic beliefs. We discussed her misgivings,
with the understanding that this chemotherapy was to make her well, and
she liked the idea of infusing a "love potion." rather than something
toxic. When she had a severe episode of nausea and vomiting with her
first episode of chemotherapy, we put on
Chemotherapy
Companion, and 45 minutes later she awoke feeling "awesome"
and ate lunch.
Ardith F. had a severe episode of nausea,
vomiting, and diarrhea with chemotherapy two weeks earlier. After
listening to Chemotherapy Companion during her next chemo
treatment, and eating lunch during her infusion, she later remarked "I
feel better than when I came in." Susan S. took the concept of the
REBAL (Resonant
Energy Balloon) from a CD and used it in a new way. "They
explain for you to inhale, and as you exhale, to visualize a balloon or
cocoon of white light surrounding and protecting you. I had a bad
allergic reaction - hives, itching, difficult breathing - to my first
chemotherapy. At the second chemo, they reduced the dose of my
chemotherapy and gave me intravenous anti-allergy medications (Prednisone,
Benadryl) and I had a less severe reaction. Prior to my third
chemotherapy, I though to "pop my REBAL." I had no reaction to that
particular therapy, and they were able to resume full strength
chemotherapy and eliminate my pretreatment allergy medication after that."
The mind is a powerful healing adjunct.
I am constantly amazed how much our patients have to teach us. From
Sue I learned to have all my patients "pop a REBAL" before any procedure
they receive.
R.M.:
You mentioned
crystals as healing aids. Would you please explain your use of
crystals, and how they relate to your practice of energy medicine?
B.D.: Each crystal has a frequency of vibration.
Quartz crystals vibrate at 60 cycles per second, which is why quartz is
used as a timing mechanism in quartz watches. If you take two tuning
forks that are tuned to a "C" of 128Hz, held next to each other, and
strike one so that it vibrates, the other will start vibrating because of
the principle of resonance. Crystals may be used to store energy,
and stimulate the human body by the principle of resonance, or
"vibrational medicine2." Healing may be done without crystals,
but I truly enjoy their feel and energy, as do many of my patients.
Crystals will amplify energy, and can be used to direct or focuses healing
energies. Crystals may be placed on specific charkas as an aid in
amplifying healing energy.
Mitch Gaynor, M.D., has described the use
of quartz crystal bowls to produce sound useful in healing cancer.
We use quartz crystal bowls along with Hemi-Sync® in our Reiki circles. It
elevates the energy of the entire room, as well as the energy of all the
people present.
R.M.:
Many allopathic physicians and ACM practitioners are striving to bridge
the gap which exists between conventional and alternative medicine.
You seem to be doing this now.
B.D.: I look forward to the day when we no longer
consider them "conventional" and "alternative" medicine, but can
appreciate that we have therapies of any modality will help the patient. I
believe the placebo effect is a very real energetic effect that we have
been unable to properly measure and characterize. We are on the cusp
of the next great adventure - how energy medicine and human consciousness
can affect healing, and how consciously we may use these energies to make
us well.
R.M.:
What sparked this integrative view for you? That is, using a
combination of protocols, such as Reiki, crystals and the
Hemi-Sync® CDs.
B.D.: My father was a great influence. When I was four
years old, my father taught me how to grow crystals, which I now use in
healing. My mother had conventional medical training in nursing, but
in addition, she was a great touch healer. If we skinned our knee,
she "would rub it and make it better." If it was really serious, she
would "kiss it and make it better." And it always made us feel
better. I was too young to understand that it was energy medicine,
but I learned that you could make people feel better through touch, that
it was a normal part of life.
R.M.:
What is the Dolphin Energy Club?
B.D.: The Dolphin Energy Club (DEC) has a membership of
203 healers, coordinated by TMI, who attempt to heal and assist others
from a distance using guided imagery. Hemi-Sync®, and energetic
healing. We ask recipients to record their impressions and results.
It is clear that some people perceive benefits from remote healing.
