Theta binaural beats are essentially sound waves with a frequency that resonates in the theta range.
The frequency range is considered to be 4-8 hertz, but often cited as 4-7 hertz.
These frequencies (binaural beats) are laid underneath meditation style music or nature/ambient sounds and, when you listen along, your brain is encouraged to follow and produce more theta brainwaves.
This is made possible through a process called “frequency following response”.
I cover exactly how this process works here. But read that later. Let's crack on for now.
Generally, we associate theta with deep relaxation, meditation, creativity and heightened intuition. Theta waves also play a roll in the early stages of sleep.
As detailed in this post, there are numerous studies that show how theta waves positively impact our psychological well-being – think lower stress levels, clearer thinking, an enhanced creative mind and much more.
So in this post, I'm going to give you a run down of the benefits you can expect to reap from regular use of theta binaural beats.

Theta is associated with meditation, intuition and the memory
10 Benefits of Listening to Theta Binaural Beats
1. Stress Relief
Theta waves have potent stress relieving properties.
When the brain is in a state of high theta wave production, we are calm and relaxed, not stressed or anxious.
If you want to encourage a calm and balanced state of mind, listen to theta wave music.
2. Easier Meditation Practice
Theta binaural beats can help us enter a meditative state.
Listening to theta infused music will encourage your brain to produce fewer high frequency beta waves and more lower frequency theta waves; enabling you to calm down and reduce any anxiety you feel.
This is helpful if you are find yourself with too much to cope with, or struggle with invasive, self-limiting, negative thoughts.
Meditation provides huge benefits such as lowering stress and anxiety levels. Meditation can silence your inner critic for a while, help you access inner calm and induce a sense of peace and mental clarity.
With regular practice, you will find that post your meditate state, you will feel more positive, happy, content and compassionate with yourself and others.
3. Increased Levels of Creativity
Theta waves correlate with creative insight and intuition, which makes sense since when we relax, turn our thoughts inward and explore the mind, we find increased clarity among the valleys of our thoughts.
Naturally creative people such as musicians and artists are said to have high operating levels of theta waves when they are engaged in their craft.
However, such people sometimes suffer writer's block and find their creativity stifled; perhaps due to lifestyle changes such as stress or financial problems.
Listening to theta binaural beats makes it possible to bypass these blockages and unlock your creative juices.
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4. Body Healing & Rejuvenation
Meditation helps reduce cortisol and inflammatory proteins in the body, and as we've discussed, theta brainwaves are dominant in meditation.
In this study, researchers monitored blood-based markers of subjects’ stress responses, including levels of the stress hormone cortisol and the inflammatory proteins IL-6 and TNF-α, which usually increase when the body is fighting illness.
The control group who took the stress management course showed a modest rise in markers on the second test compared to the first, suggesting a worsening of their anxiety from having to endure the test again.
The meditation group showed big drops in these markers on the second test, suggesting that the meditation training had helped them cope.
The team also found that the meditation group patients, compared to controls, experienced significantly greater reductions in self-reported measures of stress after their course.
In summary, meditation and entering the theta state will help you lower stress hormones and inflammatory proteins and help your body build better immunity.
5. Increased Mental Clarity
A less stressed, anxious brain — one that isn't jumping around like a flea and being pulled in different directions — enables better mental clarity.
After a theta listening session, you'll find you have access to increased mental clarity.
Mental blockages fall away and paves the way for better decision making and a more productive, organised state of mind.
6. Lucid Dreaming
Theta binaural beats can assist in accessing lucid dreaming. A lucid dream is a state whereby you have control of your actions and have the freedom to choose the characters and environment of your dream.
Lucid dreaming is not an out of body experience like astral projection; you will be asleep but in control.
Theta binaural beats can take you down into a deeply relaxed, introspective state, where you can stimulate your third eye and open a gateway to higher intuition.
Ideally, you then want to go down into delta and access the sleep state, but not too deeply, as you want to dream. It's not easy but with practice most people will be able to do it.
In a lifetime, most of us will have one or more lucid dreams without even trying. And it is not a new technique. There is evidence that lucid dreaming has been around for hundreds of years, maybe as long ago as 400AD.
7. Increased Vigour
Being so deeply relaxed for 30 minutes or so means that when you emerge, you feel restored and empowered. You are ready to take on life with new-found vigour.
Think about it like putting your computer into sleep mode. The computer is still on but the hard drive (the brain) is having a nap.
When you wake up your brain to full power again, you feel a sense of rejuvenation, a restoration of energy and mind power.
8. Improved Relationships
A calmer, more intuitive you, with a heightened sense of mental clarity and appreciation for life, means a more approachable you.
It also means a more compassionate and understanding you.
Naturally, this leads to an increase in positive encounters and subsequent improved relationships.
9. Tap Into Your Subconscious Mind
Theta can be considered the subconscious state that lies between the conscious and the unconscious, where you retain memories and feelings, and where the beliefs that direct your behavior are stored.
