Muse: Brain Health & Sleep

This device is certainly having an impact on my overall wellness in the short time I’ve had it. I’ve been on a path of clarity in recent months and had been strengthening my meditation practice on my own. I heard about this months ago and knew it would aid in bringing me the peace that’s eluded me most of my life. I kept thinking I wanted to buy it for the people in my life that weren’t connecting as deeply to their own practice (to justify the expense). By happenstance I was granted a bonus at work that allowed me to treat myself and when I saw it was on sale for the holiday season I bought 2!! One for me and one for the partner I’ll be starting a podcast with in the next few weeks called “psst Your Crazy Is Showing” where we dig through the things mediation has made clear in our lives and speak from a deep present moment awareness (or as deep as we can get at our novice level at this point). I’m almost 2 weeks in and feel that the time I spend with Muse has almost tripled the benefits I was getting on my own (a 5 minute session feels like 20, and 20 minutes feels like an hour! ... in the best calming way imaginable). Rest and digest and may peace be with all who find this and the Muse Headband. Thanks for reading :)

I was recently introduced to muse by my Buddhist teacher. I’ve been trying to meditate since September and have struggled to do just three minutes. I get frustrated because in my mind wandering a lot of times and give up and then I’d be start. I have a busy mind, I feel like I’m constantly chasing a bouncing ball in my mind. Recently my Buddhist teacher hook me up to this and it was amazing and the very visual person and to have that feedback that you get from the app is amazing. So I knew I needed this tool to help me with my Meditation so that I know longer gave up thinking I was doing it wrong. I just ordered this week and received it and started using it and I’m so excited and motivated to use it every day. Where on my own I really struggled to meditate. I’m on a spiritual journey I know important meditation is for me on this process. I’m at so excited for all things it’s going to do for me. If you’ve on the fence about buying muse I say buy it. You never be afraid to invest in yourself, you have to take care of you first before you can take care of others.

Overall I would rate Muse as an excellent electronic device for meditation. I cannot see bees out with my friends who have for years meditated see the difference between that and using this device to help you get to where you need to be. What I do notice however is that the device sometimes has problems connecting with your phone. It is important to make sure that there are no oil‘s dust or residuals on the headband and to make sure that the area where the skin contact device is clean. And it is important to make sure that your phone is on your right side while using. For some reason I find it more difficult to use a device in enclosed spaces like inside a motor vehicle as opposed to an open space in the room. The extra money for the optional meditations is worth it. In that optional package you get extra meditations that are specific to certain situations and so far for me is proving all to be valuable resources. So overall I do recommend the device itself I also recommend the optional meditations that go along with that package.

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I have waited quite some time but was very eager to purchase a Muse headband. I finally received it & was trying to “create an account”or log in (if you have one)has been quite a ridiculous nightmare (I received NO emails in response to password). Reached out via chat for a WHOLE day & was “introduced” already several times so basically got NO support in trying to “obtain a new password”. Then reach out on instagram where I actually thought because I got a response I’d get help, but that wasn’t the case.... So it is the week before July 4 holiday (received headband & was reaching out 6/28) only to find out I will not be able to access the APP until july 4 is over so for almost a WHOLE week, I cannot even use the headband! So I can’t even give a fair review because there is a lag/lack in customer support for sure, and since I was hoping to actually USE the headband I cannot even review that.... I was hoping to make a lot of referrals for people to purchase these (as I work in the health & wellness fields) & actually DID refer 1 person getting one before I even got mine (got no credit for that either). Now I am seriously reconsidering since the customer service part hasn’t been useful at all.

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This app likes to say that distractions are a part of life. Yet if you meditate with its band in a distracting environment, your calmness percentage goes down. Also the app contradicts itself when it says distractions are part of life and if the meditator gets distracted he or she should focus on his or her breath to meditate successfully. Yet, the unpredictable noises reduce chances of calmness points and chirping birds for calmness. Due to this I have to think too much in order to be calm when that defeats the purpose of calming the mind. Worst of all, it seems as if you have to be an incredibly advanced yogi with a near perfect diet in order to meditate successfully and my best moments with it were after I was exhausted from an incredibly stressful day, arguments with people who mistreated me, and fell asleep. With its contradictions about distractions and annoyances, the Muse app is better off having a silent or no sound section to go along with the sounds of a beach, desert, rainforest, and city park. The meditation sessions would be much better. Otherwise, it will prove something that I have been saying for approximately one year “you cannot spell contradictory without the word ‘con.’”