Brain Frequencies: Which Frequencies Are Activated During Meditation?
So, what brain frequencies are activated during meditation? Here they are:
- Delta brain waves: between 0.5 Hz and 4 Hz – the brain state during deep sleep.
- Theta brain waves: between 4 Hz and 8 Hz – detected in the brain during dreaming, deep meditation, or daydreaming.
- Alpha brain waves: between 8 Hz and 12 Hz – a calm and peaceful mental state, where the brain is highly receptive to external stimuli.
- Beta brain waves: between 13 Hz and 30 Hz – an awake state.
- Gamma brain waves: between 30 Hz and 60 Hz – a frequency associated with consciousness and extremely high mental function (the brain may completely stop producing gamma waves when under anesthesia).
Sound Frequencies and Their Use Today, Including During Meditation
The use of sound frequencies in the modern era is widespread and has been explored from multiple perspectives. For example, if we examine the use of music to influence the mind, we find trance music, which aims—just as its name suggests—to transport us into a state of hypnotic euphoria during dance and movement.
We also have music in films—scary or sad music that draws us into the atmosphere and shapes our emotions, or the music we use during meditation that guides our brain waves into relaxation and calm, reducing anxiety and stress, and much more.
In addition, today we also have audio technologies used in science—for example, crowd-dispersing frequencies, or ultrasound techniques that dissolve kidney stones using sound waves, among others.
In the modern world, we are always looking for ways to harness technology to improve our quality of life and, of course, to heal. From this idea emerged the science of therapy and healing through listening to frequencies. This field has greatly advanced in recent years in psychology, which deals with the relationship between the auditory-physical stimuli we are exposed to and the psychological feelings that arise as a result of this exposure.
Psychologists have already revealed in many studies that listening to music encourages and stimulates cognitive processes, improves spatial-temporal thinking, influences intelligence, enhances memory, and helps develop skills such as attention, focus, cooperation, and self-discipline.
It has also been proven that music can be used as a treatment for depression, affecting the biological reactions that occur in the cerebral cortex, just as happens when we eat or have sex—it also happens when we listen to music.
So, tell us now—what music do you listen to, and which waves are activating your brain?
