ASMR FOR RELAXATION: A GUIDED JOURNAL
Looking for a fast, easy way to relax, calm anxiety and even get off to sleep? Then ASMR could be for you.
As a way to wind down, reduce anxiety and slip peacefully into the land of nod, ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) is gathering popularity daily.
It involves watching and listening to videos that give viewers a pleasurable, tingly sensation that begins in the scalp, head and neck and spreads down the body, causing them to feel soothed and relaxed. The feeling has been called a 'brain orgasm' and 'brain tingles'.
There's a huge range of calming ASMR videos online, from people whispering softly or brushing their own or another person's hair to those performing a soothing, slow grooming activity such as applying make-up or painting their nails. Towel-folding, pet-stroking, painting, hand-rubbing and tea-making clips also have a following.
THE ASMR GUIDED JOURNAL
The point of this journal is for you to seek out videos online and write about what you find and how it affects you. Then you'll have a list of those that give you the effects you're after, whether that's to relax, to calm anxiety or to fall asleep - all reasons for watching the clips reported by fans.
Writing by hand stimulates certain parts of the brain in a similar way to meditation, so jotting down and, if you like, sketching what you see in this journal will also help calm and relax you.
The journal introduces you to ASMR and the latest research. Then you have 50 pages of prompts, followed by 20 blank pages for your notes.
You're prompted to:
- Write down the name of the video and sketch what you see.
- Write about which elements work for you and which don't.
- Rate each video from 0 to 10.
- Compile a list of the clips that you love.
- The journal is a roomy 7in x 10in - plenty of space for your thoughts.
- It's also the ideal gift for someone in your life who's looking for ways to feel calmer.
Wise Mind Planners are written by a practising psychotherapist.