In the research lab at TMI, they did EEG brain mapping of healers while
they did healing. A remarkable consistent brain map was found
amongst many healers, and a Hemi-Sync® tape produced to induce this
brain-wave state. New member of DEC receive the DEC Hemi-Sync® tape
that is of benefit to all members, but particularly those with an
interest, but no previous experience in remote healing. It is a
wonderful gift to participate in DEC.
R.M.:
Although ACM protocols have been slowly entering standard medical
practice, many allopathic practitioners, and insurance companies such as
HMOs, remain unconvinced. What do you say to them?
B.D.: Delores Krieger, Ph.D., R.N., has shown that Therapeutic
touch can increase hemoglobin blood levels in patients. This may be
helpful for dialysis and cancer patients who may be anemic (low red blood
cells) or neutropenic (low white blood cells that help fight infection) as
a result of their illness or therapy. Fortunately, Epogen and Neupogen
injections may be given to these patients to help improve their blood
counts, at approximately $800 for both injections. Some of our
patients using energetic techniques have been able to decrease the
frequency of these injections, and in rare instances, have been able to
stop them all together. This can result in significant cost savings.
Ironically, if you want the insurance industry to cover a specific
therapy, you need to show them how it sass them money, not just improves
patient care. Reiki therapy is now partially reimbursed or
discounted by HMOs in Rochester, N.Y.
R.M.:
How do your medical colleagues react to your use of energetic techniques?
B.D.: My colleagues have been very supportive as they
learn about these therapies. Rochester General Hospital had an ACM
teaching day for their Internal Medicine residents. We had five
Reiki tables along
with Hemi-Sync® recordings; and we
had 50 physicians participate - giving treatments as well as receiving
them. The chief resident had chronic hp pain which had caused her to
stop running, her favorite exercise. She called four days later
excited that after a 15-minute treatment, she had no pain, and had resumed
running! She now works in private practice and has referred patents
to me.
R.M.:
Considering the variety of products, there are probably several that a
health care practitioner could use to enhance their patient's...
B.D.: (interrupting) Absolutely! Look at it this way:
it's less than $20 for the chemotherapy CD. How many drugs do you
know that can treat a cancer patient that cost $20 and are reusable?
R.M.:
And, in this case, you recommend that the patient uses headphones for
maximum effect.
B.D.: Speakers placed on either side of the head will
work fine, but I especially prefer headphones for the first few listening
experiences, as it screens out ambient noise and enhances the experience.
The frequencies are like training wheel on a bicycle, after a few
times, you can induce the experience at will.
R.M.:
Would you please clarify that? You can do that without a CD playing?
B.D.: Yes, because once your brain becomes acclimated to
the subtle synchronization energies, you can do it on your own. Many
of the Hemi-Sync® exercises have encodings, or anchors, that are used
during the exercise, so that you can recreate the effect later without the
CD. In Chemotherapy Companion, if you become nauseous
or vomit, you would inhale, and as you exhale, think "Plus-stomach clam".
It induces the wonderfully pleasant experience they had earlier, and
reduces nausea/vomiting. There are signals to reduce pain, etc. It
is also interesting that Hemi-Sync® is just as effective at low listening
levels.
R.M.:
Is there ay down-side to the Hemi-Sync® CDs, or adverse affect which you
have observed?
B.D.: I have never observed an adverse or untoward affect.
Unlike some medications, sound is not physically addicting. It
doesn't interfere with, and is a wonderful adjunct to, traditional
therapies. For the practitioner, Hemi-Sync® is an additional tool
easily used. I tell patients that in the worse case scenario, "you
might feel better". My personal experience is that it has helped me
and my patients greatly.
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synchronization during anesthesia: a double blind randomized trial
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2. Gerber R. Vibrational Medicine:
the #1 book of subtle energy therapies. Bear and Company, 2001.
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Disclosure: Dr. Brian Daily is a
member of the Professional Division, the Dolphin Energy Club, and is on
the Board of Advisors of The Monroe Institute. He received no income
form TMI, and receives no income from the sale of their products.
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