The international best selling book "Superlearning" describes how Bulgarian psychologist Georgi Lazanov studied the effects of music being amplified through loudspeakers in hospitals and sanitariums in Russia, the Ukraine and Bulgaria. The music helped regulate heartbeat and blood pressure speeding up recovery in patient wards. Lozanov went on to collaborate with Dr. Aleko Novakov to develop programs in accelerated learning for students at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and The Sofia Musical Institute. Lozanov found the best music for learning was that of the violin and other string instruments rich in harmonic overture and pulsing at sixty-four beats per minute. Slow Baroque music was found to be perfect to bring students into a state of alert relaxation characterized by an Alpha brain wave pattern. Next, Lozanov and Novakov developed a method of breaking up information into four-second "data chunks". These brief sound bites, sandwiched between four-second pauses, consisted of seven to eight words that were repeated in different combinations, patterns and intonations. Reciting the data chunks with the Baroque music playing in the background improved overall memory and accelerated learning. Students were taught complex tasks such as designing dresses or fine machine tools in a fraction of the time that was usual and customary. The results demonstrated that their techniques could reduce a full semester of training to a few hours. The accelerated program pioneered by Lazanov spread throughout the Communist block and included a government-funded institute constructed in Sophia, the capital of Bulgaria. The results continued to amaze the scientific community. Students in a single day learned half the working vocabulary or up to a thousand words or phrases in a foreign language with 97% retention. Further, Lazanov's technique could be learned by anyone, not only University students. Time of day and posture were aspects that were identified to streamline the procedure. The alpha brain wave pattern, an extremely relaxed dream like state, has better access to the subconscious. Lazanov concluded that when information is coded both consciously and subconsciously, access to memory is far greater. Since the work of Lazanov and Kavakov there is further understanding of how music can alter consciousness and enhance learning. Certain concertos by Telemann, Vivaldi, Corelli, Handel and Bach with their rhythm between fifty-two and sixty-eight beats per minute are ideal. More recently the benefits of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms have been further identified with speculation that these rhythms may actually activate neurons in the brain that were dormant. (See "The Mozart Effect", Campbell 1997 and "Tune Your Brain", Miles 1997). When you purchase both Mindmovers' self-hypnosis and subliminal tapes we will include directions on how to use these tapes in conjunction with the accelerated learning procedure developed by Dr. Georgi Lazanov. This procedure will allow you to memorize material in record-breaking time and to do so while comfortably relaxing. Self-Hypnosis Tape: Accelerated Learning This tape works well in concert with Mindmovers' subliminal accelerated learning. You are coached into an altered state of consciousness where suggestions are imprinted, opening and centering the mind on achieving new learning in a relaxed and comfortable way. Enjoy new learning whether it is a language, homework, or the medical or law boards, instead of dreading it. Subliminal Tape: Accelerated Learning One of our most popular and exciting Mindmovers' tapes is available for both adults and children. Read our section on Music Therapy for a full description of how music alone can stimulate learning. This tape has not only been used effectively with adults and children of all ages, but has been found to help children and adults suffering from ADD or ADHD.