![]() It’s a really intuitive experience that shows you what’s going on in your mind, and how to stay in a meditation state.Īfter the experience you get data - charts, graphs and scores - that show you what your mind was doing during meditation, which helps you gain further insights into your mental states, as well as motivating you to continue on. When your mind wanders away from meditation and into thought, the sound changes and gets stormier, alerting you to bring your mind back to calm. The Muse connects to an app on your phone that translates your mediation state into guiding sounds- when your mind is calm, you hear calm sounds. Muse helps you understand how to meditate by letting you know when your brain is focussed on meditation, and when it’s wandering. Muse is a comfortable and flexible headband that contains EEG, movement and heart rate sensors that give you feedback on your brain and body during meditation. What a fascinating journey! You built Muse to help refocus during the day and recover during the night. And now, we have been able to apply the same technology to gain insights and improvements in people’s sleep habits. From our original Muse that we launched seven years ago, which gave you real-time feedback on your brain during meditation, we then added features to allow you to track and do meditations for your heart, breath and body using Muse. We all knew that if we could make meditation easier for people, we would be making a real impact in improving people’s lives.Īs we tried our initial prototypes with novices and expert meditators, and heard them go “wow” as they received the feedback, we knew we were on to something. In an ‘aha’ moment, it occurred to us that we could use this technology to make meditation easier - to guide people as to what was really going on in their mind during their meditation, and to solve the questions many people have when starting to learn to meditate: “What’s going on in there?” and “Am I doing this right?”Īs a clinician, I knew about the power of meditation to make real change, and as a wannabe meditator, I knew how difficult it really was to do. Myself and my co-founders at Muse were trying to figure out the best application of this technology to help people use their brains in a way that would really improve their lives. I had also worked in a research lab where we were using EEG technology to do biofeedback to give users insight into their own mental state, like when they were focussed and when they were relaxed. I was working as a psychotherapist, where I would be teaching meditation to my patients, and recognizing how difficult it was. It’s a joy and a pleasure to be here with you! The making of Muse started out with technology and a desire to improve people’s lives. First things first, what inspired you to start Muse? Hi Ariel, thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. In this interview, we talked about the power of EEG the science behind the Muse headband and how it differs from other methods how meditation can create a virtuous cycle of mental wellness, focus, and quality sleep how Muse is used by a wide range of people, from newbie meditators to Olympic athletes and scientists and much more. Her TED talk, which explains how looking at your own brain activity can teach you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus, has been watched more than 500,000 times. Passionate about the power of non-invasive brain-computer interfaces, Ariel is an artist, scientist and intellectual who is known for her work in integrating art and science. Ariel Garten is the founder of InteraXon, makers of Muse, a clinical-grade EEG device used by meditators and researchers around the world. Welcome to this edition of our Tools for Thought interview series, where we chat with founders on a mission to help us think better and achieve more without sacrificing our mental health. ![]()
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