HOW CAN ONE INCREASE ANY TYPE OF BRAINWAVE
Through Meditation - The goal of many meditation practices is to increase the amount of slower brainwave patterns. Usually, after practice, meditators are able to become consciously aware in the alpha, and possibly the theta brainwave ranges. It takes a rigorous amount of meditation and dedication to become consciously aware during the delta brainwave state. After you gain a lot of meditation experience, you can eventually learn how to shift your brainwaves from the beta range, through the pleasant calmness of alpha, into the extraordinary theta range. If you get lucky, you'll eventually cultivate awareness in the delta range. Experienced meditators are able to recognize and control their state of awareness and brainwaves. Like any practice, the more you do it, the better your chances of passing through the alpha brainwave range, into theta, and from theta into the delta brainwave rhythm. [6]
Conscious Stages
- When we are consciously awake, our brain waves are going at 13-40 Hz, which is known as Beta brain waves.
- When we are mediation or in a deep relaxed state, our Alpha brain waves measure at 7-13 Hz.
- When we are dreaming, our Theta brain waves measure out at 4-7 Hz, which accounts for a deep 8 relaxation that no other level of our brain waves can match. This accounts for many benefits for both of mind and body. [6]
3. Effect of Music on Brainwaves
Music is known to affect different states of the human mind, for example, in calming one’s mind and leading to a blissful state. In this study, the effect of music on the states of human mind is examined by observing the changes in the alpha and beta brainwaves patterns. These changes are compared for ‘attention’ and ‘meditation’ state of mind.
Conducted studies on Music effects -
- The effects of music, especially Mozart’s music, on plants were studied in [7].
- Studies related to subjective reactions to musical stimuli [8]
- The influence of a preceding music on the subject’s music processing [9]
- Music can also reduce the impact of certain diseases such as insomnia, blood pressure, sympathetic nervous system activity, attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity disorder and heart/respiratory rates [10].
- A study on music therapy had established that both the right and left hemispheres of the brain are involved in the music creation and listening [11].
- Another study on the effect of music on the overall well-being of a person, highlighted that self-selection of the music according to the person’s choice is more likely to have a positive effect on the person [12].
- In a study on the effect of sound on EEG, two experiments were performed using the alpha brainwave to examine the effects of Sonata/metal music and rock / ‘Nasyid’ music on 30 subjects [13].
- Other studies involved the cognitive function of the brain in patients with chronic schizophrenia [14]
- Study of sleeping patterns which established that music change the way a person thinks, feels, expresses and uses the brain [15].
- Furthermore, brainwaves are also used to control the physical movement of a wheelchair or a robot which are of immense improvement to the mobility of patients with certain disabilities [16], [17], [18].