Beta (12-25 Hz) Power
Beta Power Rule
For Level 1, we reward frontal Beta down in order to reduce logic processing in the front of the brain (Wise 2002). Frontal Beta is a brain wave metric for everyday conscious activity such as thinking, talking, planning, and analyzing. This rule helps still the mind for deeper states that transcend the thinking brain.
For levels 3 and 4, we reward higher frontal Beta to support the analysis of subconscious material that bubbles up via Theta from the subconscious. Increased Beta is only added after meditators have learned how to calm their mind in earlier levels. Beta is a workhorse that first has to be bridled (Wise 2002).
Beta Power Weights
Only Level 1 meditators are given a rule weight of -1 for the Front Beta Down rule, as those at this level struggle the most with silencing internal dialog and accessing the healing and creative power of slower frequencies. For the Front Beta Up rule, Levels 3 and 4 meditators are assigned a rule weight of +1 because at these levels the untamed mind chatter of Beta has been calmed down enough to bring Beta back for analysis of subconscious Theta content.