The Key To Reaching My Full Potential.
- Are you looking to reach your full potential?
- Do you ever wonder if top athletes, talented musicians or meditating Tibetan Buddhist monks think differently?
- If you could train your brain to think differently, increasing your performance, would you be interested?
Reaching our full potential, be that on the court or pitch, around the boardroom table, at an easel or in the music room, would surely be of interest to some of us. After all, as humans, we are often striving to learn, grow, and improve at least one thing in our life. So, what if brain waves are the key to being able to do this better?
Imagine you are deeply immersed in an intricate project or fascinated by a speaker at a conference. You are highly focused, alert, and on the edge of your seat. You are ‘firing on all cylinders’ or ‘in the zone’.
This fully immersed, highly focused state happens when your brain is producing gamma brain waves.
What are Gamma Brain Waves?
Each of our brain states corresponds with a different state of awareness.
Each brain wave type has a separate function, and impacts/controls / manages a specific outcome for our state of mind and level of consciousness.
- Beta waves = Awake, Alert, Consciousness – used during alert mental activity
- Delta wave = Deep, Dreamless State
- Alpha wave = Relaxed, Lucid, Calm and not thinking
- Theta wave = Deep relaxation, Mediation, Mental Imagery
- Gamma wave = heightens perception, learning, problem-solving tasks, cognitive processing
Gamma brain waves have the highest frequency among all of the brain waves and are associated with high levels of focus and thought. Seeing gamma wave activity in the brain is evidence that you have achieved peak concentration.
Simply put, when you are intensely focused and your brain is actively engaged in problem-solving, this is likely when your brain is producing gamma waves.
What’s The Benefit of Gamma Brain Waves?
Gamma waves are associated with higher brain functions like memory and cognition. In a recent study, it has been shown that gamma waves can improve your working memory and help you achieve the highest concentration levels. The benefits stretch further:
- They may help improve memory, focus and recall.
- They may stimulate whole-brain thinking.
- They may improve intelligence and mental abilities.
- They can improve your problem-solving and cognitive ability.
- They help you with information processing.
- They can improve your memory.
- They can help increase your attention span.
- They can increase your mindfulness and awareness.
- They may boost your brain’s function and immunity.
- They may help overcome mental distress.
- They may increase intuition and spiritual awareness.
How Do I Experience a Gamma State?
High gamma states are strongly linked to the visual cortex (area) of the brain and appear during intense periods of problem-solving, learning, and decision-making. Also, when experiencing feelings of profound spiritual alertness.
Gamma activity appears during:
- Active use of working memory
- Peak focus and concentration
- Whole-brain simultaneous processing
- Increased creativity and inspiration
- Focus inwards / toward body awareness and senses
- Profound spiritual experiences
Via the study of electrical frequencies in the human brain, it has repeatedly been found that high gamma states exist in advanced meditation practitioners. When a gamma state is reached, people experience a deep feeling of peace, tranquillity, and relaxation.
How Do I Experience a Gamma State?
High gamma states are strongly linked to the visual cortex (area) of the brain and appear during intense periods of problem-solving, learning, and decision-making. Also, when experiencing feelings of profound spiritual alertness.
Gamma activity appears during:
- Active use of working memory
- Peak focus and concentration
- Whole-brain simultaneous processing
- Increased creativity and inspiration
- Focus inwards / toward body awareness and senses
- Profound spiritual experiences
Via the study of electrical frequencies in the human brain, it has repeatedly been found that high gamma states exist in advanced meditation practitioners. When a gamma state is reached, people experience a deep feeling of peace, tranquillity, and relaxation.
The Link Between Mental Wellness and Gamma?
Several studies have found links between mental wellness and people who lack or have abnormal gamma states. Insight has been gained by studying what happens when a person lacks these brainwave frequencies. A shortage of gamma brain waves can appear in people who suffer from the following:
- Mood disorders, including anxiety and Panic Attacks
- Major depressive disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Schizophrenia
- Epilepsy
- Insomnia
It has been suggested that activating these brainwave patterns in people who suffer from these conditions might aid in healing or controlling the symptoms of these disorders.
Research into gamma waves and their purpose is ongoing, with scientists still investigating how these neurological frequencies influence consciousness, creativity, and brain function in human beings.
Key areas of research are focusing on:
- Depression – Results have shown less gamma activity present when doing tasks requiring spatial, emotional and mathematical effort.
- Schizophrenic – Results have shown reduced gamma waves when doing tasks requiring whole-brain thinking.
- Alzheimer’s disease (AD) – Exposure to auditory and visual signals of 40 Hz frequencies has resulted in mild improvement of cognitive function through clinical trials of gamma wave therapy in people with AD. However, it is not yet understood why this is.
How to Increase Gamma Brain Waves?
With all the potentially positive results of experiencing gamma frequencies, how do you activate this state of mind on demand? Here are some ideas for increasing gamma wave activity:
- Meditation and Yoga Practise
- Breathing Techniques
You can also experience the synchronizing of your brain to gamma frequencies via DeepWave Brainwave Entrainment. A non-invasive, gentle way to involve different brain frequencies, including gamma.
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