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Guided Meditation: Mindful Observation

Posted on March 22, 2022January 3, 2023 by Stillside

https://youtu.be/G3nsCUvhTWY Today we're back with another entry in our series of guided meditations. Similar to our last video, we going to do a meditation that involves focusing on our senses. Last time involved eating a small treat, and that exercise used all five senses. This time we will have a narrower focus, using just touch and sight.Find any kind of...Read More

Guided Meditation: Sensory Experience / Mindful Eating

Posted on January 26, 2022January 3, 2023 by Stillside

https://youtu.be/Qqs1gFWm4LA Today we're back with another entry in our series of guided meditations. This is one of my favorites; we going to do a sensory experience meditation, which involves careful observation using our senses, and is one of my favorite little mindfulness exercises because we get to eat! There are lots of ways to do a sensory experience meditation, and...Read More

Guided Meditation: Cue-Controlled Relaxation

Posted on December 24, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

Intro & Overview Hello and welcome to another guided meditation from Stillside. Today we are going to do an exercise known as cue-controlled relaxation. Before we begin, you need to pick a specific word that is going to be your cue word for the exercise. Pick something that you don't often use in daily conversation, and something that has a...Read More

Meditation 101, Part 3: Further Reading

Posted on November 29, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

Want to dive deeper into meditation? There's a LOT of information out there on meditation. Some of it is good, some of it is not. Finding the signal through the noise can be tricky. But there are a few tricks we've found to cutting through the crud and getting to the good stuff. Here's a bevy of content and research...Read More

Meditation 101, Part 2: Setting Up and Getting Started

Posted on November 29, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

So, you want to get into meditation. Awesome! The bold among you might be inclined to just dive right in using one of our guided meditations, or a popular app like Headspace or Calm, or just strike out on your own. But, if you're like me, you might like to do a little prep work. You might want to have...Read More

Meditation 101, Part 1: Intro to Meditation

Posted on November 28, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

Welcome to Stillside's series articles that we're calling Meditation 101. These will be a basic guide for beginners. You might be brand new to the very idea of meditation, or maybe you've tried it a couple times but haven't yet achieved a regular practice that feels right for you. Or maybe you're a meditation and mindfulness veteran and just want...Read More

It’s Here! Om Chair is in Production

Posted on November 17, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

Stillside is proud to announce that after a year-long journey to refine our design and prepare it for manufacturing, the Om Chair is now in production! Moreover, we are happy to report that the final product exceeds all of our goals and expectations in every area. Put simply, this chair is awesome. Although Stillside is a new company, it was...Read More

Om Chair: From Design to Production

Posted on August 23, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

Design is always a multi-stage process. A lot of people might think that a designer takes an idea, hands it over to a factory for manufacture, and it's all done. In fact, the design process is always a back-and-forth between the world of the designer's imagination, and the world of what can actually be done. Lots of constraints affect the...Read More

Meet Mr. Wisp

Posted on August 18, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

You might be wondering about the funny little guy next to the word "Stillside" at the top of the page. That's our logo and mascot, Mr. Wisp. His friendly face is meant to evoke a few different ideas. The first thing you might see is the pause icon formed by his eyes. He's reminding you to take a time out,...Read More

Designing the Om Chair

Posted on August 18, 2021January 3, 2023 by Stillside

The Om Chair is meant to be the perfect meditation chair. Or at least, our interpretation of the perfect meditation chair. And the road to designing it was anything but a straight one. We thought it would be interesting for you, dear reader, to have some insight into how we arrived at our final design, and the steps we took...Read More