New App Transforms 90s Rom-Coms Into Bedtime Stories
Shine, a self-care app, has just released a new collection of audio tracks that will take listeners on an audio trip down memory lane and help them fall asleep.
Shine was founded in 2016 and provides self-care tips, positive reinforcement, and encouragement via social media or text messages.The company recently developed a downloadable Sleep Stories feature that will transform famous rom-coms to REM sleep.. This category of audio tracks in-app soothes listeners with retellings 90s classics such asCluelessAndBasketball and loveWhile relaxing music plays in background
After a discussion about what used to help, Shine co-founders Marah Lidey & Naomi Hirabayashi came up with the idea.These are themThey fall asleep even though they were young.They each stated that they feel commodified and ready to catch some Zzzs when watching movies from the 1990s and 2000s in an interview with Sleepopolis..
We were able to fall asleep to themovies that we’ve seen 100 times. Lidey explained. These movies are just entertaining enough to keep you listening, but not boring enough to cause you to fall asleep.
Shine co-founders Naomi and Marah (left)
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The body scan meditation is the first step in the sleep stories. It allows you to become more aware of your body and let go of any tension.This guided meditation helps to balance the listener’s emotional and physical selves. The app audio guides you to concentrate on one part of your body at a time.. After the meditation has ended, the track offers positive affirmation recitations that remind listeners that they, like Rachel Leigh Cook, are in fact, living in the present.She is All That.They are also all that.
What Is Bedtime Meditation?
The cinematic retellings of the stories begin after the listeners have been guided through positive affirmations, meditation, and the closing credits.The movies do not play.A narrator is a person who tells the stories rather than telling them.. Sleepers don’t have to stare into the blue light before going to bed. Instead, they can let the guided meditation do their work and relax.
What is meditation? Most of us can recall counting sheep and listening for bedtime stories. These could both be considered early meditation practices.However, bedtime meditation can take many forms and look different for everyone.. The practitioner will, in general, focus on mindfulness and breathing.
You can do it quietly, in bed or by listening to ASMR (such as the Bob Ross Sleep App),Nighttime meditation is designed to increase awareness and help you relieve tension, one inch at a.. According to Harvard Med research, meditation before bed can improve your sleep quality and even treat insomnia.
The Shine app is an example.Listeners can be offered guided mediation. This means that someone is taking you through your breathing and directing you to concentrate on specific areas of your body.. Guided meditation has been gaining popularity over the last few years. Online classes are now available. However, many prefer to meditate alone.
Guided meditation is becoming more popular because it can be done anywhere and at any time. Shine founders state that guided meditation is an important aspect of self-care and can help people find their REM easier for restorative sleep.
