While Headspace particularly focuses in meditation they suggest it is one of the best ways to decrease stress and I would have to agree. I do not use that app but it reminded me that my Peloton subscription involves meditation. Now this was not a new revelation as I mentioned it in my February Fitness Recap post I had tried their meditation before but only the sleep content (it is great).
However, for the past week I have been trying out different kinds of content – empathy meditation, peace meditation, and – but my favorite is gratitude meditation. While exercise helps over the past few days, this is making a difference, albeit small I am not one to sit still for too long but 5 minutes or 10 minutes? that I can do! And in case any of you are going to look into these classes or want to learn more I love this article from the Peloton blog on How Sleep Meditation Helps You Sleep. And from the past few months Mark and I really love Anna Greenberg for our sleep meditation – her voice is just so soothing!
I was going to wait until the end of the month to share my meditation but while we still have a few weeks left of April I thought it might be useful for to share. For anyone else who wants to take a deep dive into Stress Awareness Month – I would suggest meditation or one of the other proven stress relieving techniques like deep breathing, muscle relaxing, or counseling.
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Emma says
Never heard of stress awareness month but with all of the challenges people are facing these days I think you could call it stress awareness year.
I try deep breathing, pretending I am skiing or a bird who can fly and try to wait for my stress to reduce itself and get in a happier place. Sometimes super hard for me to do.
Kelsey says
Sleep meditation is not something I have considered but sounds like a great natural option.
I have done the melatonin, listen to waves, done the sleep stuff on my iPhone and none of it seems to work very well. Nice idea.
Jane says
I never knew that there were different kinds of meditations. Shows you that I have never really looked into it.
Thanks for the links too, I will have to give it a try. Let’s face it we all you use a bit of self help and de stressing.
Danielle says
I have never tried meditation before so this is a really interesting thing for me to give a try.
Gary says
One of my friends swears by meditation and now with your endorsement, I am going to have to try it.
I think my wife will be happy with the results if it works for me.