Take breaks to stretch or meditate: During the washing or drying cycle, stretch or meditate. This can help promote relaxation and reduce stress
1. Listen to music. Turning on music is one of the easiest ways to adjust your mood. Worship music {like the song I mentioned here} is a great thing to listen & sing to while doing laundry. Not only does it help pass the time of folding, it also leaves you in a better spirit than you were before. Clean heart + clean, folded laundry = double win. [...] 5. Think. Sometimes, my laundry folding time coincides with my kids’ naptime. And many times, I’m just glad to enjoy a bit of peace and quiet – either to think through something specific, pray about something that’s burdening me, or even just give my brain a time-out. {I know, I know…we never really stop thinking. But as long as I’m not thinking about anything detrimental, there are periods where I enjoy letting my mind wander. Be shocked.} [...] 3. Listen to an audio book. This is one of my faborite things to do while folding laundry, doing dishes, cooking, etc. You can check your local library and get some for free. Or, you can snag a couple of options online. (for you and/or your kids! Yesterday, my kids and I listened to this one while folding laundry.) 4. Work through a sermon series. Specifically, I recommend this sermon by my favorite preacher. The whole Romans 8 series is gold; that one is just the last message in the series.
This point is less practical but just as impactful. Folding the laundry while it’s warm makes the job an enjoyable sensory experience. Becoming aware of the warm clothes and smelling the clean, lingering scent of the detergent as you’re folding has the potential to ground you in the moment through your senses, elevating a mundane chore into a calming exercise. This was the most surprising result of the “while it’s warm” method, but also the one I continue to look forward to the most — because [...] Getting the laundry folded and put away quickly prevents laundry bottlenecks and the piles of clean and dirty clothes that inevitably get mixed up. There’s nothing worse than being halfway through folding when you realize that you’ve been folding dirty clothes for 15 minutes! It’s also pretty lame to have to dig through baskets of laundry to find clean underwear. Folding while warm is the key to saying goodbye to piles of laundry (at least clean laundry) for good. [...] The gentle time pressure inherent in having to finish folding a load while the clothes are still warm is just the push you need to get the job done. Much like setting a timer to clean the house ensures that the chore gets done efficiently, racing against time to finish folding before the clothes cool off prevents laundry procrastination. (It’s a thing.) ## It prevents laundry piles and mixing clean and dirty clothes.
iStockphoto Have you ever noticed how something as simple as folding clothes can feel meditative? In this excerpt from my book A Year for You, I share how this everyday task became one of my favorite ways to slow down, clear space—both inner and outer—and reconnect with a sense of calm. Inspired by Marie Kondo’s simple tidying methods, I’ve found a rhythm that works for me, and maybe it will for you, too. [...] ## Folding In Folding Photos and video by Stephanie Bennett Vogt #### The practice this week is to add mindful folding into your daily routine. You can see how I fold my clothes in the video below. But first, here are 6 tips for how to turn folding into a simple, calming, meditative, daily practice: ## This post is for paid subscribers Already a paid subscriber? Sign in © 2026 Stephanie Bennett Vogt · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice Start your SubstackGet the app [...] The good news is that there is a way to fold (organize, clear) that is not so taxing [as it was for me when I first started]. It requires making some adjustments that involve the first two S’s: slowing down and simplifying. 1 #### Below you can watch how I do it, and read my simple tips for easeful folding. Ahhh 🏡 ## Simplifying Challenge
Tonight, I invite you to join me in a moment of calm folding laundry, slowly and mindfully. You can play this while folding your own laundry
Right there, standing barefoot on my bedroom carpet, staring at Mount Washmore — the towering testament to my procrastination — something shifted. The universe cracked open like a fortune cookie, revealing its secret: peace isn’t something you find; it’s something you create. It’s something you fold. You’re probably rolling your eyes. Zen? In the laundry? Come on. I get it. I once thought the same thing. [...] Sign up Sign in Sign up Sign in Unknown user Member-only story # Why Folding Laundry Is the Most Underrated Form of Mindfulness Practice Eriki Filipe -- Listen Share I discovered enlightenment in a wrinkled heap of cotton t-shirts at midnight on a Tuesday. Not in some mountain monastery. Not through years of meditation retreats or ancient Sanskrit texts. [...] Laundry was the enemy, that soul-crushing, never-ending cycle of wash, dry, fold, repeat that mocked my dreams of productivity. But here’s what nobody tells you about the most mundane task in human existence: it’s the most profound. FREE READ: EXCERPTS FROM MY NEW EBOOK Think about it. When was the last time you did anything, truly anything, for ten uninterrupted minutes? -- -- Eriki Filipe Eriki Filipe ## Written by Eriki Filipe
What are some life-saving laundry-folding hacks to make folding laundry less awful? · Buy a couple of mesh laundry bags. · Buy a durable hamper.
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