How to induce alpha waves in your Brain?

Know Different Brain Waves First

It is important to know that human brain is all times engaged to emit 5 types of wave’s patterns. These patterns commonly known as brain waves. The brain waves can be observed with an EEG (or an “electroencephalograph”) – a tool that allows researchers to note brain wave patterns. Each brain wave has a purpose and helps serve us in optimal mental functioning

In this article, we’ll be looking at five brainwave frequencies and how they affect our state of mind.

These waves are: - 1.Beta, 2.Alpha, 3.Theta, 4.Delta and 5. Gamma.

Beta waves (14-40Hz) - Beta brain waves are associated with normal waking stage or consciousness and a heightened state of alertness, logic and critical reasoning.

Alpha waves (7.5-14Hz) – Alpha waves are deep relaxation waves and usually present when your eyes are closed and you are enjoying with the inner scenes playing on your mental screen.

It is the gateway to your subconscious mind and lies at the base of your conscious awareness. It heightens your imagination, visualization, memory, learning and concentration.

Theta waves (4-7.5 Hz) - Theta brain waves are present during deep meditation and light sleep. It is said that a sense of deep spiritual connection and unity with the universe can be experienced at Theta.

Unlike your other brain waves, the elusive voice of Theta is a silent voice. It is at the Alpha-Theta border, from 7Hz to 8Hz, where the optimal range for visualization, mind programming and using the creative power of your mind begins. It’s the mental state which you consciously create your reality. At this frequency, you are conscious of your surroundings however your body is in deep relaxation.

Delta waves (0.5-4 Hz) – Delta waves are deep sleep waves and is the slowest of the frequencies and is experienced in deep, dreamless sleep.

Gamma waves – (above 40Hz) – These are known as insight waves. This range is the most recently discovered and is the fastest frequency at above 40Hz. While little is known about this state of mind, initial research shows Gamma waves are associated with bursts of insight and high-level information processing.

Why alpha waves?

Except Beta and Delta rest of the waves is phenomenon of deep sleep. Although some Indian yogi like Swami Rama are exceptional as they had produces theta and delta waves during their waking stage.

But today my concern is Alpha waves. Because Alpha waves helps us calm down when necessary and promote feelings of deep relaxation. If we become stressed, a phenomenon is called “alpha blocking” may occur which involves excessive beta activity and very little alpha. Essentially the beta waves “block” out the production of alpha because we become too aroused.

Beta waves mean too many activities and it induces severe stress some times and that severe stress may cause some fatal changes in our body.

So in our routine activities we must know the art to remove the beta waves and place the Alpha waves accordingly.

How to induce Alpha Waves within your Brain?

First – If you close your eyes and remain with the closed eyes for five minutes, your brainwave will be changed. They will become alpha waves.  

Second – Close your eyes gently without any stress. Keep close for a while and now open it again gently. Now close your eyes very slowly, very slowly as slowly as you can. Feel that your eyes are very heavy eye lids and you need to put a heavy force to close or open it. Take your time to close them and keep close them for some moments and now again start open the heavy lids of your eyes. This will again take you to alpha waves.

Third - Close your eyes and take your attention to your closed lips. Move your awareness from one side to another on the line of contact between two lips. Does it full attention and awareness moves your awareness again and again between the two lips. This will immediately take you in the alpha state of your brain.

Conclusion – We can take advantage of alpha brain waves in this highly stressful life. While in office or in college or in any business activity we get relaxed technically by inducing alpha waves pattern in our brain. This will be gives us quick relaxation and also save us from  chronic diseases too.