A coherent brain is one that is operating as one network. On an EEG, brain wave patterns are even and of high amplitude. A coherent brain is operating in the present and has maximum energy available for the novel; for creativity. The brains of children typically operate this way.
As we go through life, we are confronted with stressors and traumas and our brains can start to fragment if these events are unprocessed. The brain then compartmentalizes and becomes incoherent. In this way we lose presence and the ability to integrate new experiences. Instead, our brains are operating as if we are stuck in the past.
Practices like Brainspotting allow us to access those fragments and reintegrate them. Once we process the impact of past experiences, the heart goes into coherence. When that happens, the heart signals the brain that we are safe now. From there, the brain can reset its baseline and be open to new experiences from the present.
We don’t forget the past, but we aren’t troubled by it and its not consuming our energy. Instead of operating from the habits of the past, we have freed up energy for creating a different future.