Applications for smartphones or technological equipment, they are called Petit Bambou, Morphée Zen, Hypnos, HoomBook… and want to help us fight against stress.
The public's enthusiasm for these well-being solutions has not waned and has greatly accelerated with the health crisis.
Their effectiveness seems very real and one can thanks to them, without necessarily consulting a therapist, to do oneself good.
A stroke of stress?
Don't panic, applications and small devices dedicated to relaxation can help you relax, meditate, refocus or let go for a few minutes.
“There are more and more products around these themes,” notes Vivienne Nguyen, well-being product manager at Nature & Découvertes. After the first light therapy lamps, the brand notably launched Morphée a year ago, a small device allowing users to enjoy recorded audio relaxation sessions. “In 2020, when our points of sale had to close on March 17 because of the confinement, we sold more Morphée on our website alone than in all of our 90 stores the previous year! », The product manager is still surprised.
Same observation with Benjamin Blasco, co-founder of the Petit Bambou meditation application in 2015: “In one year, with the pandemic, three million people have registered.
We now have eight million users ”.
No wonder Apple's new Fitness + service (9.99 euros / month) now also offers audio and video meditation sessions.
“Our society has fundamentally changed.
The individual has trouble alone, he needs to reinvent himself, ”explains
Christine Barois, psychiatrist and psychotherapist in Paris
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"A good start to give access to an interiority"
Are these solutions effective?
Whether you enjoy a relaxation session on your smartphone, or through a dedicated device, it is impossible not to feel the positive effects of a moment of personal relaxation as we have seen with Petit Bambou, the Morphée Zen pebble, the Hoombook audio player or the Hypnos mask that we have tested in turn.
“These solutions can be a good start to questioning your self-esteem or improving your sleep.
It is to give oneself access to an interiority ”, notes Christine Barois.
But the psychiatrist warns: "On the other hand, we are in the pathological if we cannot function socially, personally and professionally: this is where we must consult".
The most tactile: Morphée Zen, by Audiozen
Fitting in the hand and weighing only 75 grams, this small audio player hidden in a pleasant to the touch pebble contains seventy-two relaxation sessions divided into six themes of twelve sessions. Lasting 2 to 5 minutes and created by relaxation professionals, sophrologists, hypnotherapists and psychologists, they provide a space of relaxation at home, in transport or during a break at work. .
During our tests, we appreciated the ease of immediate access to these meditative parentheses and the short duration of the sessions offered.
These allow you to quickly relieve the pressure before an exam, an important appointment, a meeting ... Your boss takes your head?
Opt for a "Chrono Zen" session.
Do you need to recharge your batteries after a busy day?
Choose "Intense relaxation" ...
Effective, the breathing exercises proposed can then become routines to adopt spontaneously.
We regret that the object is not scalable and does not offer additional sessions that we could have downloaded.
59.95 euros at Nature & Découvertes.
The most immersive: Hypnos, by DreaminzZz
Designed and manufactured in France by the start-up DreaminzZz, the Hypnos mask is a good way to break away from everyday life.
Through an application and with the reinforcement of an audio headset (not supplied), this mask is transformed into a tool of well-being.
For this, it has six LEDs (three distributed in front of each eye) and a small vibration system.
Interacting with one of the seventy free audio sessions offered in the app, the mask stimulates the senses.
We especially liked the benevolent voices and the different stories, like “Dissociation”.
This 18-minute session aims, for example, to regulate our negative feelings ourselves by reminding us of more pleasant emotions.
The effect is rapid.
This allows you to stimulate your imagination, but also to lock yourself in a bubble of well-being.
To recommend when you have a little time to afford.
Attention, if the LEDs participate in an unprecedented experience, the small vibrations triggered regularly are lacking a little natural.
Everyone will appreciate the effects.
Note that the application offers sessions to promote falling asleep, reduce alcohol or tobacco consumption, fight vertigo, but also simply to take a "mental break", that is, to get away from the daily grind.
149 euros.
The most literary: Hoombook, by Livlab
Composed of plastic and recycled paper, this beautiful object in the shape of a book contains under its cover a small MP3 player.
HoomBook contains over 100 hours of stories and meditation.
Goal: to help us find sleep by disconnecting us, but also to fight against stress and anxiety.
You can choose your session according to six themes: immersive trips in which the user is the hero (lasting 35 to 55 minutes), meditation sessions, meditative music or the sounds of nature.
Tested for a week, Hoombook is, in addition to being a beautiful object, an original piece of equipment.
Far from the classic audio book, we appreciate the adventure theme to focus on immersive stories.
On condition of accepting to mentally alleviate all the thoughts that may occupy the mind at bedtime, the length of the stories is sufficient to immerse yourself in them completely, to let go ... even if it means falling asleep before the end of the day. 'a session.
Created by Pierre, Alex and Gui, three former insomniacs (also at the origin of Dodow, a small device that promotes sleep by helping us focus on our breathing), Hoombook is a success.
79 euros.
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