My mind was calm, I heard 31 birds and the waves were soft and relaxing. Session 4: Beach soundscape | 5 minutes on Sunday morning | Sitting up in bed. In the chart below, I fell asleep at the 1:15 mark and my mind progressively got more active as I slept. Fascinating fact: I discovered my mind is not calm when I’m sleeping. Conclusion: bad idea to lay down while meditating, reached 14% calm. But then before I knew it, I was asleep and woke up to the ‘end of session’ sound, oops. My mind started in a calm state, I immediately heard two birds – yay. Session 2: Beach soundscape | 5 minutes in the evening | Laying down under the covers. Conclusion: First session didn’t feel great however I reached 56% calm. I tried to clear my mind and felt like I didn’t have much control. Yet oddly, my mind didn’t feel like it was wandering as much as the wind was indicating. I had a hard time relaxing my mind with the hostile wind blowing. Not expecting this, it gave me a bit of anxiety. One minute I was swaying to the sound of soft beach waves, imagining a boat tied to the dock, swaying back and fourth the next minute a wind storm was picking up speed. Session 1: Beach soundscape | 5 minutes in the evening | Sitting up in bed. Here’s a glimpse into my Muse experience. The wind blows harder, the waves crash louder and you’ll quickly realize it’s time to re-focus on your breath and try to bring back some calm. If you reach an extra relaxed mind state, you’ll hear birds! Inevitably when your mind begins to wander, the weather starts to pick up. That’s when you’ll hear soft waves, a light breeze or the pitter patter of rain. There are five soundscapes to choose from: Beach, Desert, Ambience Music, City Park and Rainforest.Īs the meditation begins, you’ll focus on breathing and clearing your mind. Once the exercise is complete, you’ll find yourself immersed in a soothing soundscape. Exercise topics vary from “the sensation of breath” to “dealing with distractions”. The voice guidance does a calibration at the start of each session and then walks you through a short exercise to prepare your mind for meditation. So how does it work? Download the app, place the Muse headband on your head, plug in your earphones and a soothing voice guides you into meditation. Some people are very aware, however most of us will probably learn quite a bit from using the Muse. Not often do we receive feedback on what’s happening inside our head. Honestly, the Muse experience has been fascinating. More importantly, Muse is supposed to measure your brain signals (much like a heart rate monitor) and give you feedback when your mind is calm or wandering, to help you meditate. The initial appeal was that it looked like a sci-fi headband from Star Trek and I wanted to have it in my life. That’s when I came across Muse, the brain sensing headband for meditation. I was on the lookout for something that would help motivate me to meditate. Meditation is one of those things: you know it’s good for your mind and soul, you want to do it, but it’s hard to get started.
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