30 Days of Meditation: Guided Meditation Goes Meh
Test Drive: guided meditation app
I downloaded this app several months ago (that is, 23 or 24) and never used it.
You know how it is: You buy yoga pants thinking it’ll motivate you to go to yoga. Because you bought the pants/paid for classes/read the magazine/carry your lunch in a Lululemon bag…. well, it almost feels like did do it, right? Simply buying the accessory can be enough to make you feel like you did it. Shouldn’t I be way more flexible by now, with killer arms? No. Anyway.. I digress. This year is all about the doing. So let’s do this:
Review: Simply Being - Guided Meditation for Relaxation & Presence by Meditation Oasis
Nice features:
- choose voice only, voice + music, voice+ nature sounds
- choose rain, ocean or stream
- adjust each volume level independently
- select time in 5-minute increments (5-20 min)
Less-nice feature:
- Content seemed more “how to meditate” or “what not to do when meditating” or “the dummy’s meditation” rather than taking me down a journey.
- The guidance seemed intermittent, especially without music.
- Reminded me why I hated the meditation class I went to recently (more on that some other day)
So you’d get into the floaty bits. Boom! The woman’s voice would chime back in with something like
“Don’t mind what your mind says.”
OK, but… it wasn’t my mind that was saying anything. It was uh.. you.
Did it work? Sorta. I will try another one to see the difference.
If only I didn’t erase that Deepak Chopra guided meditation podcast that used to be free and now isn’t.
Another potential factor: This is the first time in the #30days that I chose to meditate in the evening - while a sauv blanc was also saying something to me.
