STRESS RELIEF
Breathe+ App An easy-to-use breathing/pranayama timer to start your daily breath meditation experience. Not sure how? Ask me where to begin on your next visit!
Coherence/Coherent Breathing A scientifically studied breathing style that aids in normalizing heart-rate variability, a powerful metric of nervous system health. I’ve been using the 2Bells track in my own meditation practice for more than 10 years. You can also find it on Spotify and a visual wave combined with 2Bells on Duck Player (a free YouTube-style player on DuckDuckGo that skips the ads).
Meditation for the Real World by Ann Swanson, MS, C-IAYT A simple-to-understand yet comprehensive guide to many styles of meditation, with lots of options for beginning today! We like this one so much that we keep copies on hand in our office.
Pause Tactile Meditation App A simple on-the-go tai chi–style meditation app that uses touch and sound to help you focus on what is happening right now rather than worrying about the future (anxiety) or being stressed about the past (stress/depression). UsTwo offers another interesting movement-based meditation/tai chi app called Sway.
Plum Village Meditation App Free guided meditations, deep relaxations, and other practices offered by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and his monastic community. Buddhism is a philosophy on how to live rather than a religion, so this style of meditation can complement rather than compete with other beliefs and practices.
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) We have been recommending this website for many years for affordable programmable TENS units and ear clips for tVNS, a stress-reducing technique.
We like this TENS unit and these ear clips. NOTE: Pacemakers and other electromagnetic devices may not be compatible with TENS/tVNS; check with your surgeon before purchasing. This article from the scientific journal Frontiers in Neuroscience goes into depth about tVNS.
Tricycle Daily Dharma App Everything from simple free daily Buddhist insights and quotes to deeper dharma talks and meditation practices to help reduce your daily stresses.