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October 22, 2012

How to Generate More Alpha Brain Waves

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Alpha brain waves are one type of brain wave that

correspond to a certain state of consciousness. In terms of oscillations, they are measured by an EEG
as 8-13 cycles per second.

You are probably wondering what they are good for and how being in the alpha state benefits you…

But first, let’s briefly touch on your states of consciousness when you’re in various brain wave states.

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Most of the time, you spend your waking hours in the beta state. Beta brain waves are faster (13-40
cycles per second) and somewhat more chaotic than the alpha waves. When you’re in dreaming sleep
or deep meditation, you are in the theta state – or, your brain waves are oscillating at 4-7 cycles per
second. And when you’re in very deep dreamless sleep, you are in delta, which is 0-4 cycles per
second.

Each brain wave state corresponds to a different state of consciousness – there is no one “perfect”
brain wave state. A fun metaphor for this is comparing your brain to a car with four gears. First gear
(delta) is slooooooow. You’re moving but barely plugging along. As you become more conscious, you
shift into second gear and enter the deep meditation/dreaming sleep state of theta. Alpha is third,
where you are still moving slowly – relaxed, enjoying the scenery – but you are moving at a reasonable
speed and the miles are ticking away. Beta is fast (highway speed) at fourth gear. Great fun, and it gets
you from here to there quickly, but it’s also potentially dangerous.

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The trouble starts when we’re running our car in the wrong gear. For example: if you’ve ever been in
deep, deep sleep and the alarm starts screaming that it’s time to wake up, you don’t jump out of bed all
alert and ready to rock-n-roll. You are groggy, disoriented, and you have to force yourself into alertness.
Usually, this is accompanied by stress of having to get to work on time… and you start thinking about
the day ahead, and all the unwanted stuff that you’ll have to deal with… shifting your brain from first to
fourth too quickly. You know what this feels like: you’re sluggish and tired, yet you’re forcing your brain
into hyperdrive because you have STUFF TO DO.

So, being in any given brain wave state is great and useful – except when you need to be in a
different state of consciousness. If you:

can’t sleep, your brain is not in theta or delta, but spiking up into beta (which is why you can have
stressful thoughts at night)
can’t focus, your brain is not in beta
have writer’s block or other creative blocks, you are not in alpha
can’t control your emotions or think your way out of a complex situation, you are not in alpha

If you can learn to direct your brain to enter a specific state of consciousness when you need it, your life
will improve!

Think about complex problem-solving, for example. Most of the time, your waking hours are
predominantly spent in the beta state. Beta is characteristic of alertness, concentration, focus and a
logical and rational way of thinking. That’s the good news. The bad news is, beta is also associated
with stress. Can you “think straight” when you’re stressed out? No. Can you think out-of-the-box
creatively when you’re stressed… or when your mind is in logical/rational mode that automatically
dismisses seemingly illogical solutions? No.

Alpha brain waves are associated with relaxed alertness, enhanced learning, creativity, peak
performance, imagination/visualization and intuition.

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That’s why, if you spend more ti me in alpha during the day, your
problem-solving skills will improve. That’s not to say you should be in alpha all the time while awake –
you don’t focus as well and you’re not as quick with your thinking while in alpha. So, for optimal
“daytime performance” you want to be shifting between third and fourth, or alpha and beta, whenever
you need it.

The trick is just to learn how to create that shift when you need it!

You dip into the various brain wave states when you’re predominantly in one state – for example, you
can dip into alpha while you’re in beta. Usually this happens very quickly and briefly. If you’ve ever had
a flash of insight or a burst of intuition, it’s because you dipped into alpha for a nanosecond! You can
spend more time in alpha, and get these benefits when you need them, not just randomly (WHY does
that great idea always pop up exactly when you do not have something to write on??). that you miss
out on if you’re in beta most of the time:

You will be more creative.

Your brain will stop producing stress hormones and start producing healing hormones, leading to
stress release.
You will be aware of intuitive guidance that typically gets rejected by the logical brain
You will generate innovative solutions to problems instead of trying to solve problems with pure
logic and reasoning.
You’ll be able to give a peak performance if you allow yourself to relax into alpha just prior to the
event. Athletes and anyone who needs to give their best will benefit from relaxing into alpha and
visualizing success, just before the event.
You will make great progress in self-improvement and self-reprogramming because you are more
receptive to suggestion in alpha (which is why alpha is also great for learning).
Beta is more ‘logic’ and alpha is more ‘feeling’ and when you can combine the two, you use your
brain at a much greater and higher capacity.

How do you produce more alpha waves? By meditating! Use your Omharmonics meditation to spend
time in alpha everyday; use the time to relax, visualize, let your imagination run wild with creative ideas,
and just take the edge off.

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Tanvi Singh · MBICT, New v.v.nagar

thnks for sharing :)
Reply · 2 · Like · September 24, 2013 at 9:50am

Kaylee Love-Hope Bradley

Worth reading for sure ;-).

Alpha brain waves are associated with relaxed alertness, enhanced learning, creativity, peak
performance, imagination/visualization and intuition.. If you can learn to direct your brain to enter a
specific state of consciousness when you need it, you can create new energy within your life! :-)

Lots of LOVE xx.

Reply · 4 · Like · January 28, 2013 at 6:43am

Brandy Lee Meredith

My daughter just had an abnormal EEG - right brain alpha is seen left brain zero alpha waves. This
article is helpful - especially since she has been diagnosed with severe emotional and Behavioral
disorder with anxiety and also had an aneurism in August and had a brain surgery on the left occipital
lobe. She came out the same but I think if I can learn how to increase alpha waves in her left brain
maybe that will be the root of her emotional Behavioral diagnosis. This article gives me hope:)
Reply · Like · March 21, 2013 at 12:30pm

Brandy Lee Meredith

And my girl is only 11. Tho I have changed the foods in our diet recently so I think that too
will help. Whole and natural
Reply · 2 · Like · March 21, 2013 at 12:32pm

Lynda MacMillan · Owner at Bliss Therapy

Very interesting :) xx
Reply · Like · February 3, 2013 at 10:26am

Mirjana Duvnjak · Top Commenter

meditation is one of the ways(combining with natural, non-processed food)to be more alert, more
conscious and less prone to manipulations by electromagnetic fields which are destructive to our normal
body-mind functioning and those electromagnetic influences can lead to zombie state.
Reply · 2 · Like · November 3, 2012 at 7:55am

Janette Mantle · Haliburton Highlands Secondary School

but we live on a electromagnetic planet, how can we avoid it then? but I agree with the non-processed
foods.
Reply · Like · November 4, 2012 at 5:22pm

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