Ann's SHORT LIST of Apps
Headspace: Beginners, simple
Insight Timer: Wide audience
10% Happier: Professionals, stress, sleep
Chopra: Spirituality
Mindvalley: Educational, transformative
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LONG LIST OF RESOURCES
Apps
Tops Apps that I recommend -
Headspace: is user-friendly, making meditation accessible for beginners with guided sessions and mindfulness exercises. The app also includes stress reduction exercises, all in an organized, user-friendly format. (Beginners)
Calm: offers diverse guided meditations, sleep stories, and soothing music for beginners and advanced users. The app also features mindfulness exercises to stay focused throughout the day. (Variety)
Insight Timer: is a meditation app with a social touch, allowing you to connect with a community of meditators. It offers a diverse range of guided meditations and music tracks. (Experienced)
10% Happier: Created by ABC News anchor Dan Harris, this app is designed to demystify meditation and make it more approachable for skeptics. It includes guided meditations and practical advice. (Stress, sleep)
Chopra: Deepak Chopra, a well-known figure in the field of wellness and spirituality, offers various teachers and content related to meditation, mindfulness, and personal development. (Spirituality)
Gabby: A new app but Gabby Bernstein. Gabby blends spiritual principles with practical tools to guide individuals toward a more empowered and fulfilled life. (Practical Spiritual)
Mindvalley: Way more than meditation, this app includes many courses on personal transformation including my favorite technique - The Silva Mind Control Method. (Educational, transformative)
Other Apps -
Buddhify: This app is unique in that it tailors meditation sessions to specific activities and moods, making it great for people with busy lifestyles.
Simple Habit: Geared towards busy people, Simple Habit offers short, 5-minute meditations that you can easily incorporate into your daily routine.
Waking Up with Sam Harris: Sam Harris, a neuroscientist, philosopher, and author, offers guided meditations and talks on mindfulness and consciousness.
Smiling Mind: (mindfulness) This app is designed to help both adults and children develop mindfulness skills through guided meditations and mindfulness exercises.
Stop, Breathe & Think:(guided meditation and mindfulness) This app not only guides you through meditation but also encourages you to check in with your emotions and provides mindfulness activities based on how you're feeling.
Mindfulness Daily: This app provides short daily mindfulness exercises to help you incorporate mindfulness into your routine.
Aura: Aura offers quick, personalized mindfulness activities based on your mood. It aims to make mindfulness accessible and easy to integrate into your daily life.
Mindful: This app is created by the publishers of Mindful magazine and offers guided meditations, articles, and resources to support mindfulness practice.
Elly: focused on people living with chronic diseases
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Apps for Kids
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Master Classes and Courses
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
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Free on Youtube
Oprah and Deepak
21-Day Meditation Experience with Oprah and Deepak Chopra – "Creating Peace from the Inside Out"
20 Days of Live Meditation with Jay Shetty: Day 1
https://www.youtube.com/live/gxURcDSeRns?feature=share
15 Minute guided meditation for beginners - Release your biggest blocks | Jeffrey Allen
Powerful 20 Minute Guided Meditation for Manifesting Abundance and Happiness
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Well-known Meditation Teachers:
Deepak Chopra: Lots on Youtube.
Dr Joe Dispenza: His best meditation are sold on his website. There are some you can find that are free, but it’s usually older or pirated. If you want a truly transformational experience, do his Progressive and Intensive Online Course.
Gabby Bernstein: She has free meditations on her website.
Tara Brach
Jack Kornfield
Thich Nhat Hanh: (The Plum Village App)
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Other:
Netflix - search Headspace
HeartMath.org
Spotify, Apple Music, Alexa…. You can find guided meditations on these services.
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New research suggests daily mindfulness training at home helped reduce kids’ stress levels and negative emotions.
MIT researchers report that children who used a mindfulness app at home for 40 days showed improvements in several aspects of mental health, including reductions in stress and negative emotions such as loneliness and fear." MIT News
Read the full article here.
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The sooner you start your inward awakening, the sooner you realize the benefits of evolving and growing. Personal growth is the meaning of life.
As we start to awaken, we become aware of our inner life. We see how we can influence our inner and outer lives.
As we gain wisdom, we learn how to create the life we want, rather than being a victim to it. Life starts happening for us, not to us. That's when we start creating miracles.
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Achieving Heart Coherence: In my guided meditations, I lead you into heart coherence. We focus on steady breathing, attention on your heart, and elevated emotions. As your body enters this specific meditative state, you reach heart coherence and all these amazing benefits start happening.
See HeartMath.org for more information about studies and evidence. They offer a free video course - definitely watch it!
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Coherence
co·her·ence
Noun
the quality of being logical and consistent.
the quality of forming a unified whole.
If someone is coherent, you say they have clarity. Coherence is logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated, consistent. In meditation, we achieve this coherent or ordered state of being. From this order, your body and mind regulates, integrates, and heals. The key to meditation is achieving this coherent state.
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Doesn’t that sound like meditation keeps you younger and healthier?
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Saturday April 29 4pm
Great for beginners and those who want to jump start their practice. I will share lots of tools to empower you to improve your life immediately. Whether you have anxiety, running thoughts, or just lack of motivation or inspiration, meditation can help transform your state of being. Join me and bring a friend or loved one. (not just for moms)
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What unique things have you experienced?
Perhaps odd sensations like your arms are crossed when they aren’t, your hands aren’t connected, or some kind is detachment from your body. These are all normal and wonderful signs that you are naturally in an altered state of mind. Relax into it. Be curious and open. You are safe. You are awakening.
One student was the focus of our healing meditation and said she “felt lots of arms lifting me skyward.”
Come join us in-person at @synergy.yogari
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The next day I heard from her. She shared this:
“Interestingly, I felt so light all morning which culminated at 1:44 with a feeling of being lifted by many hands. A very different feeling. Thank you for your love and support! ❤️❤️❤️”
We had finished our group meditation about 1:44pm.
How is it possible that she felt it?
In “The Intention Experiment”, Author Lynne McTaggart delves into this topic. She shares that Gary Schwartz conduced experiments where he witnessed a coherent photon stream emanating from the hands of healers. With other research, he concluded that healing intention is well-ordered light.
As human beings, we are receivers and transmitters of energy. What coherent signals do you want to send and receive?
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-having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence
-inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination
Traditionally mantras were passed on orally from a guru and kept secret. Some modern day businesses assign students a personal mantra and ask them to keep it secret. (I have two friends who did TM decades ago and they still have never told anyone including their husbands!). However, you can self-select a mantra as your own. Below is a link to some mantra sounds that you can consider using. Simply pick one. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but avoid picking one that reminds you of some meaning. Set an intention with your mantra. If it doesn’t feel good at the beginning, try a different one. But then as you continue your practice, stick with the same mantra so that your mind and body recognize that this sound indicates it is time to meditate.
And then just practice. The benefits will start immediately and increase over time.