Got the Muse 2 → Mind Monitor pipeline working end to end after a few Bluetooth connection issues (turned out the official Muse app was still running in the background and blocking the connection). First real 3.4-minute resting-state recording produced a frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA) score of −0.78, right-lateralised.
Also ran a 3-minute meditation session through the full band breakdown script: Beta was dominant throughout (Alpha − Beta = −0.13, Theta − Beta = −0.34), meaning the session stayed more alert/active than settled. Gamma read highest of all, but that's most likely a muscle/jaw-tension artifact on dry electrodes rather than a real meditative-gamma state, so treating that one with caution.
Next: record a session in the late follicular phase (~day 10–14) and one in the luteal phase (~day 21–28) to build the phase comparison. Also starting a daily morning meditation habit and tracking Alpha–Beta trend across sessions over time.