If you meditate, do you have a specific routine or app?
not exactly a meditation app like headspace but i enjoyed the free trial of Waking Up. might be worth checking out :)
this was my meditation routine up til july when i cut caffeine. every weekday sometime between midday and 1400. perhaps doesn’t fit the expected ritual some associate with the term but for me just as effective as any other approaches to presence https://www.vox.com/2014/8/28/6074177/coffee-naps-caffeine-science
My mediation has entirely shifted to flow states, where I’m actively mediating during connection with external information. I def need to get back into internal. Only use Hz music on Spotify or brainwave app rec by Huberman, I like it. Previously, no tech just me in silence.
No app. Just get comfortable in a quiet room and set the timer on my phone.
Been meditating since 2010. I typically do Vipassana, but the method depends on your goals. My goal is to "get closer to the truth," so meditation is often NOT pleasant. Vipassana is a good tool for that. But if your goal is to get relaxed, then guided meditations, closer to relaxation techniques, are a good choice.
I use headspace! The beginner courses are amazing if you're new to meditation and make a huge difference in the quality of your future meditations.
Really like Headspace. Just enough of a guide to help but not make you reliant on it IMO. Said differently, I can still sit down without Headspace and practice.
daily 10 minutes on timer with free insight timer app
Insight Timer, 24 min… I like to do mindfulness of breathing at the nostrils, and if I can get there - mindfulness of the space of the mind “without grasping or distraction” :) - check out B Alan Wallace podcasts for guided meditations on each
Insight timer https://apps.apple.com/us/app/insight-timer-meditation-app/id337472899
The only one that stuck for me was the 1 Giant Mind app (mantras) but I think the web service behind it was dead.
Insight Timer, and I have specific teachers who I always go back to, David Gandelman is a favourite