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Please update your RDS mobile app to version 4.7.1

We are pleased to advise that deep linking capability, enabling users to directly download individual mobile toolkits, has now been released on the RDS mobile app. When you install the update, you will see that each toolkit has a small QR code icon the header area beside the search icon – see screenshot below. Clicking on this icon will open up a window with a full-size QR code and the alternative of a short URL for sharing with users. Instructions are provided.

You may need to actively install the update to install RDS app version 4.7.1 to see this improvement. Installing this update is also strongly recommended to get the full benefits of the new contingency arrangements – specifically, that if the RDS website should fail, you will still be able to download new mobile app toolkits.

To check your current RDS version, click on the three dots bottom right of the RDS app screen. This takes you to a “More” page where you will see the version number. To install latest updates:

On iPhones – go to the Apple store, click on your profile icon top right, scroll down to see the apps waiting to be updated and update the RDS app.

On Android phones – these can vary, but try going to the Google Play store, click on your profile icon top right, click on “Manage apps and device”, select and update the RDS app.

Please get in touch with ann.wales3@nhs.scot with any questions.

Soundscape Practices

A series of extended audio recordings of nature in and around Glasgow, for mindful listening.

Can you bring a curiosity to these listening practices? Opening up to all the layers of sounds, or at times choosing to narrow to a particular sound. Everything vibrates, as sound passes through and around us all the time. Can we practice a 'letting go' as we open up to sound, experiencing the textures and rhythms? Maybe becoming aware of physical sensations and emotions. Noticing when your attention has wandered off, where it is, and gently coming back to focus, or sitting with open awareness.

Early morning walk in a local park in May (60 minutes)

Afternoon walk along a treelined pathway (16 minutes 40 seconds)

Evening walk in May in a Glasgow park (59 minutes 46 seconds)

Evening walk in May in a Glasgow park (42 minutes 17 seconds)

Streaming audio files (via Vimeo, opens in a separate window)

3-step breathing space (4 minutes 20 seconds)

Mountain meditation (7 minutes)

Practices From Mindfulness Scotland

Loving Kindness (approx. 20 minutes)

Mountain Meditation (approx. 7 minutes)

Three-Step Breathing Space (4 minutes 20 seconds)

Introduction (16 minutes)

Movements while Lying (13 minutes 28 seconds)

Movements while Kneeling (17 minutes)

Movements while Standing and Relaxing (2 minutes 23 seconds)

Introduction (32 seconds)

Setting the Mind and Posture - Breath, Body and Working with Difficult Sensations (22 minutes)

Sound - Thoughts and Emotions - Choiceless Awareness (22 minutes 37 seconds)

Body Scan (45 minutes 38 seconds)

Mountain Meditation (7 minutes)

Updated 17/07/2024 (review due in 6 months)