It is easy to reach a Theta state of mind without binaural beats, metronomes or other knickknacks. Here you will learn how to enter a Theta state with a quick visualization exercise PLUS how to use it to skyrocket your intuition.
The boost that a Theta mind state gives to your intuition is surprisingly powerful. It can remove a lot of guesswork from so many difficult situations.
In the video below, I will guide you into a Theta state.
You can also use this method to give intuitive readings to others.
Scroll down to get the instructions or watch the video.
What are Theta Brainwaves?
Theta brainwaves correspond to a state of mind associated with dreams and waking dreams, as well as a deep meditative state.
This brainwave frequency is slower than the Beta and Alpha activity we normally have in daily life. They vibrate at between 4 and 8 cycles per second. Theta states are normally responsible for those “Eureka!” moments of well known inventors and scientists. They are highly creative states.
In a Theta state, you tap into the creative and intuitive resources of your mind. When you can consciously control this state of mind, then problem solving and tapping into your intuition becomes much easier. Goal achievement also becomes a much easier and more efficient process.
It really is super duper simple to achieve this mind state without any gadgets or machines. I mean it. Honest. Just do the following visualization.
We’ll start with the optional grounding part. It is important to visualize going into the Earth, at least some of the time. Entering a Theta state of mind through this type of exercise can be very un-grounding. If you do this visualization often, you’ll want to do yourself a favor and keep grounded.
Grounding Exercise to Prepare for the Theta State
1. Close your eyes and relax. Imagine yourself as a ball of white light in the center of your chest.
2. Travel downward toward the belly, gathering your body consciousness into that ball. The ball becomes bigger and brighter as you gather that consciousness.
3. Travel down through the groin and through the thighs, knees, ankles and feet. You continue to become larger as you do this.
4. Go through the bottoms of the feet until you’re a few feet into the Earth.
5. Go a few hundred feet deeper into the Earth’s crust. Find a very large rock.
6. Attach a cord to yourself. Attach the other end of the cord to this very large rock.
7. Head back up to the bottoms of your feet. Go back up through your feet, ankles, knees, groin and belly. Gather your body consciousness even more.
Now you’re back where you started. Now we will continue with the beginning of the Theta exercise. This part is not optional.
Visualization for Entering a Theta Mind State
1. You are a ball of white light in the middle of your chest. Your eyes are closed.
2. Travel upward toward your neck, gathering your body consciousness into your ball. You, as the ball, are growing bigger and brighter as you do this.
3. Go through the jaw and the head while continuing to gather the body consciousness. Stop at the fontanel (crown) at the top of your head.
4. With a little bit of a pop, exit the fontanel and go three feet above your head. Look around. You are now in a Theta state, but we’re not done yet. We need to reinforce this state of mind.
5. Go up a few hundred feet and look around.
6. Keep going past the sun and the moon and through millions of galaxies.
7. Go past the universe.
8. In the distance is a ball of bluish white light. As you approach it, this ball gets bigger and bigger until it’s right there in front of you.
9. Enter this light. You are in a whole new plane. Keep going through this light until it is all that exists.
10. Let the light wash through you and cleanse all your tension and impurities. Bathe in the light.
TIP 1
Some of you will feel different in a Theta mind state. Some of you won’t. Those who don’t may become pleasantly surprised when they actually APPLY this state. You will learn how in the next section.
How to Apply it for Intuition Development & Manifesting
You can use this Theta visualization as a meditation by sitting in the place of light that you entered in the visualization. You can also ask questions to tap into your intuition and solve problems, such as “What do I have to do today to get that job”.
If you practice visualization for manifestation work, you can do your visualizations in the place of light you entered in the exercise. This will enhance your ability to achieve your goal.
When you ask questions or visualize a goal after reaching a Theta state, do not be impatient. Intuitions will come through visual, kinesthetic, “direct knowing” and/or audio channels – but not necessarily right away.
Intuitions may come within a few seconds or minutes, or they may come the next day. They will manifest more quickly with practice. The key is to let go and allow these things to come up.
Do not try to interpret what comes up. Just take note of everything that goes through your mind. Write them down if you have to. Let your conscious mind process the information. Then, suddenly, you may have a “Eureka!” moment.
I find it easiest to use this method to answer other people’s questions. Try partnering up and let your partner ask the questions. Don’t interpret anything. Just tell them exactly what you see, feel, “know”, etc – no matter how ridiculous it seems. The feedback may surprise you.
For example, if you see a kangaroo playing double dutch with two little girls, tell them that. They might just say, “Oh my God! I once saw a kangaroo playing double dutch with two little girls when I was five years old!” Or the connection may be more subtle but profoundly meaningful.
If you partner up, rap up the session by going back up to the light and letting it rinse you.
If you want to solidly anchor yourself in a state of mind that is conducive to achieving your goals and really get the most out of the Theta brainwave state, I would recommend a solid meditation practice.
TIP 2
Learn how to do this visualization in a few seconds rather than in minutes. Try to do it in under a minute. Then aim for 30 seconds, then 10 seconds, then two seconds. It doesn’t have to be very vivid and realistic. It will still work.
TIP 3
Don’t sweat it. As soon as you, as the little ball of light, exited through the crown, you reached a Theta brainwave state. You went up further, past the galaxies, past the universe, into the ball of light to the place where only the light exists. The extra steps in the visualization are to ensure that you are solidly in Theta. Again, there is no distinct feeling everyone is supposed to feel and know they’ve reached a Theta state. The convincing comes when you APPLY this state of mind.
For Those Who Want to Use the Theta State for Healing, Subconscious Belief Work & Other Applications…
The exercise you learned is based on the same idea as Vianna Stibal’s Theta Healing visualization. The basis of Theta Healing is to reach a Theta mind state and use that for all kinds of applications from changing subconscious beliefs to spiritual healing and psychic work. Her visualization is a little more elaborate to allow for advanced Theta state applications.
