![]() This is also the state where healing and rejuvenation are stimulated, which is why it’s so crucial to get enough sleep each night. These are the slowest of all brainwaves and are strongest when we are enjoying restorative sleep in a dreamless state. Most frequently, theta brainwaves are strongly detectable when we’re dreaming in our sleep (think, the movie Inception), but they can also be seen during deep meditation and daydreaming. This is the state where the magic happens and I’m trying to guide people into during my sound baths. Theta brain waves– Frequency: 4-8 HzĪssociated state: creativity, insight, deep meditation, healing, reduced consciousness They become detectable when the eyes are closed and the mind is relaxed. Alpha brain waves are some of the most easily observed and were the first to be discovered. During a sound bath, you will shift first into this state before moving into the theta brain wave state. They can also often be found during activities such as: yoga, just before falling asleep and when being creative and artistic. Alpha brain waves– Frequency: 8-13 HzĪssociated state: physically and mentally relaxed We spend most of our time awake daily in this state and they’re easiest to detect when we’re busy thinking actively. Beta brain waves– Frequency: 13-32 HzĪssociated state: normal alert consciousness, active thinking, and “doing mode”įor example, active conversation, making decisions, solving a problem, focusing on a task, and learning a new concept. Gamma brainwaves have been observed to be much stronger and more regularly observed in very long-term meditators including Buddhist Monks. Gamma brainwaves are the fastest measurable EEG brainwaves and have been equated to ‘heightened perception’, or a ‘peak mental state’ when there is simultaneous processing of information from different parts of the brain. Gamma brain waves– Frequency: 32 – 100 HzĪssociated state: Heightened perception, learning, problem-solving tasks ![]() Each brain wave state corresponds to a different state of awareness as shown below. Scientists have found five main patterns of brain waves: alpha, beta, delta, gamma and theta. They can be measured by electroencephalography (EEG), a non-invasive method of recording electrical activity using sensors on the scalp. Your brain cells generate electricity to communicate with each other and this electrical activity forms patterns called brain waves. ![]() Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to modify, change, and adapt both structure and function throughout life and in response to experience. It’s important to note that due to neuroplasticity, we now know that our brains can be re-wired, including by using sound. Sound therapy/healing is an effective tool to help regulate and control your brain waves for better health, higher performance, and an overall more positive experience of life. In general, the slower the frequency of your brain waves, the more relaxed you feel. There are 5 brain wave frequencies and each correlates with a specific state of consciousness. Like sound frequencies, brain waves are measured in Hz, or cycles per second. It was first published in the British Medical Journal in 1875 and nearly 50 years would pass before the first human EEG (electroencephalogram) was recorded. ![]() It’s a relatively new discovery that in fact, our brains are electrical. It’s this effect on our health and wellness using sound to regulate the brain waves that I will focus on in this article. It makes sense then that if we are all vibrating with sound, we can use it to promote health in our lives. Through sound, we can change the rhythms of our brain waves, our heartbeat and our respiration affecting our overall health not just on a physical level, but emotionally and spiritually as well. When you become stressed, sick, or simply feel out of balance, your frequency changes, literally causing internal and external dis-harmony. When you’re in a state of health and vitality, you are actually vibrating at a specific rate. And each of these parts of our body are vibrating at a specific rate, that together creates your own resonant frequency. From the movements of the planets to the beating of our heart, every atom, cell, tissue, organ, and bone in our bodies is vibrating and that vibration produces sound, whether or not the sound is audible to the human ear. Modern science has proven that everything is always in a state of vibration. ![]()
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