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John Levine’s Alphamusic lands 16th March at The Hopsack
New Alphamusic Tour Set to Lift Irelands Spirits
Alphamusic composer, John B. Levine, is touring Ireland from 11th to 23rd March 2012 with a unique road show that aims to help people lift their spirits out of depression and tells his own amazing story that led to the success of Alphamusic worldwide .
Depression is still a rather taboo and therefore ‘private’ subject. Whether it be skirting around the issue with a friend who may not be able to take on board revelations about our state of mind, keeping it secret from our employer for fear of not getting that promotion or not knowing how to respond when a colleague returns to work after sick leave, there is still a certain amount of stigma attached to it.
Alphamusic expert, John B. Levines Lift Your Spirits Out of Depression tour aims to provide people with tools to help them when they are feeling down. During each talk, John gives 10 tips for reducing depression, which include manage your brainwaves, get your daily dose of delta sleep and deal with your dark emotions.
John relates the drama and emotional turmoil that led to the success of his Alphamusic, worldwide, After the breakup of my second relationship in 2002, I was staying with my ex at her flat in Poland. I babysat our daughter while my ex went out partying with her boyfriend. Every day, as I left her flat, coming down the staircase, my ex and her boyfriend came up. I found this all very hard to cope with and started to have suicidal thoughts. I then started playing my own composition Silence of Heart during this difficult time, which helped relieve me from these dark thoughts.
During this time John had lots of people saying how his music was working for them, but because he was in such a depressed and negative state, he couldnt really believe this in his own mind and needed further validation
Mothers who were using the CD were saying to me that their babies werent crying anymore. Then I got a call that 3 budgies had fallen asleep in broad daylight. I still doubted the capabilities of my music, so I had my music tested with an EEG machine.
A simple, uncontrolled trial of brain responsiveness to Alphamusic was performed at the Medicina private clinic, in Krakow, in November 2002. A patient suffering from acute anxiety was monitored via EEG, while listening to my Silence of Peace CD. The patient reported a dramatic reduction in feelings of stress and an increased sense of physical relaxation, compared to their normal, very tense state.
The EEG results confirmed the patient’s subjective view. Remarkably, the EEG data showed that the patient’s brainwaves had dropped into the alpha state (8-12 Hz) within just four minutes of listening to ‘Silence of Peace’. In addition, results from the control test conducted before the trial, showed the patient had suppressed right-hemisphere brain activity. While listening to Silence of Peace, there was a marked increase in right-side brain activity. This hemisphere is responsible for emotions, feelings, and the left hemisphere of the brain is responsible for rational thinking. These tests showed that my music helps to encourage an alpha rhythm within the brain, which releases and removes the muscle tension, to encourage deep relaxation.
John B. Levines Lift Your Spirits Out of Depression runs from 12th March until 23rd March 2012. Silence of Heart and Silence of Peace CDs retail at £14.99 and £15.99 respectively and are available from www.silenceofmusic.com, on info@silenceofmusic.com, on 01 443 3861 and local independent retailers throughout Ireland.
John is also appearing at the Mind, Body, Spirit Show in Dublin on Sunday 18th March at 12.00 until – 1.00pm. He is giving a talk entitled, Beat Insomnia and Stress with Alphamusic – (Lift your Spirits out of Depression). Visit John at stand 80.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About John Levine
After training in classical music composition at Sydney University, John Levine spent several successful years in commercial music, working with bands like INXS and Midnight Oil, and writing jingles for Saatchi and Saatchi and Coca-Cola. In the early 1990s he emigrated to Poland, and it was in this ex-Communist era that he trained and motivated more than five thousand Poles in over twenty cities in the art of sales and positive thinking, working for companies such as Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, Commercial Union, ING Bank, AIG.
Throughout these times in Sydney and Poland, John pursued his belief in meditation and the healing properties of music. He learnt about the brainwaves and how they can be calmed by meditation in particular. He also came across the discovery by Dr Hans Berger, that the brain emits electrical waves which rise and fall in intensity depending on our mood. Finally, John left the mainstream to develop his unique Alphamusic. After considerable experimentation, John established the pattern of sound that invites the brain to settle into the alpha state. This is a calmer state than the excitable peaks and troughs, known as beta, which contribute to feelings of anxiety. Based on this, and incorporating his musical knowledge and creativity, John developed Alphamusic as an effective tool to help with stress, anxiety, insomnia, depression and more.
Alphamusic is now used by a significant range of biomedical and complementary health professionals. Patrick Holford, the world renowned nutrition expert, personally endorses John Levines Alphamusic. Since the launch of his first release, Silence of Peace, eight years ago, more than 200,000 copies of John Levines Alphamusic CDs have been sold.
The Mind Body Spirit Show is happening at the RDS Dublin, from 17-19th March 2012 www.mindbodyspirit.ie
