In the aftermath of more slow, dystopian, apocalypse shenanigans I’m trying meditations to slap a bandaid on my hemorrhaging mental health.
Seems like all I can find are slow ASMR style speeches about sunny fields and peachy angels, and I can’t stand that don’t-wake-the-baby talk. I’m not a baby.
I connected with one, lost to time, led by a guy with a chronic smoker’s rasp who demanded inner peace. It was spiritually healing because I have a poor relationship with my father.
Please, friends, do you know any free, guided meditations that aren’t condescendingly peaceful? That aren’t trying to sell supplements or pitch their sponsors midway through?
PS. No posh london accents, they remind me of the king.
Personally I use Medito on Android. It has “courses” explaining different mediation techniques, but also a “daily” mode which allows you to set for how long do you want to meditate and with which voice guide. I think it also has a bunch of tracks for specific mediation techniques.
I like that it’s free, you don’t need an account, and there’s variety. The voices seem AI-ey but whatever, I did a seven minute meditation with “Will” and no longer care who’s a robot.
I don’t think any of the voices are AI. Will is a real person for sure, he runs a pinball place :)
And now I need to get a pinball machine. Thanks, I was trying not to spend money.