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Busymind Mindfulness for your busy life
Slow down. Search your body for tension.
This could be at your shoulders, your back, or your mouth.
Release the tension let your body sink in to relaxation.
Now focus on your breath.
As you breath, feel your chest expand and contract. Feel the air move in and out.
Take four deep breaths, holding the button as you breath in, and releasing it as you breath out.
Turn outward. Open your mind to the sounds around you.
What's the texture of the noise. Is it loud or quiet?
Hold the button for 15 seconds while you listen to your world.
Look around you.
Find the colors and patterns hiding in plain sight.
Hold down the button as you look around.
When ready, return to your day in your own time.
Start by focusing on your breath.
As you breath, feel your chest expand and contract. Feel the air move in and out.
Take five deep breaths, holding the button as you breath in, and releasing it as you breath out.
Now sense your heart beating in your chest.
Feel its steady rhythm.
Anticipate each beat, trying to slow the cadence of your heart.
Search your body for tension.
This could be at your shoulders, back, or even pursed lips.
Be aware of this tension.
Choose a tense spot. Tighten it, then relax fully to relieve the stress.
Find where on your body feels most relaxed right now.
Focus on that area, relaxing as deeply as you can.
Sink in to the full weight of your relaxation, letting gravity pull down.
Turn outward. Open your mind to the sounds around you.
What's the texture of the noise. Is it loud or quiet?
Hold the button for 15 seconds while you listen to your world.
Look around you.
Notice what colors and patterns are hiding in plain sight.
Hold the button for another 15 seconds while you look closer.
Draw back inward.
Observe your internal dialogue.
Let your thoughts rise up.
Take 15 seconds to let your mind wander.
Return to this moment. Did you notice any fear or anxiety in your thoughts?
Your emotions are neither good nor bad, they simply are.
Think of how you would objectively describe the emotion to someone.
Hold for 15 seconds as you talk it out.
Having observed your emotion non-judgementally, can you transform it?
Can you radically accept it?
Don't worry, you don't have to have find an answer right now. Just process.
Hold the button for 15 seconds while you think.
Focus on your breathing once more.
Draw in five deep breaths.
Hold the button while breathing in, and release it as you breath out.
Rewind your day. What has brought you happiness?
Can you find that happiness again?
Hold the button for 15 seconds while you consider it.
Happiness can also bring fear.
As humans, we accept both the strength and the weakness as eqaul parts.
Did your happiness stir any fear or anxiety?
Think about those fears and play them out.
Will they truly prevent you from obtaining your happiness and aspirations?
Hold the button for 15 seconds and unfold your anxiety.
Almost done. Focus on your breathing one last time.
Press the button down, take one deep breath, let go and return to the world.
This is you, alive and well.
When ready, return to your day in your own time.
Simple guided mindfulness meditation for moments when you can't get away
A guided mindfulness mediation app geared towards busy people. Designed for busy professionals and parents alike (and especially those who are both).
Short - 1 & 5 minute session options.
Silent - Headphones and solitude not required.
Simple and Guided - No expertise needed.
No signup required.
The trouble with most meditation apps is that they assume you have full control over your environment. But that's simply not the case for the majority of us out there. So instead of having you meditate with your eyes closed in a perfectly quiet place, Busymind allows you to fit mindful meditation in, even in a crowded room.
There is no closing your eyes. There are no background sounds or voices that requires headphones. It's only simple mindfulness-based prompts that you can complete without embarrassment or strange looks.
No personal data is ever stored and the responses are never saved. There are no historical trends or other silly gimmicks. Busymind is all about a little escape from the overwhelming world to just be yourself.
Features:
Choose between a quick 1-minute session or go for the full 5-minutes.
No sounds made, so you can be mindful even in a crowded room
Guided prompts, so you can easily slip in to mindfulness
Private, which means that no personal is stored or used
What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is a scientifically proven technique for handling the stresses of our everyday lives by focusing our minds on the present. By going through a series of guided exercises and looking deeper at the detail of the world around us, we reset our brain to pay attention to the moment, which helps bring perspective to our thoughts.
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