Make Washing Your Hands a Pleasant Experience
Hand washing. This is a 20-second chore that , until the coronavirus entered our lives, many of us relate to chores lasting four or five seconds. But now we know better, and the song Happy Birthday was spinning endlessly in our head, which is also … not very good. However, I recently stumbled upon a proposal from the Headspace meditation app that managed to turn this chore into – dare I say – a really enjoyable experience.
If ever we needed to add more calming mindfulness and meditation to our daily lives, I would think it is now. And with news flashing on our phones and causing nausea and kids running wildly around the house, these hand washing moments can really be an opportunity to clear our heads and be present.
Headspace explains on Instagram :
The video is too long, I admit it. I don’t believe they are telling us to wash our hands for more than two minutes, as this person does; they simply teach us to feel the water flowing through our hands, to focus on the sensations of rubbing our palms together and intertwining our fingers.
Since watching this video a few days ago, I’ve banished Happy Birthday from my head and instead took the opportunity to slow down, clear my head and feel the soap and water between my fingers.
(Make sure to turn off the water while you lather, as shown in the video, but I would also turn it off before you consciously dry your hands to be less wasteful.)