THERAPEUTIC MEDITATION

                          The Two Types of Meditation: Passive and Active ( Dynamic )

When we meditate several important things happen physically and mentally. First, we are "focusing internally" and letting go of the outside world (similar to going to sleep, but without losing consciousness).

This allows our brains to shift into more stable, stronger brain frequencies (called alpha and theta by scientists) normally reached during sleep.

When we can reduce our brain frequencies to these levels while staying awake we are able to bring the unconscious mind to the conscious level. This allows us to control and harness the power of the unconscious mind.

There are two types of meditation.

                       Passive Meditation

All meditation systems, such as Yoga, Zen, Transcendental Meditation (TM), Therapeutic Meditation and others have similar benefits.  By "passively" letting go and going within, we "deactivate" our survival mechanisms and allow our body’s natural health and rejuvenation abilities to be activated.  Each method has its own way of reaching the inner state of mind, and each has its own goals.

                  Active Meditation

These techniques allow you to use the relaxed, healthy state of mind that occurs during meditation to solve your day-to-day problems.  By "actively" utilizing brain languages (kinesthetic, visual, and auditory thought processes), we can use this higher energy state to improve memory and learning skills, change unwanted habits, enhance health and healing.  He also developed techniques to achieve what many people call "tapping the super-conscious" to solve problems, reach goals, come up with new ideas and solutions to problems. Some students use this System to enhance their spiritual growth. Using such techniques within a meditative state is called "active" meditation.

But what exactly happens when you meditate?  Your brain functions on a small amount of electricity, much like a computer. This electrical current vibrates, pulses, at various speeds. When you are wide awake, with your eyes focused, your brain vibrates 20 times per second - what scientists call 20 cycles per second or the Beta frequency.

You are probably at this beta level of mind right now as you read this.

When you go to sleep, your brain frequency slows down, all the way to about half a cycle per second in the deepest levels of natural sleep. This is known as the Delta level.

In between Beta, the waking state, and Delta the deep sleep state, there are two other levels of mental activity.

When you are in a light level of sleep or in meditation you are in the Alpha range, which is 7 to 14 cycles per second. This is the center range and this is what we mean by saying "going to your center".   Going to the alpha level or centering is essentially the same thing as meditating. When someone meditates, scientifically, they are simply reducing their brain wave frequency to alpha. The Alpha level is the level we use to activate our minds.

Theta is a level of deeper relaxation or sleep, when your brain waves are at 4 to 7 cycles per second.

The table below summarizes the 4 states of brain frequency.

StateBrain Wave Frequency                                         

Beta14 - 21 cpsWaking State, the five senses.  Perception of and space.                                          

Alpha7 - 14 cpsLight sleep, meditation, intuition. No Time & Space limitation.  

Theta4 - 7 cpsDeeper Sleep, Meditation.  

Delta0 - 4 cpsDeep Sleep. You are unconscious at Delta.

There are many benefits of "going to the alpha level" or meditating.

People who can remain in the alpha level while analyzing information have access to more information than those who remain in beta to do their thinking. Feelings of intuition, creative ideas, inspirational thoughts and ideas come to people while at this alpha level.   Going to Alpha is also good for programming your mind. At the alpha level you can learn to overcome all kinds of problems, such as insomnia, tension and migraine headaches, bad habits, and much more. You can also program your mind to help you achieve your goals and make your dreams come true.

During the time you remain at alpha while using the Therapeutic Meditation Exercise, you can practice relaxing physically and mentally, and you can imagine yourself succeeding in your projects and achieving your goals. 

THERAPEUTIC MEDITATION  is a blend of Passive and Dynamic meditation.

Also see a discription of "Therapeutic Hypnosis" on my site.