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M.I.A.S. BULLETIN
A COMMUNICATION FROM THE MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
The following is a portion of a
report from One Institute research as-
sociate, Psychiatrist Stuart Twemlow:
"In our studies of the effect of
the Monroe Tape system on brain waves,
we have found that the tapes encourage
the focusing of brain energy(it. can be
measured as with a light bulb, in watts)
into a narrower and narrower "frequency
band". This focusing of energy is not
unlike the yoga concept of one pointed-
ness, which we may translate in Western
terms as single-n-Lindedness. As Focus 10
counts down, there is a gradual increase
in brain-wave sizer which is a measure
of brain energy or power.
"Although the significance of this
is not clear, it could be speculated that
the tape system encourages the recruit-
ment of neurons in the brain to focus their
attention on a single task, whether that
be to reduce tension on the muscles, to
inprove sleeping, or control pain".
"I'll describe three situations where
we have applied the Monroe tapes with un-
usually striking results. -The types of
patients with whom the tapes have
been tried, generally speaking,have been
chronic that is, have had their problem
for long periods of time".
"One such case was a middle-aged lady
who had severe pain resulting from problem
in the healing of an old fracture. In
combining the tapes with a structured hos-
Pital milieu, we determined that as she
began to relax the parts of her body which
had not been relaxed, were those pains ,
connected with psychological problems for
I@Alich the pain was serving the function
of "secondary gains". That is, the pain
appeared to help her cope with some of the
psychological stresses in her everyday life
in a sense was kept going because it serv-
ed this adaptive function.
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"As we were able to deal with
this, she began to feel in control of
her life and her need to keep the Pain
decreased. After@discharge from the hos-
pittal, this patient .has continued to be
almost unrecognizable physically. She
looks a great deal younger than she did
before, she has her pain under control
and does not need any physical support
for it. Most strikingly, other parts
of her life from which she had been
very withdrawn, have now become a
source of gratification to her".
"The next case concerns a middle-
g history of
aged man with a very lon
psychosomatic problems affecting Prac-
tically every organ in his body. A
psychological investigation found many
of these symptoms related to some sev-
ere surgical trauma which occured when
he was a young child. In this case.we
combined the tape exercises, especially.
the Focus 10 exercise with the sorts of
stimuli in his enviroment that would
make him very anxious,that is, the sti-
muli that reminded-him of the surgicAl
trauma as a child. Over a period of
weeks we exposed him-both.to the Focus
10 deeply relaxed'state and,to the sti-
muli that would make him very anxious
and upset. Gradually he became desen-
sitized to the stimuli and was able to
feel a--lot more in control of his life".
"...Dying man utilized the.tape
system. He also had severe pain which
had been impossible to control with
massive -doses of narcotic. Over a per-
iod of weeks, he also acheived control.
Since he died, we've had a communication
from his wife. She stated that he
played thetapes until lie died and the
last week .of his life, was completely
pain free and at peace".
"Our feeling was that both the
experience with acheiving control of
the part of his bc)dy that was painful
and preparing himself for death of his
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and panicky. The control and preparation
made him, therefore, wre able to make
peace with the family- so important in
dying people. In fact, as we have noticec.
with a number of people who are dying,he
was able to give support to those around
him who will suffer the loss. Coming to
ternis with the loss of his own physical
body enabled him to intergrate the re-
maining fears h@? had in this direction.
"Use of the tapes in a clinical set-
Ling has pointed out that their effect
on reduction of stress and tense muscles
is startling. As a matter of fact, it
apperars that not only muscles under vol-
untary control but also those under in-
voluntary control (SROoth muscles, such
-is the muscles of the bladder) may be re-
laxed with the Focus 10-exercise".
"Patients who are chronic feel very
much out of control of the various symp-
toms they have. As with a number of the
newer therapeutic techniques, giving them
a sense of control has a "snowball" ef-
fect on the control of other symptom
and aspects of their interpersonal re-
lationships. As they begin to aceive in
other areas resulting from this "snowball"
effect, each siiiall success has arei@nfor-
cing effect".
"It seems that Focus 10 is the basic
state which is essential to master before
being able to proceed. Some of our pat-
ients, have learned to induce the Focus
10 state to relax their bodies while they
ar(--, actively engaged in warki and certain-
1v to relax their bodies in between
Floi-fie hiqhly stressful day-to-day working
situations. Some patients are now able
to prograti their sleep, so that they wake
aL certain times. A number of them with
insomnia have found theniselves sleeping
Very restfully".
can be created by this. For example,
one patient noted that lie has had periods
of very high energy in which he finds tliat.
he is creative, but which represent a
change in his ordinary level of function-
ing to which other people take some ti-ine
to adjust. He has@ noticed, for. example,
that he needs fewer hours of sleep at
night and t1-iis is ready to start the
day's work a great deal earlier thwi most
other people ".
"A number of patients 4io, have req-
ularly practiced with the tapes have
found that they've become much more ref lec-
tive less physically active, and more
satisfied with quieter sorts of hobbies and
d4y@to-day activities. Becc@ n-ore in-
wardly turned is a characteristic of
people who learn to utilize sources of
gratification within their ow heads
rather than having to constantly turn
to the outside world for gratification".
'Vie patient had noticed t:hat a very
f OW Minutes of sleep in Focus 10 seemed
k@quivelent to him, in terrRs of restful-
Tje,-@s,to itv:uiy hours of sleep with his nor-
iiial sleopiny pattern
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