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Beta (14-30 Hz)
Concentration, arousal, alertness, cognition
Higher levels associated with anxiety, unease, feelings of separation, fight or flight
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Alpha (8-13.9 Hz)
Relaxation, superlearning, relaxed focus, light trance, increased serontonin production
Pre-sleep, pre-waking drowsiness, meditation, beginning of access to unconscious mind
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Theta (4-7.9 Hz)
Dreaming sleep (REM sleep)
Increased production of catecholamines (vital for learning and memory), increased creativity
Integrative, emotional experiences, potential change in behavior, increased retention of learned material
Hypnagogic imagery, trance, deep meditation, access to unconscious mind
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Delta (.1-3.9 Hz)
Dreamless sleep
Human growth hormone released
Deep, trance-like, non-physical state, loss of body awareness
Access to unconscious and “collective unconscious” mind, greatest “push” to brain when induced with Holosync®
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When you are absorbed in a good book (or a television show) you are probably in alpha. And, as I already mentioned, alpha is often associated with what is known as “superlearning”—the ability to learn, process, store and recall large amounts of information quickly and efficiently.
Slower still are theta waves. Theta is best known as the brain wave state of dreaming sleep, but it is also associated with a number of other beneficial states, including increased creativity, some kinds of superlearning, increased memory abilities, and what are called integrative experiences (in which we make broadly-based positive changes in the way we see ourselves, others, or a certain life situation).
“Ah-ha!” experiences, where you suddenly “get it,” have an insight, or a great idea suddenly comes to you, are accompanied by bursts of theta waves in your brain.
You can probably see why putting yourself
in this state might increase your effectiveness!
Here’s another exciting characteristic of the theta state: Dr. Thomas Budzynski, a noted researcher in this field, has said that critical and often self-sabotaging filters of the left brain are bypassed in a theta state, and that in terms of making positive changes in beliefs or habit patterns, “a lot of work gets done very quickly.”
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