 Alright, so in this video we're going to be reviewing the Muse headband and this is a device which has been really quite interesting actually and I think there's a lot to say about this. So on the surface this is basically an EEG sensing headband which you can connect to the app. It's a fairly pricey product at about £240 so about £260-$270 but the promises that it makes you know and the things that it says that it can do are actually quite interesting. So to start with let's just look at what the device actually contains and by the way if you do want to get one of these you can click the link in the description and it will take you in a new tab to their website where you can sort of read along and get one at a great price. So it's an EEG device which means it's going to sense your brainwaves and it should with some degree of accuracy be able to tell you which brainwave state you're in in terms of alpha, theta, beta, gamma the normal brainwave states that we're all used to if we've been using bunion or beats. So the next thing you'll notice is it's really sleek, it's a modern looking device and it actually contains an accelerometer as well so it can tell when you're moving around what your heart rate is, how much you're moving, your step counts and things like that so it's actually really really interesting. Now you're probably wondering why would I want to get the Muse headband and what can it actually do for me? Well the main reason is it's basically a way of meditating really really easily. You can meditate when you're wearing this device and it's going to tell you in real time what your brainwaves are doing and how your meditation session is actually going so you can track your progress and results later. One of the most difficult things that people find when they first learn or when they first try and meditate is they don't know if they're doing it right. You know there's just no way of them telling especially if it's a new experience there's no way of them telling whether they're actually meditating properly or whether they're doing something wrong so the benefit of the Muse headband and the reason why in this review I really want to recommend that you do pick up a copy of the you know pick up your own Muse and try it out for yourself is because when you want to meditate you can just put the device on and it will show you on the app and in real time with feedback it will show you whether you're meditating properly or whether you're not doing it so well and then that allows you to correct yourself in real time and and stay on track continue relaxing and making yourself feel calm and that is a really interesting feedback mechanism a bio a bio feedback mechanism which is going to make it so much easier to meditate in terms of the actual results I feel like it's a really good product for those of you who want to just learn how to meditate you can see here you can keep track of your meditation sessions you can see how long you meditated for you can even set targets for yourself and have it sort of inspire you and motivate you to reach your targets and you can connect it with you know your headphones your normal headphones that you would use and you can even connect it up with the app and have audio guides for your meditation now I don't think it actually comes with these these are the Apple ear pods so you would need to have your own headphones but other than that it's got everything you need to get started is in the box it's all ready to go so there's various different sessions different soundscapes and you can use them as an introduction to using Muse or you can just you know customize it to some degree but what I really like is it shows you when your mind was more active more neutral or more calm throughout the day so obviously you're not going to wear this all day but if you wanted to meditate it's very interesting and useful to be able to see which times of day your mind was active when you're meditating and which times it was not so active or neutral or even calm so you can actually use different feedback mechanisms to judge how well you're meditating and you can use things like your mind EEG waves you can use a timer you can even use your heart rate and your breath to actually judge and sort of measure how well your meditation session is going so I find that really really interesting and as I said the app is actually free to download that doesn't cost any extra so you can just buy this device download the app and you're pretty much ready to go you're going to be you're going to become your own neuro hacker your own neuroscientist and so that's what I really do like about the Muse headband so as I said if you do want to grab a Muse headband they're fairly cheap considering what it can do and like I said there's a link in the description you can go and check that out and I'll see you in the next video