Sway is an ‘interactive meditation’ experience. It uses your phone to track movement and provides feedback to help you gain focus and improve your attention.
With six unique levels, you will learn new techniques to be mindful in everyday life situations and subtly practise mindfulness anytime and anywhere.
From simply moving your phone in your hand while sitting down or lying in bed, to gently swaying your body while waiting for the bus or even walking slowly around the office – Sway is designed to help you find focus in everyday life using ‘interactive meditation’.
Relying on slow and continuous motion, Sway encourages you to find your own, most effective and subtle way to practise mindfulness in any given situation.
Sway is best experienced with headphones.
KEY FEATURES:
MINDFULNESS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE Engage in mindfulness activities everywhere with subtle body movements
INTERACTIVE MEDITATION Based on a new scientific approach to meditation with motion tracking feedback
LET THE SOUND GUIDE YOU Generative audio landscape supports your experience without interacting with your screen
PROGRESS THROUGH SIX LEVELS Discover new techniques to be mindful in everyday life situations
LONG TERM RESULTS Use Sway 20 minutes a day for maximised effect
Sway is based on ‘interactive meditation’, a new approach to meditation which shows similar results to ‘guided meditation’ but is even more effective in noisy and busy environments. It’s scientific validation shows that engaging in interactive meditation daily may have long term benefits to your attention levels.
Sway is a collaboration between digital product studio ustwo and Danish mental wellness company PauseAble.
Disappointing There’s no metronome or rhythm to help you sway at the right pace, only loud jingles that mean you’re going too fast or slow. The window for acceptable swaying is too narrow and results in a frustrating experience, completely opposite to its purpose. I recommend the same developer’s other app, Pause. It’s somewhat better.