ReachOut Wellness Challenge
Reachout Wellness Challenge
Day1 Meditate
"What is Meditation?" 🤔
Meditation is the deliberate focusing of attention to bring about feelings of calm and heightened energy and awareness, in addition it offers health benefits to many and there are even research to prove it!
With the hustle and bustle of life, it's alright to give yourself a much needed break through Meditation.Give yourself permission to get the much needed relaxation to clear your head of any negative thoughts, overload of information from your busy life, or just as an exercise to help calm yourself down whenever emotions get too much for you.You are free to choose any form of meditation that works for you!
"What if I don't have time for meditation?"
If you are simply too busy and can't fit in a time to do some meditation, that's alright, just try to fit it in whenever you have the chance to do it! No rush! But for those who are busy but have 5 to 10 minutes of spare time in their day, here is a 10 minute guided meditation by Headspace that you could do in your own time😊
https://www.headspace.com/meditation/10-minute-meditation
Otherwise, if you do have the time to complete an in depth Meditation for both Mind and body, we have provided you with a list of optional types of meditation you could consider practising in addition to some free apps you could use to aid you.
Types of Meditation you could consider doing:
- The use of Amotherapy with breathing exercises
- Ayurveda
- Bowen Therapy
- Breathing to reduce stress
- Grounding Meditation
- Focus Meditation
- Connecting Mind and Body Meditation
- The Alexander Technique
Some apps you could use:
- Headspace
- Calm
- Insight Timer
- Simple Habit
- Smiling Mind
Most importantly, have fun and Meditate as much or as little as you want!😊😃
PS.If there are any Meditation tips that may prove useful to you, feel free to reply below so that other people can take on these advice, or if you have a Meditation routine that you are currently using, it would be great to share what you do!😉
Comments
Hi!! Firstly, thank you for organising this challenge, seems like a great opportunity to share what works for us and try out new methods of self care 🙂
I recommend the YouTube channel called The Mindful Movement. It has been so great in helping me build more self-acceptance and self-compassion. It's made a massive difference in quietening my inner critic. Visualising breathing out as letting go of unnecessary worries, expectations and judgements has been so pivotal for me. Sometimes we carry so much and don't even realise how much it's impacting us or how freeing it is to let it go. What's great about this channel is there are guided meditations of different lengths from 6 minutes to 1 hour. There are also separate playlists for anxiety, stress, self acceptance and sleep and it's all free!
