Mindfulness Applications
Smartphone applications can be great for learning and tracking mindfulness practices to help cope with anxiety and mood symptoms.
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Calm | Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users. Guided meditation sessions are available in lengths of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, or 25 minutes so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule. | Free* (In-app purchases) | "I absolutely love love love this app!!! Once I could not go to sleep so I turned on some of the calm music and I fell asleep 10 minutes later, I was amazed. I have been getting better sleep since then. Also whenever I am feeling stressed or anxious about someone or something, I listen to one of the daily calms. Right away it's as if you were brought into some beautiful relaxing world where there are these voices saying "It will be okay no matter what. This will pass." The mood check in helps me express and release good and bad feelings and thoughts. Enjoy the good ones and let go of the bad ones. [sic]" |
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Headspace | Get happy. Stress less. Sleep soundly. Headspace is your guide to everyday mindfulness in just a few minutes a day. Choose from hundreds of guided meditations on everything from managing stress and anxiety to sleep, productivity, exercise, and physical health-- including short SOS meditations for when you're on the go. And to help you find some space during tough times, Headspace is here for you with the new weathering the storm pack. | Free* (In-app purchases) | "I am a medical student and this app has been a really incredible tool for me in my journey on how to calm my thoughts, to be aware of my own narratives about myself [sic]. I used to get mad at myself if I found my mind wandering during a meditation, but now I know just realizing that my mind is wandering is such a huge first step on the way to a less spastic and fragmented thought-to-thought jumping state of mind. [sic]" |
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Insight Timer | The #1 free meditation app. Guided meditations and talks led by the world's top meditation and mindfulness experts, neuroscientists, psychologists, and teachers from Stanford, Harvard, the University of Oxford and more. Music tracks from world-renowned artists. Join millions learning to meditate on Insight Timer to help calm the mind, reduce anxiety, manage stress, sleep deeply, and improve happiness. | Free | "I've been through quite a few meditation apps, but Insight Timer is by far the best and the one I've been using consistently for months now and plan to continue using. Unlike other apps that only feature their own meditations or require you to pay to access all of them, Insight Timer allows users to upload their own meditations and there is an enormous catalog with more added each day. Also, you can choose from the amount of time to the category of meditation you want and see/leave ratings and reviews on anything. As if this weren't great enough, it also has the best meditation timer I've seen in any app. [sic] It offers groups to enter for support or kind messages, and it logs your progress! It's so great to be able to see how many days consecutively you've meditated and for me this is a huge motivator not to miss a day. [sic]" |
*Disclaimer: Smartphone applications are not sufficient replacements for mental health treatment. Please contact the Counseling Center (419-530-2426) if you have specific mental health concerns you would like to discuss or if you find yourself needing more support. If you find yourself in an emergency situation, please call 9-1-1 or your local police.*