What can you do to modulate your brainwaves?
You can buy a biofeedback device, which uses a very complex platform to detect changes in brainwaves and train your brain. But you can also use simple ways to regulate your brain activity through meditation, binaural beats, or just listening to music.
Meditation:
One of the most accessible tools to alter your brainwaves is meditation. This technique increases your theta and alpha waves. As such, meditation is associated with visualization, creativity, and the development of empathy and compassion. Depending on the type of meditation, you could also boost your beta brainwaves if you’re practicing your problem-solving skills in the middle of the session (5).
Binaural beats:
These are subjective hearing sensations obtained when one ear listens to one tone and the other listens to another with a slightly modified frequency. They slow down the brainwaves and promote deep states of relaxation and sometimes sleep. They are helpful to calm down the mind and reduce anxiety and stress levels (6).
Music:
Music therapy affects the alpha oscillations of the brain. It promotes visualization and creativity, especially if we do the exercise of imagining music instead of only listening. Certain studies also show an increase in Beta activity, but the most common effect is seen in Alpha waves (7).
Supplements:
Your brain operates on the fuel (nutrients) you give it. As life happens there will be times when we are deficient or not operating at full capacity.
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