Muse Headset Feedback

[Dogsbestfriend]

So I got the Muse headset, figured I'd share my experience with it so far. While it's an nicely made gadget (basically a consumer eeg reader), I personally didn't find it really helped me much in any way other than to confirm couple of things I was pretty much already aware of.

I can see it being helpful to beginners, it helps you set goals and the instant feedback system (storms when active, birds when calm) could be helpful to some (I found it distracting).

Now that I'm already able to meditate easily for hours at a time (if I feel like it) the timer just becomes something to be aware of. And the fact it had stats on being calmer or more active creates desire - which when you get experienced enough is something you are trying to dissolve entirely, not create more of.

After some initially novelty of the trying to achieve longest calm periods as possible (which I was already doing without it anyways) feel like I'll probably not be using it much at all. I do think it's curious to see what the eeg readings might be when I enter certain states, though in the end what will that really tell you anyways. 

Call it an impulse buy, might give it to my gf as she's been thinking about getting into meditation and this might suit her.

Prize tag is like 270 euros fyi.