HIGH TECH MEDITATION - SCIENCE FICTION or REALITY?

Like fitness is the training for the body, meditation is the training for the brain.
The ultimate goal of meditation is focus and serenity, reaching a higher level of awareness and inner calm. Independent of external events, of place and time, any should be able to meditate and achieve a state of relaxation and tranquility, improve focus and concentration.
Furthermore, there are numerous studies which demonstrate that positive thinking triggers an increasingly secretion of brain hormones that determine peace and calm.
In this high paced era, when stress and informational avalanche govern everyday life, more and more people embrace meditation and spirituality and insert it in their daily routine. Even many well known companies introduced meditation breaks for their employees in special meditation areas ("Quiet Room"). Apple, Nike, Yahoo and HBO are few of the companies to promote meditation in the workplace.
There are multiple meditation techniques and, without guidance, learning to meditate can be, at times, challenging. Many people don't have the motivation to start, others are not sure they are doing it correctly, so... they don't meditate at all.
Now, everyone can start meditating in 3 minutes, gradually increasing the time. The solution is: MUSE -  the brain sensing headband! 






 An outstanding revolutionary brain-mapping device, able to give you real time feedback on what is happening in your brain when you meditate.











Here is how MUSE works:

Through personalized tracking, motivational challenges and rewards, MUSE helps build a regular and efficient meditation practice.
Ariel Garten, a Canadian scientist, is the co-founder of InteraXon, the company which developed the Muse headband. The device practically acts like a meditation coach; it became a real hit since coming to the market; many celebrities decided to give the stress busting headband a try.

"In moments of madness, meditation has helped me find moments of serenity - and I would like to think that it would help provide young people a quiet haven in a not-so-quiet world." Sir Paul McCartney.

Garten says her goal is to help people reach a state of “glorious calm” with Muse. "My own mission is to teach people that that little voice in your head, the one that makes you feel you’re not good enough, that voice that takes us away from the beautiful, peaceful lives we could be living — my mission is to help people learn to dialogue with that voice and quiet it when you don’t need it."