Changing Brainwaves

Brainwaves are electrical impulses in the brain. An individual's behaviour, emotions, and thoughts are communicated between neurons within our brains. All brainwaves are produced by synchronised electrical pulses from masses of neurons communicating with each other.

People tend to talk as if they were producing one type of brain wave (e.g., producing “alpha” for meditating). But these aren’t really “separate” brain waves – the categories are just for convenience. They help describe the changes we see in brain activity during different kinds of activities.

So we don’t ever produce only “one” brain wave type. Our overall brain activity is a mix of all the frequencies at the same time, some in greater quantities and strength than others.

The meaning of all this? Balance is the key. We don’t want to regularly produce too much or too little of any brainwave frequency.