Upgrade your Meditation, How to Stop Reacting to Stressors, and What Happens To Your Brain When You Meditate with Ariel Garten

Ariel Garten joins me to discuss all the amazing things meditation can do for your body, and her revolutionary meditation aid device the Muse Headband! On today’s podcast, you will learn: 1. How to upgrade your meditation and motivate to do it daily 2. How to retrain your brain and body to NOT react to stressors in your environment 3. How much meditation you need per day to enjoy its many, many benefits Ariel Garten's Bio: Ariel Garten co-founded Muse® as an expression of her background in neuroscience, psychotherapy and art, along with her dedication to bring easy-to-use and accessible tools for well-being to the masses. Ariel is also the co-host of Untangle podcast, where she interviews groundbreaking neuroscientists, psychologists and meditators to teach listeners about the brain, how it works and how to use it to its full potential. Ariel studied neuroscience at the University of Toronto and worked in labs at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre, researching Parkinsons disease and hippocampal neurogenesis. Post graduation, she trained as a psychotherapist and had her own private practice as well as designing a clothing line that opened Toronto Fashion Week and has been sold across North America. It was her desire to understand the self from both scientific and artistic perspectives that led her to work with BCI technology in the lab of Dr. Steve Mann. There she recognized the opportunity to commercialize technology that would fundamentally disrupt multiple markets and soon co-founded Interaxon, makers of Muse®. The company debuted with the creation of Bright Ideas, Ontarios feature showcase at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where visitors in Vancouver controlled the lights on the CN Tower, Niagara Falls and the Canadian Parliament buildings with their minds from across the country. Ariel and the Muse® headband have been featured in global media, including CNBC, CNET, CNN, Forbes, Popular Science, TechCrunch, the Wall Street Journal and VentureBeat, which credited Ariel for creating the most important wearable of 2014. In addition to her full-time position at Muse®, Ariel keynotes around the world on technology, mindfulness and entrepreneurship and supports and advises a variety of start-ups. To learn more about Muse and purchase a Muse Headband Click Here!  Are toxic metals causing your fatigue and health issues? Find out by taking Wendy’s Heavy Metals Quiz at heavymetalsquiz.com