Relaxation

“Well it looks like you had some fun recently,” a friend said as he joined me for coffee. There, in the middle of my dining room table, is a device that does, now that he mentions it, look an awful lot like a sex toy. Moonbird‘s raison d’etre isn’t to raise your pulse and get you breathing heavily. Quite the opposite, in fact. The Belgian company has helped more than 35,000 customers find sleep and reduce stress through breathing exercises. The bird-looking device is super simple to use: Give it a shake, place your…

, launching today. Imagine putting on a VR headset to become immersed in a virtual playground where you can practice relaxation techniques, guided meditation, and movement exercises -- leaving you feeling more serene than when you started.Also: Bose's Ultra Open are my new go-to headphones for running outdoors. Here's whyHeadspace XR is launching as a new Meta Quest application that lets users move, play, meditate, explore, and have adventures with their friends or alone. The app makes an immersive game out of mindful…

Our iPhones are often sources of stress. That’s where the deadlines, emails, and notifications relentlessly vying for our attention all live, right? But it doesn’t have to be that way. Enter Linko, a refreshing wave of calm in a vast ocean of digital distractions. I’m a big fan of simple, soothing puzzle games – I recommended I Love Hue and Teeny Tiny Town last month, which both have a similar vibe – and that’s because I think we should make the most of the ways our iPhones can genuinely calm us down, not just stress us…

Multiple tech and internet industry bodies such as Nasscom, IndiaTech and IAMAI have urged the Delhi government to relax electric vehicle (EV) transition timelines prescribed by the state in its draft aggregator policy. ET had reported last week about IAMAI’s submission that an aggressive EV transition could impact the livelihoods of gig workers across Delhi who had invested in conventionally powered two-wheelers. Now, Nasscom, which represents companies like Flipkart, Amazon and Uber, and tech industry lobby group…

A WOOD-FIRED hot tub is not for everyone. I know because six months ago I purchased one from a Canadian company called Goodland, based in Bowen Island, British Columbia. It’s a handsome object, this rectangular aluminum hull paneled in western red cedar, with its slim stove and tall chimney at one end. It’s also a lot of work. Every time I want a bath, I must haul the necessary wood and split it myself, then coddle a fire for a couple of hours just to bring the water up to temperature. And since I don’t treat the water…