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Meditation instructor Kristin Jette uses a light bar to symbolize the seven
chakras. The bright light on the far left represents the crown chakra.
When she was days away from returning home, she
was in a biking accident where she suffered serious
injuries, including a spinal fracture and broken
scapula.
Recovery has been a long and trying time, and it was Calm — Calm offers guided
mindfulness practice through meditation that helped meditations, sleep stories, breathing
her through the difficult moments. programs, master classes and
“It was so hard for me after coming off of a month of relaxing music. Sessions are offered
continual movement and feeling good to just being ranging in lengths from three
stuck sitting,” she said. “I couldn’t do yoga, and I minutes up to 25 minutes. Topics include calming
needed something.” anxiety, managing stress, gratitude, forgiveness,
She signed up for a six-week online meditation walking meditation, among many others. This app
course which helped her immensely. has a free trial, followed by a monthly subscription
“I found that was really, really beneficial to me after fee.
having this traumatic experience, and all this negative Headspace — Relax with guided
emotion that was sitting in me, to be able to sort of meditations and mindfulness
turn inward,” she said. techniques to bring balance to your
Green now teaches a meditation class at The Zen life. The basics course is free, and
Zone on Sundays. will teach fundamental techniques.
“We’re all going through different things, but With a subscription, the user gains access to a full
everybody’s got something,” she said. “And I think meditation library. Guided meditation topics range
everybody can benefit from some form of meditation from stress and sleep to anxiety and relationships.
or another, and I just wanted to bring that into other
people’s lives.”
In addition to classes and apps, there are many ways The Mindfulness App — This app
to incorporate mindfulness into day-to-day life. Green gets users started with a five-day
suggests turning off the TV when eating, and focusing guided practice and introduction.
on the taste. Going for a walk or hike and appreciating Guided and silent meditation
nature is another great way to live in the present sessions range from three minutes to
moment. 30 minutes. A one-week free trial opens up all
premium content. Premium subscriptions are
offered monthly or yearly.
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