- What would you feel like if you were
wearing this out in public?
- I wouldn't.
- You wouldn't wear this in public?
- I mean, like just going around shopping?
- Yeah.
- Hey buddy.
- I'll take that coat.
(upbeat music)
- I'm Chris.
- I'm Kevin.
- And today we are testing
a meditation headband - a meditation headband
- Yes so this is called the Muse 2,
brain sensing headband.
- So why do people meditate?
Tell me all about that.
- Why do people meditate?
- Yeah.
- Why do people meditate?
I don't know.
- You meditate.
- I do meditate because it,
I do think that if individuals
can be mindful
and almost step outside of themselves
and see themselves walking through this world
we wouldn't be so preoccupied with ourselves
this entire time.
We'd be able to enjoy this very short thing
that is life.
- Have you been asked that question before?
- No.
- This is like some Flowers for Algernon
(beep) right here.
The busier you are
the more ideal a candidate
you are for meditation.
- Exactly.
So the idea I think behind this product is
for those that know that they're
benefits behind the curtain of meditation
but have no idea how to get into it.
You wanna tell us what it does?
- I think it's going to
measure our brain activity
and it's gonna tell us if we're
meditating the right way or no.
- Mmmhmmm.
- I don't know exactly how.
- When you get distracted.
- Mmmhmmm.
- (Automated Voice) Eye movements can interfere
with signal quality.
(beep) you.
You don't think the thing is gonna notice
but it does
and then the weather goes crazy
and it starts raining harder and thunder storming.
(raining hard)
and then when you can bring yourself back
then you'll hear the weather on the app calm.
(raining slowing down)
Look at that.
- So I'm starting to think
that we can no do this next to each other.
- No.
- It's a little distracting.
(laughing)
- So we should meditate on our own.
(birds chirping)
- Oh now it's really raining (beep)
oh oh boy.
I'm focused on my breath.
Focused on my breath
and then I'll get distracted
and I'll not be thinking about my breath
and then the rain will start 15 birds.
That's means I was pretty zenning.
I think what we actually have to do
because I'm not a meditation expert
is to talk and speak with somebody
who does meditation a lot.
I know just the guy.
So we're with Ben Turshen.
He's a meditation teacher.
If you wanna check this out I don't know.
Have you read about this?
- Yeah it's a form of neural feedback
and there's different types of neural feedback
and this is Z score
which is meant to keep your mind
in a certain place of brain activity.
And what this trains is a form of meditation
that's very much centered on focusing
and concentrating which is how
most people know meditation.
But the good news is
not all meditation's the same.
- What was your result from doing
five minutes of this meditation?
- I mean I did it right before bed
and I slept well
but I'm realizing that I usually sleep well.
- I did it in the morning before work
and the impact was nothing.
- Yeah.
- Well I think that you gotta try this muse thing.
- I think I'm good.
(raining slowly)
(raining harder)
- All right.
- [Chris] All right.
- It picked up on
I was thinking about what I wanted for lunch.
- [Chris] Wow yes.
- And it picked up on
hey he's not thinking about his breath right now.
- [Chris] Yeah.
- And I kinda was like smiling a little bit.
I'm like it's good.
- It works.
So looks like on that round you got 717 calm points.
- Yeah
- Now how many calm points
you got more than me.
- Yeah it was six something.
- It was six something
so Ben got the most calm points.
He got 27 birds.
Tied with Kevin on birds.
Hey okay guys.
Just remember what this is about now.
- Meditation bullies.
(laughing)
- Kevin is clearly winning at meditation.
- I can't discourage this enough.
(laughing)
- You never meditated before.
You don't know how to wrap your mind around it,
pun intended.
Would this be a good way to sort of get into it?
- I think it's a way to get into it.
- I appreciate you not wanting to say negativity.
- If we have this understanding
that there's different types.
This is really good beginner,
a beginner avenue for that specific
type of focus concentration meditation.
What I teach is really meant to de excite the mind
and put the body into a deep state of rest.
We're not focusing,
we're not concentrating,
we're not trying to actually control the mind at all.
What we're gonna do today is all about effortlessness
and that's about a willing surrender
to the experience that you're having.
Which is very opposite to what the muse is training
which is control your experience.
This is actually let the experience happen.
So place one hand on your belly
and one hand on your chest.
As we inhale I want you to feel
your belly expand against your hand
and as you exhale I want you to feel
your belly pull away from your hand.
(upbeat music)
- Ben's meditation was all about like if
you get distracted
and you drift off that's A okay
and then as soon as you realize you got distracted
and drift off you come back to it.
But the realization you got distracted
means that it's working. - Right
- Means you allowed yourself to get distracted
and that you could come back.
If you never got distracted
then you wouldn't be meditating correctly.
The muse is all about
don't get distracted.
You're bad.
You're bad. - Right.
- You're bad.
You're bad.
Okay you're good, you're good.
You're bad.
I would not recommend getting the muse.
It gamifies mediation.
I never come out of it
more peaceful or more focused.
- For me the issue is the price point.
If I'm a person who's never meditated before
and I want to learn how to meditate,
I could drop 250 bucks or less
by going to an actual human like Ben
who could teach me how to meditate.
- Or you could download for $1.99 $2.99
Deepak Chopra's 45 minute guided meditation.
- I'm not getting direct feedback from that.
How do I know if it's working or not?
- Hmmm.
- This is giving me direct feedback
connected to my brain
and showing me that it is working or it's not.
- My point is that the feedback it's giving you
is counter productive to meditation.
- Fair, that's fair.
Unless you get really good at it.
And now you're just hearing birds.
- I think there's only one way to find out
if we got really good at it
and that's to have a muse competition.
- Let's check out birds.
Oh muse off.
- A muse off.
- Because meditation is all about competition.
(upbeat music)
- What are you doing over there?
- Sounds like a god damn hurricane over here.
- I totally destroyed you.
- Yeah I got crushed.
- What do we got, oh my God.
- Look how hard it was for me
to get into the zone.
- Wow, all right I got 26 birds.
How many birds did you get?
- Ten.
- Ten birds.
I have zero recoveries
because I didn't leave - You didn't even need any.
- The zone bro.
- You never left the zone.
- Birds are how you (beep) meditate.
Yeah.
Well regardless, I think we can now say
this meditation headband Muse.
- The Muse.
- Has been Inc. tested. - Inc. Tested
- Is this connected yet?
- No of course not.
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