Alternatives to Meditation
- Consciously decide to have "No Podcast" moments while commuting, cooking, cleaning or exercising. Letting your mind wander while focusing on a repetitive task isn't a bad thing.
- Go to the movies alone, where you focus on a film and nothing else.
- Going to the sauna is the closest feeling to a long meditation session.
- Take a weekend break alone. Focusing on the scenery, observing the people and being aware of where you are is very calming for the mind.
- Play a videogame. It can help you into an intensely focussed, meditative state.
- Draw or paint.
- Write.
- Play music.
- Exercise.
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