Meditation is central to many spiritual traditions and has been shown to have many and varied health benefits. Yogi’s and monks spend hours a day meditating and gain incredible control of their mind and body.
So is it something? or nothing? or somewhere in between? One thing that most people would agree on is that it’s an experience that changes with time and a period of meditation one day can be totally different to the next.
When you’re in a state of deep meditation you tend to lose a sense of time and space, and hopefully you can stop thoughts interrupting…here’s the problem though. Try and stop thinking at will, go on try it now and see what happens…
Unless you’re very different to most of us, you just listened to a whole lot of inner dialogue chattering away just now. This is a problem that we all have to deal with one way or another. As this internal dialogue gradually subsides, the silence gives you peace and serenity.
So what is actually going on when we are meditating? Research into brainwaves and altered states have shown us that the deeper we meditate, the slower our brain waves get. This is part of the sensation of meditation that we feel as the brain slows to a point that we usually only reach during sleep.
Brainwave Frequency Chart
Frequency range Name Usually associated with:
> 40 Hz Gamma waves Higher mental activity, including perception, problem solving, fear, and consciousness
13 – 40 Hz Beta waves Active, busy or anxious thinking and active concentration, arousal, cognition
7 – 13 Hz Alpha waves Relaxation (while awake), pre- sleep and pre-wake drowsiness
4 – 7 Hz Theta waves Dreams, deep meditation, REM sleep
< 4 Hz Delta waves Deep dreamless sleep, loss of body awareness
So, have you decided to dedicate yourself to this practice yet?
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