Showing posts with label peace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peace. Show all posts

Monday, July 7, 2014

Meditation Monday: Reviewing the new "Ananda-Living In Love" Meditation App from Chopra Enterprises

Hello and Happy Monday once again! This week I received an offer to download a new meditation app from Oprah and Deepak Meditation called Living In Love. The initial app is free and comes with one basic breathing meditation led by Deepak Chopra but if you want to experience any of the other 22 guided meditations in the app you'll need to purchase them for $2.99 each. As with my previous meditation posts, I am reviewing only the free version of this app so that it's an even comparison. In this first meditation, Deepak Chopra leads this meditation and it is called the SoHum meditation because this word becomes a mantra that you repeat with each breath in and out.

  When you download the app and open it, you'll see that you have a choice of different music tracks that can accompany your meditation. These are only accessible if you purchase one or more of the meditations.

Next, you can choose the length of your meditation.


You can also choose the balance of the volume between the guide's voice and the music you hear with one slider bar.


The titles you see below relate to the title of the music selection on the left and the guided meditation title on the right.


For comparison, here is the free app Simply Being that I reviewed in an earlier post. You can see that you have separate slider bars and can choose between music, nature sounds, and voice. You can also choose to have the music continue at the end of your guided meditation for a certain amount of time.


Speaking for myself, I prefer the Simply Being app because it gives the listener more choices without having to purchase anything. I love the option of listening to nature sounds also instead of music. Also, I find the guide's voice to be more soothing and conducive to deep meditation than in the SoHum mantra meditation in the Living In Love app. Don't take it from me however-I encourage you to experience it for yourself. Here's the link to download it:http://bit.ly/1mlDhvA
                 Enjoy your Monday and your entire week. I wish you peace and happiness!

Monday, August 6, 2012

Meditation Monday--be on good terms...

Happy 6th of August--today's meditation post is another wise saying from Desiderata that I love and try to do, but again, it can be somewhat hard sometimes. I remember thinking about this phrase once when dealing with a very unsympathetic trade show person who, no matter how calmly I tried to state my case, would not listen to me. I didn't end up flying off the handle and saying what I was actually thinking which was a good thing because 1.) I may see that person again and 2.) it NEVER pays to burn bridges. I can't think of a time I've regretted not responding in anger, but I just hope I can remember that in the future too!


Monday, July 30, 2012

Meditation Monday-remembering peace....

Happy Monday. Today's Desiderata phrase is one of my favorites. And if you ever have a bit of trouble with silence, as I do from time to time working at home alone, try looking at this website for some helpful habits on enjoying the quiet time:http://zenhabits.net/solitude/

Monday, July 23, 2012

Meditation Monday-going placidly...

Good morning. I haven't done my meditation Mondays here for a few weeks but would like to get back to it as I meditate every day but don't always write about it. I realized a short time ago that when I have problems or issues, phrases from Desiderata often pop into my head. If I'm fearful, I hear the "many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness"part and it helps me. I decided that I love this writing so much that I'm going to break it down piece by piece and feature it each Monday as a meditation. It's a lot of wisdom to take in all at once for me, so if I just focus on a part of it that helps. I'm not taking lots of time to do each phrase perfectly as far as the lettering goes, just trying to be spontaneous and get the meaning of the words conveyed. "Going placidly" is not always easy, but I hope that just focusing on this part for a few minutes sometime in your day may bring you peace and joy. Happy Monday!