I certainly feel like I’ve migrated - made the journey from Old Existence to New Existence, a perilous crossing during which many were lost - and, like most immigrants, I can admit I probably suffer from an almost unseemly nostalgia for my old home, reality-reality. I’m behind the times, probably, and only just today heard a new way of describing the bridge generations born between 19: If “analog native” doesn’t sound right, or makes you feel inadequate, somehow, try “digital immigrant.” We came from the old country of the earthly and migrated into cyberreality. We grew into adulthood - or at least passed through adolescence - before AOL and can remember what existence was like before the internet. Most of my readers are, like me, so-called analog natives.
You just lie there and note the seconds passing and observe the dust motes moving gently in the air. You do have to lie down and keep still, though reality bathing isn’t a walking practice or a nature excursion.
I’m going to say it’s legitimate to reality bathe while holding a cat, a dog, or a baby. You can reality bathe in the bathtub as the bubbles softly, slowly collapse, or on top of your bed with your slippers still on, or in a patio lounger waiting for the timer to go off on your sheet pan gochujang chicken thighs. You don’t have to go into the woods for reality bathing. Reality bathing is just sitting there, wherever you are, minus a screen or streaming service. Forest bathing calls for an intentional day trip into nature, where you breathe in the aromatic pine needle air and the bird sounds of the wilderness and just be in “the now.” I read the other day that shinrin-yoku isn’t some ancient practice from the Far East but was invented by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries in the early 1980s. The thoughts and opinions are my own.You’ve heard of shinrin-yoku, the practice of “forest bathing”? Shinrin-yoku was in the news a lot - human-interest stories about schools in Scandinavia that were doing a better job than we are, or destination spas in the Berkshires where aging Hollywood stars go for a cleanse - four or five years ago. *A copy of the was provided to me to complete this review. Plus, it is ad free, which is another bonus. It may seem a bit high for a timer app, but when you think of the applications it has for other goals and the interactive quality it is a pretty good price.
Outloud timer download#
You can head to iTunes to download the app HERE. With the items in the background you could even use this app for following directions or basic concepts! Gotta love those double duty apps! I loved how the background was fun with a volcano and tunnel. As soon as you lift your finger a cute little penguin appears and waddles his way down the road you made. You can make it a straight line, a winding path, or a bunch of loops. Once you set your time then you, or the student, can take draw a path on the iPad. It is super easy to set up and you can set it for minutes or seconds. Outloud Timer 2 is an interactive, visual timer app that is engaging for kids and useful for you! However some of the timers out there are, well, boring. Using a visual timer can be a helpful tool when students are having behavior or work completion issues.
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