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It's hard to find peace in a world where people are constantly bombarded with ideas and feelings from all directions and all mediums. Whether in real life, over the phone, or on the Internet, it can be impossible to find a sense of peace and solitude when one feels surrounded by people. Meditation, being an effective tool for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual restoration, has been used by people for generations to help find calm in a world that is anything but. It's arguably more difficult today than ever before to create an environment within which meditation is possible, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. In fact, you can utilize the same technology that bothers you and keeps you distracted, to help.
There are apps and programs made specifically to help people find calm throughout their day, even if it is only for a few minutes. It may seem silly to make time for something that only takes a few minutes, but you'd be surprised how easy it is to forget to take a few moments for ourselves. Here are a few things to make meditation not only an attainable activity, but also an enjoyable one in your daily life.
1. Calm
It doesn't get much better than a site with a name like "Calm." It's also available as an app.
"Relax with Calm, a simple mindfulness meditation app that brings clarity and peace of mind into your life."
2. Relax Melodies
This app has high ratings, and it's very clear as to why.
"Get that perfect ambience. Get relaxed, unwind, loose any anxiety and sleep better now! Use a combination of sounds, melodies, guided meditations, brainwaves beats and even your own music to create that perfect ambience."
3. Pandora
There are stations aplenty to help you relax and calm down on Pandora. Here is a list of a few!
4. Buddhify
Buddhify is meditation meets the modern life.
"This award-winning mindfulness app has over 80 guided meditations custom-made for wherever you are and whatever you’re doing – traveling, at work, at home, going to sleep and much more. All for the price of a cup of coffee and with no hidden extra charges."
5. Omvana
Omvana is meditation meets a giant library of audio meditation tools.
"Omvana Brings You The World’s Best Transformational Audios for Meditation, Sleep, Relaxation, Productivity, Focus & Inspiration – In One Beautiful App. Download it to your smartphone or access it via any web browser. Choose from hundreds of guided meditations, inspirational speeches, binaural tracks and much, much more."