For this project, the challenge is relaxation/meditation! Many of you may find i

For this project, the challenge is relaxation/meditation! Many of you may find it helpful to download a free app to help with this. Here are a couple: Insight Timer; The Mindfulness App, Relax Now; Smiling Mind; Stop, Breathe, Think (don’t choose the paid option); UCLA Mindful. They should all be available for free on the Apple Store or Google Play. I have not used these, but they come recommended as some of the best free apps. If you are new to meditation, apps can help. If you already use meditation, an app may not be necessary. However, you do NOT need to pay for an app to complete this exercise. Choose something free, and don’t get stressed over it!
You need to practice relaxation/meditation for 3-4 times each week, spending about 5 minutes at a time, for two weeks. Keep a journal of your sessions, noting where, when, how long, degree of success, and how you felt afterwards.
At the end of two weeks, write a 1-2 page report on your sessions. What did you experience? What challenges did you experience in practicing relaxation? How might relaxation sessions help an athlete or someone else achieve improved performance? Due Mar. 6 by midnight.
Format for Reports
All written projects must follow APA format. Documents should have 1-inch margins and be double-spaced. They should have a title page, but an abstract is not necessary. All mini projects should have the following sections: Introduction, methodology, results, and discussion/conclusions. The purpose of the project should be included in the introduction along with briefly introducing what project you did for meditation/relaxation. The methodology describes exactly what you did so that someone else could replicate your project using your description. Did you meditate in the same place and at the same time each session? Did you vary the time of the sessions? Did you use an app? Did you change the prompts you listened to? The results section contains your analysis of your data and a reporting on the results of your project. What did you experience? The discussion/conclusion contains what you learned from doing the project. What challenges or problems did you experience? How might relaxation sessions help an athlete or someone else achieve improved performance? Include all data sheets with your projects. You can copy/paste at the end of the report.