Om on Demand: Fitness Brand Adds Digital Meditation Programs
Life Time is moving into yet another realm of lifestyle and wellness classes with its digital meditation programs.
If you spend time outdoors, you probably know the flow state that comes from the combination of focus and movement. With a new digital meditation collection, fitness and lifestyle brand Life Time teaches users to access that place of flow.
The on-demand meditation programs build on Life Time’s current selection of wellness programming. (It currently includes virtual training, on-demand and live streaming exercise classes, health and wellness content, and access to Apple Fitness+.)
The digital meditation programs consist of visual and auditory stimulation, like soothing videos of nature and soft voices. Five categories are offered and include stress management, mental power, daily gratitude, mindful movement, and sleep improvement. Sessions range from 2 to 15 minutes — designed to fit a busy schedule.
Life Time Digital Meditation Program Benefits
More than 80% of Americans experienced stress symptoms in January 2021, reported the American Psychological Association. Stress causes cortisol to flood the brain. Practicing meditation releases hormones like serotonin and oxytocin, which reduce inflammation, promote healing and rest, and improve your mood, according to Life Time.
The digital meditation programs allow users to practice both mindfulness and meditation.
According to Life Time’s meditation preview video, the difference between the two is that mindfulness increases the ability to concentrate and focus (left brain). On the other hand, meditation is the art of letting go. It works the right side of your brain while also strengthening the corpus callosum — the part of your brain that connects the right and left hemispheres.
Best of all? Life Time’s program organizers will release new meditations each day, so there will be a pretty good variety of options.
Interested? You can access Life Time’s meditation programming through its Digital and Access membership options. First-time members can get their first month of a digital subscription for free. From there, pricing begins at $15/month.
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