{"id":15909,"date":"2021-04-05T20:37:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T20:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=15909"},"modified":"2021-04-05T20:37:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T20:37:11","slug":"virtual-reality-can-transport-you-to-tranquility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/meditation\/virtual-reality-can-transport-you-to-tranquility\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality Can Transport You to Tranquility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover a new path to peacefulness using virtual reality (VR). Meditation is about improving your mental well-being. Adding a virtual reality component can reduce your anxiety and stress through a new experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

What technology is required?<\/b><\/h3>\n

You need to purchase a virtual headset, a PC for gaming with a video card, and make sure you have a fast internet connection that will handle VR.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prices for headsets can start as low as $29.99 and go up in price to over $2,000.00.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meditation choices are abundant<\/b><\/h3>\n

Calm your mind by picking from over a hundred different environments. You can place yourself near a crystal blue waterfall, or a red rock canyon, float in space, or zone out with a sunset.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are short on time you can pick from a quick session at 2 minutes or chill longer with a 20 minute one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Types of guided programs include flow, breathing exercises, Zen, compassion, nature walks, and yoga. Escape with relaxing ambient sounds, music, or flowing water that play throughout your session.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Research is finding benefits of VR<\/b><\/h3>\n

Even though VR has been available for several years, research is still being completed. A <\/span>virtual reality study<\/span><\/a> from Australia explained\u00a0 that \u201c<\/span>Participants described the user experience as relaxing, calming, and peaceful.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cParticipants suggested that the use of VR helped them to focus on the present moment by using visual and auditory elements of VR as attentional anchors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Another study had similar results. A<\/span> pilot study<\/span><\/a> completed in 2017 in Spain found that the participants \u201creported increased improvements in the state of mindfulness and reduction in negative emotional states.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These researchers found that \u201cAfter VR, participants reported significantly less sadness, anger, and anxiety, and reported being significantly more relaxed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Try out this immersive experience and see if it\u2019s right for you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover a new path to peacefulness using virtual reality (VR). Meditation is about improving your mental well-being. Adding a virtual reality component can reduce your anxiety and stress through a new experience. What technology is required? You need to purchase a virtual headset, a PC for gaming with a video card, and make sure you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15942,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[695],"tags":[696],"class_list":["post-15909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditation","tag-meditation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}