Chapter 146 0145 The Relationship Between Meditation and Brain Waves
Only those who have formally practiced yoga know how difficult meditation is.
It is not something you can enter at will by closing your eyes and meditating by adjusting your breathing rhythm, but an extremely special physiological state.
"The source of samadhi is the practice method of [Jhana Samadhi] in ancient Indian Sanskrit. This method was introduced to Chinese Buddhism and then translated into zen by eminent monks in ancient times."
"In Hatha Yoga, meditation is divided into three stages. The first stage is Dhyana, the second stage is Dharna, and the third stage is Samadhi. The Chinese translation of Samadhi means Samadhi."
"The actual working principle of these three meditation stages is to let our brain enter the alpha wave state." Coach Cheng answered patiently.
It turns out that there are four basic brain waves in our brains, namely alpha waves, beta waves, theta waves, and delta waves.
Each type of brain wave is distinguished by frequency and amplitude. The scalp electroencephalogram used to treat and diagnose mental illnesses in modern medicine is generated and diagnosed based on the characteristics of these four brain waves.
For example, the frequency of alpha brain waves is between 8 and 13 Hz, and its amplitude is between 20 and 100 microvolts. Its function is to connect the human body's consciousness and subconscious mind. It only appears when a person is awake, quiet, and has his eyes closed. In a state of deep sleep, excitement, fear, or anger, the alpha waves in the brain will disappear.
When the brain is filled with alpha waves, the human body's conscious activities will be significantly inhibited, making it impossible to carry out logical thinking and reasoning activities.
At this time, the human brain relies entirely on intuition, inspiration, and imagination to receive and transmit information.
In modern science, alpha waves are divided into three types: slow alpha waves of 8 to 9 Hz. At this time, the human body is in a state of confusion similar to that before going to sleep, and consciousness gradually becomes blurred; intermediate alpha waves of 9 to 12 Hz , the inspiration and intuition in the brain exert their power, and people's attention begins to focus; with the rapid alpha waves of 12 to 14 Hz, the mind becomes highly alert and has no time to care about anything else.
These three alpha wave states correspond to the three stages of yoga meditation.
"Meditating into concentration can enhance alpha brain waves, reduce tension, stress and anxiety, affecting everything from psychological to physiological, thereby improving our body's immunity."
"So the physiological state after meditation is also called the alpha wave state, and it can also stimulate people's creativity and imagination."
"If Mr. Chen, you are engaged in art creation related work, you can try to meditate more, which is very helpful in stimulating inspiration for creation." Coach Cheng introduced with a smile.
"So that's it!" Chen Jue was greatly enlightened after hearing this.
Before there was a panel, he had always thought that the so-called [Meditation] should be a metaphysical thing similar to [Qigong] and [Internal Strength], but after getting the panel, he discovered that this thing actually had a certain scientific basis.
It wasn't until I learned about brain waves from Coach Cheng today that I truly understood that [meditation] is just a method of artificially regulating physiology.
Like various sports developed by humans, most body movements are used to exercise the trunk and limbs, and [meditation] can also be regarded as a kind of exercise, but this kind of exercise is relatively different and mainly exercises the human brain.
“Can it enhance personal creativity?”
"No wonder the ancient monks and Taoist priests relied on meditation to achieve various kinds of enlightenment. In fact, brain waves were involved in creative work." Chen Jue sighed inwardly.
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After learning some scientific and theoretical knowledge related to meditation, Chen Jue began to practice new yoga postures with Coach Cheng.
Basic meditation postures are followed by Sun Salutations and Moon Salutations, and the difficulty of these two postures has begun to increase significantly.
Like the upright forward bend in the Sun Salutation, Coach Cheng could easily bury his mind on his knees when he demonstrated it, but Chen Jue had a very difficult time lowering his waist due to a lumbar disc herniation.
The lower back looks like the plates are joined together, and there is an abnormal bulge in the lower back when bending down.
"Your fourth and fifth spine are protruding and you cannot bend down normally."
"Nowadays, many people lie down and check their mobile phones or lie down in front of the computer. This happens after a long time."
"You need to practice more postures and go to the hospital for treatment." Coach Cheng touched Chen Jue's spine with a look of regret on his face.
She originally thought that Chen Jue had a good talent for meditation and could master yoga postures faster than ordinary people.
Unexpectedly, just after I learned the advanced sun and moon salutations, a BUG was triggered and I got stuck here.
She had no choice but to demonstrate the entire set of sun and moon worship postures to Chen Jue one by one. She also gave Chen Jue the breathing rhythm and key points of the exercises. She waited until her lumbar spine improved before letting Chen Jue try it. Work on your upper body.
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After a 90-minute private lesson, Chen Jue gained a lot. Although the free attribute was only 0.01 and the efficiency was very average, the preliminary study of brain wave knowledge also allowed him to light up a few parts of the human body structure again? ? ? Note.
"The problem of lumbar disc herniation needs to be improved as soon as possible."
"Although the core muscles have been trained well, the improvement on the spine is still a bit weak." Chen Jue sighed inwardly and drove back to the apartment with some helplessness.
In his room, Chen Jue tried a few more upright forward bends in the sun salutation.
The feeling of stiffness in the lower back was very uncomfortable, as if a ball of cement had been stuck on the back.
Normally, there is basically no feeling when doing anaerobic exercise with large equipment, but when it comes to ligament stretching, abnormalities in the spine have hindered Chen Jue.
The most important thing is that this thing is similar to alopecia, baldness, and hemorrhoids, which are not easy to treat. If you go to a large hospital, it is recommended to operate to remove the protruding tissue.
Chen Jue didn't even want to have gallbladder surgery, so it was even less possible for him to have a knife on his spine.
“Labour and management don’t believe it!”
"If it can't be cured by ordinary medical methods, why should it be cheated by the head office?"
After taking a look at the 0.12 free attribute that he had finally accumulated on the panel, Chen Jue gritted his teeth and directly turned on the [specified points] function of the panel's constitution.
Cutting the angle of view to the spine and counting the abnormal sections 4 and 5 from bottom to top, Chen Jue tried to assign 0.01 free attributes to them.
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【Ding~】
[After completing a designated point addition, the blood circulation speed in the L4 and L5 spine areas will be accelerated, and the metabolic function will be improved. 】
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"No more!"
"That's it?"
Chen Jue felt like a meat bun beating a dog, never coming back.
As a heat flow passed through these two vertebrae, there was no feeling of improvement at all!
At first glance, it is the same as the previous genetic seborrheic alopecia. The lumbar vertebrae herniation caused over many years is too serious. A little stimulation has no big effect on these two vertebrae.
Chen Jue had no choice but to continue to bite the bullet and dig deeper.
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【Ding~】
[Complete a designated time to add points...]
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A total of 0.10 free attribute points were added to these two spines. The first 9 times were similar prompts for blood circulation acceleration, and it was not until the 10th time that the panel finally changed.
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【Ding~】
[After completing a designated point addition, structural changes occurred in the L4 and L5 spinal areas, the blocked blood vessels were improved and unobstructed, abnormal protruding tissues accompanied by stubborn thrombus were metabolically ablated, the hematopoietic function of the spinal cord was restored, and the nerves in this area were The conduction velocity returns to normal. 】
[Mental attribute +0.01]
To make up for last night’s chapter, it’s a little shorter.