Vianna shares her techniques in several books. For more solid guidance, find a Theta Healing Teacher in your community or online.
Share Your Insights or Questions
What are your experiences with Theta mind states? Share them in a comment below.
Is anything unclear/wrong/etc? Ask a question or chime in with some input below.
Tom Von Deck is a meditation trainer, speaker, and speaker. Tom specializes in making meditation much much easier for busy and non-busy people from all backgrounds and paths. He is the Mackdaddy of The Deeper Meditation Video Zone and DeeperMeditation.net.
60 comments
endy
from which feet white ball leave feet? and if we sit in lotus position, from where the white ball will leave?
Carl J. Sethna
I read on a website that it is dangerous to do this kind of meditation because we are actually accessing the GRAY’S. Is this possible. Also, if god is within us, why do we have to go out of the body to connect to God conciousness.
Yvonie
Hi Tom,
I entered the theta state of mind unknowingly. I was terrified. There was a light that emanated from the crown of my head and it went straight beyond the stars. I followed it to the end and it opened in front of me like a door, I entered thus when I was struck by fear. So I got so interested in knowing what really happened to me. Thus when I came upon your teaching. But my problem is that I can not got there again no matter how many times I try.
Amelia Pollock
Really great information. I got very useful information about thetahealing from Theta Mind
cool
I didn’t understood how to gather body conciousness .Can anyone explain..
Jethro
I have no issues with this meditation but how do we know that we are theta? Do you have any EEG? Otherwise, it is a claim. The problem is most people lose consciousness after ALPHA-THETA border and thalamus will shut down. So point in programming there without thalamus. Advice me Otherwise. Thanks
Monica
Hi Tom, I enjoyed the grounding part of this meditation but as soon as I allowed my white light to pop out of my head I started to feel overwhelmed, anxious, nauseated, my heart rate increased, and felt like laughing nervously. Iv’e been meditating for many years and sometimes have similar feelings or feelings of fear. I generally do best with practicing grounding, love, and trust so I wonder if this is too much for me. I might continue to practice and ease in to exiting my head and see if that helps. Would love to know if you have any other advice?
Mai Brit Stokholm
Thank you! It works! <3
Deborah
Thanks for explaining this so well. I am quite grounded – sometimes too much so – so that part is easy. It’s also fairly easy to go out into the universe but I don’t seem to be able to stay for long so I’ve been using a binaural beets theta meditation. It’s just the hertz, no music or sounds and what I find is that after about 20 minutes I just fall asleep. Is it still working after that or am I just using it to pass into delta? I do notice that my sleep is much deeper than before but I would like to be able to use this during my day without falling asleep all of the time. How do I get to that point? Thanks for your input and again the great meditation.
Tom Von Deck
The calming effect is a given. In some cases, your brain is overwhelmed and that’s the reason for not wanting to be conscious. If that’s the case, then you just keep doing it until the overwhelm is gone. If you do fall asleep, then that’s going to have its own effect on brainwave activity anyway.
Deborah
Thanks for explaining this so well. I am quite grounded – sometimes too much so – so that part is easy. It’s also fairly easy to go out into the universe but I don’t seem to be able to stay for long so I’ve been using a binaural beets theta meditation. It’s just the hertz, no music or sounds and what I find is that after about 20 minutes I just fall asleep. Is it still working after that or am I just using it to pass into delta? I do notice that my sleep is much deeper than before but I would like to be able to use this during my day without falling asleep all of the time. How do I get to that point? Thanks for your input and again the great meditation.
prince raloh
Hi Tom.. how are you. . I am very fond of meditation.. but due to my daily schedules I am also busy… when one meets the state of theta or OBE.. is this a real state or an illusion like dream state.. is it a state as clear as our physical plane… or a semi conscious state…
Andrus T
(I try again, please delete my previous post)
Thank you for this!
I have tired some relaxing, Alfa level visualization, but I did not think that this would be so easy 🙂
Last night I tried this two times. When the “ball” rise above my head, I felt strange vibrations on my head.
In the Divine light I asked that I´ll get contact with my Guarding Angels and that My Third Eye would be open…
Today I woke up, did 10 min Reiki (to my head and heart).
After that I walked to the bathrooms sink I was blacked out form the right eye (it was like very bright searchlight).
After few seconds I got my eyesight back and I saw one big colorless vibrating ring (I closed one eye and after the other, but the ring did not disappear).
When I went outside the ring disappear, but I was happy and little bit confused.
Aseya
Just one question, why are we going underground?
Tom Von Deck
The underground part is optional. Many people find that it helps to do that at least part of the time because then they’re less spacey afterward. It helps people to keep grounded.
Deb
I did the theta state once for about an hour. Before entering, I managed to gain a state of mind where I already had everything I wanted. Within an hour my ex-husband rang me (I had achieved the state of mind to be over him) and the next day I woke up to find my email full of offers of work(I am a freelancer). This area of life and thinking should receive more funding for investigation. People think we are advanced as a race but I believe we are only just beginning to find out what the human mind can do
tim
I’ve been trying to follow this meditation, but don’t seem to be able to stay with it. I keep drifting off at tangents and just can’t keep the visualization going. If I ‘see’ the things suggested at all I can only hold the images for a second or less, and usually begin to fall asleep at that point.
I have always been very literal-minded, and suggestions such as “gather the body consciousness” have no meaning at all for me. I think I may have to stick to binaural beats, although these tend to send me to sleep very quickly. I need another way.
Tom Von Deck
You can try binaural beats. As for this visualization, it might take some practice as the brain isn’t used to it yet.