If you've been following this blog you'll know that I took some inspiration from the Pagan Blog Project, via The Cauldron forum. As a self-confessed air-head I needed the prompts to provide me with a source of blog ideas.
Having completed once through the alphabet (with just a bit of 'cheating'), here's my plan for this blog going forward: I plan to do another cycle through the alphabet again, but with deviations here and there if inspiration strikes (or lack thereof). So I won't necessarily stick rigidly to the alphabet prompts. But I will begin again from 'A'.
So A is, once again, for apps. Specifically, apps for spirituality and self-care.
Since my last post about this, I've tried a few more:
Anti-stress
You might say this is somewhere between a game and a self-care app. In it you can rake virtual sand in a meditation garden, balance virtual rocks and much more. There's a good variety of activities and I enjoyed trying each of them out. But it wasn't for me long term. I'm not someone who finds those activities relaxing. But if you think you might, then this app may be for you. It looked quite nice, too.Breathly
A fairly simple app which gets you to breathe in time with it. There are a variety of breathing patterns to select from. Useful for following along if you're not otherwise going to remember to do breathing exercises, or if you're someone who can become too anxious in the moment to manage your breath well without some help.Heal Me!
A really simple little app via which you can request distance reiki healing, or participate (passively) in a group healing session once a day. It doesn't appear to be invasive, and I couldn't seem to find a catch. It was easy enough to use, and nice and minimalist in design. So, where is the harm (unless, like me, your device is low on memory)?
Quantum Healing
Another simple little app which teaches you how to self-administer 'quantum' healing. Non-invasive, and apparently anonymous. Fairly minimalist in design, and easy enough to progress through the sections. So, again, where's the harm (apart from device memory)?Twilight - see below
My top pick this time is Twilight, recommended for anyone who suffers insomnia and uses a mobile device. (I previously used another app which was meant to do the same thing, but it kept randomly stopping. So I replaced it with Twilight.) It's fairly customisable but also easy enough to use, and has proved to be reliable.
Sadly, I've run out of memory for any more apps on my phone, until it ceases to work and I replace it with something newer (and with, hopefully, additional memory).
Bonus section: sleep podcasts
I want to give honourable mention this time to some sleep podcasts I've tried (I listen to all my podcasts on Google podcasts):
- Get Sleepy
- Listen To Sleep - Quiet Bedtime Stories
- Nothing Much Happens
- Send Me To Sleep
- Sleep With Me and
- The Sleepy Bookshelf
(There's also Guided Sleep Meditations but I've not tried it yet)
The above all seem to be broadly similar, but I think I'm enjoying The Sleepy Bookshelf the most so far. It contains versions of books such as Alice in Wonderland. It therefore keeps my interest just long enough to keep my mind from wandering, but not so much that I'll stay awake to keep listening after getting drowsy. For me, it's Goldilocks.
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