Augmented Reality Self Care

(NOTE: Please consult your doctor before doing any breathing exercises. This is not a medical app.)

Click HERE to watch how the AR Self Care works on my Youtube.

As I have said in the AR App About page , my Augmented Reality (AR) App will always be changing and expanding.

I had started it with the AR Poems, and a major addition to the app, away from poetry and art, is the self care section.

I believe one of the reasons art is important is because it can be therapeutic, it can make you calm, happy, and less stressed. Self care is similar.

According to Marni Amsellem, PhD, a licensed psychologist based in Trumbull, Connecticut, “That [self care] can be something that’s relaxing or calming, or it can be something that is intellectual or spiritual or physical or practical or something you need to get done,”.

This is the connection between art and self-care. I want my art to resonate with you and help you to find happiness and connection to your true self, and that’s why I have a “Self Care” portion in my Poetry and Art app because I know you can’t always go look at a painting that makes you happy or calms you down in order to de-stress.

And I know that you can’t be happy or connect to yourself if you’re on the couch with anxiety biting your nails.

Realizing that stressors can arise at any time, I focus on breathing exercises, since we’re constantly breathing - it can be done anywhere.

Whether if it’s a presentation you don’t want to do, an overload of emails, your kids, parents, waiting in long lines, etc, breathing exercises are a self-care tool that can help battle these stressors.

“The way you breathe affects your whole body. Breathing exercises are a good way to relax, reduce tension, and relieve stress” - Univ. of Michigan-Stress Management: Breathing Exercises for Relaxation

Click HERE to see AR Self Care “how-to” on my Youtube.

Why Self Care in Augmented Reality?

Why Self Care in augmented reality? Well, I like to think outside of the box and make things fun and different. I’m a visual person, and if it comes to something like focusing on your breath to relax and de-stress, most of the time that will last for a few breaths until my mind goes running off again.

So creating self care in augmented reality fixed that because now I’m actually looking at things versus trying to visualize.

And the fun part about it being in AR is that you’re viewing it in your environment, not just on a screen on an app.