Unlocking your subconscious enables you to tap into the intuitive resources held within your mind so that you can alter self-limiting beliefs and negative thought cycles blocking your progress.
Doing so will improve your motivation to achieve the things you want in life, and assist in promoting a positive outlook on life at the same time.
Theta waves are generally characterized by feelings of inspiration and insight – akin to the state of meditation. Therefore, for some, being in the theta state presents a pathway to a more spiritual, divine connection with God/Mother Nature.
10. Better Sleep
What better way than sleep to put this list to bed.
Theta brain waves are present during light sleep in the REM dream state. During a normal nights sleep a sleeper passes from the theta waves of stage 1 and 2, to the delta waves of stage 3 and 4.
So theta waves are instrumental in the falling asleep part of the sleep cycle.
Encouraging production of theta waves through brainwave entrainment will contribute positively to sleep.
Chris says
Theta waves are awesome. I listen to them whenever im outside and also pair them with my supraliminal audio. Sometimes I just put the volume of the affirmations track higher so I can consciously hear and understand the affirmations, and theta allows it to enter my subconscious and rewire my thinking patterns and beliefs.
It’s also great for stress and anxiety reduction as you have mentioned here. Listening to them way better than consuming alcohol or any other drug substances that come with side effects.
bbfreak says
That’s great to hear Chris. I agree!
Matt says
Was curious how long can you listen to theta waves at one time. Also how many times in a day I could listen to theta waves?
Thank you for your time!
bbfreak says
Hey Matt, 15 mins plus at the minimum I’d say, but 30 mins to 1 hour is a good session, or more if you like. One or two sessions a day would be plenty, though you could listen more if you wanted to. It’s quite a chilled state though, so you might be better with some Alpha tracks during the working day.
John Robbins says
Hiya there,
Can I go straight from listening to theta frequencies to drive a car, or do I need a period time of adjustment?
Thank you.
bbfreak says
If it’s a low Theta frequency track I’d give yourself 15-20 minutes time to adjust. It really depends on how you feel; but it’s wise to do that.
John Robbins says
Thank you bbfreak. I listen to 4 hz subliminal beats, so I guess it’s a 20 minute break at least.
John
Philip says
Something confuses me.
What is meant by high theta? Is it closer to 4hz or to 7hz?
I thought high theta was 4.5 hz, since the mind is more relaxed as the brainwave frequency reduces.
But I want your opinion.
bbfreak says
When I refer to high theta I mean the upper end of the theta state, so like 7/8 Hz. Though I can see the logic in what you are saying.
Deny D. Ritz says
Hello, I know about audios that help us to get to alpha or theta brainwave state, but are there any that help us to get to gamma brainwave state? I rarely hear about gamma state, most sources talk only about the other four. Thanks.
steve says
Hey Lawrence, Was curious about getting another binaural track. I’ve currently been using one for years, called “Probably the best Relaxing Music…”.
Was looking for an alternative for variety.
You mentioned https://www.binauralbeatsmeditation.com as your favorite site in a recent article.
They have sooo much there and was wondering which single track you’d recommend, for the simple goal of putting myself into theta for reprogramming my subconscious, and for serious Nevilliz-ing. ( neville goddard is my fave manifestation writer who talks about visualization )
thanks Steve
bbfreak says
Hi Steve, sorry I missed this comment. That’s a tough question. I’d have to say Earth Vibration or Spiritual Awakening. The EV track is amazing, it has these occasional subtle wolf howls that integrate with the track and create a melodic atmosphere. From a production point of view it is really good. Spiritual Awakening is really relaxing. It uses natural ambience and a sparse hang drum, an instrument I love. Both are theta tracks. Earth Vibration says it is 432hz, but that refers to the frequency of the music is tuned to. The sound waves are 7.83hz theta (I checked their frequency guide).
Hope this helps. I will check out your recommendations too.
steve says
The EV one sounds great. Thanks!
bbfreak says
Ah, no worries. Thanks.
3333 says
I m very curious to listen theta beats as they are claimed to be best luicid dreaming white noises.
tammi says
goody good good.
Roy says
Hello,
First of all I wanna say thank you for the effort you did to make this article! It’s been very helpfull and i’ve learned alot. But I have a question. What is the best state to be in(and HZ to listen to) when meditating? Honestly I’m very new to this and I’ve only gain information about meditation on the internet(thank God for internet!), but I don’t really know where to start and wich state is best. I hope you can help me out a little bit. Thank you!
bbfreak says
Hi Roy,
No worries. For meditation, you should use low Theta state recordings – Theta is between 4-8Hz. To learn a bit more about this type of brainwave meditation, I recommend you read this guide that comes with two free samples: https://www.binauralbeatsmeditation.com/free-mp3/ This company also do a very good Deep Meditation recording which you can find at this link: https://www.binauralbeatsmeditation.com/product/deep-meditation/
Let me know if you need any more help.