Meditation Apps

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Headspace

Find calmness, wellness, and balance in your life with this app’s guided meditation and mindfulness techniques for daytime use. Before bed, try any of its 10 sleep music tracks or 16 nature soundscapes. The app builds personalized plans based on a little input from you, so you can learn the essentials of meditation and build from there.

More info at: https://www.headspace.com/

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Calm

This award-winning app has calming exercises and breathing techniques to help you relax, as well as a Calm Kids section with meditations for children between ages 3 and 17. The Sleep Stories section features a great mix of voice talent—you may recognize actors Matthew McConaughey or Jerome Flynn—to help lull you to sleep. A recent update to the Calm app provides a mindful experience through the Apple Watch, with three new breathing exercises, a mindful walking meditation, and calming exercises you can access directly from your watch.

https://www.calm.com/

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Stop, Breathe & Think

Meditation recommendations on this app are based on your emotions. Use the app to help identify how you’re feeling, then manage anxiety, reduce stress, breathe deeply, or sleep better with short, guided meditations, yoga videos, and acupressure videos. You can also track your mood and overall progress and check in with yourself daily.

https://www.stopbreathethink.com/

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Aura: Calm Anxiety & Sleep

Aura helps reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus, and support better sleep using daily mindfulness meditations, life coaching, stories, and music—all personalized based on your mood. If you are seeking more positivity or have tried other mindfulness apps without forming a habit, Aura offers short, 3-minute meditations designed to fit easily into your day.

https://www.aurahealth.io/

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Smiling Mind

Smiling Mind is a free mindfulness meditation app developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life. Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our bodies healthy, mindfulness meditation supports mental health and caring for the mind. Programs are designed to assist people in managing the pressure, stress, and challenges of daily life.

https://www.smilingmind.com.au/

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Buddhify

Buddhify is a convenient, high-value meditation app designed to help people reduce stress, stay present, and sleep better—even with busy lifestyles. It offers peace of mind for the price of a cup of coffee, with no hidden or additional costs.

https://buddhify.com/