Guided Meditation Apps

[StantonHyde]

I have to add meditation to my stress battling arsenal. I have heard of Head Space. Has anybody here tried it? Do you like it? What are some others that people have tried and liked/not liked. Thanks so much!!

[petesgirl]

Thinking the same thing! I've looked at Calm and Brain.fm.
Any reviews on either of those? Or others?

[Melaine]

I really like the look of the free version of Soultime. But haven’t actually signed up for any of them yet.

[ang79]

I have used Headspace (had a free 30 day trial), Calm, Breath and Breath kids (for my daughter), and Simple Habit. There were things I liked about each. I used them mostly when my oldest daughter was in 5th grade and was having anxiety about school, we did meditation every night together before bedtime. I think it was Calm or Simple Habit that recently sent me an email about more free options available right now (each app has some free stuff and some paid stuff). I just got the extended 90 day free trial of Fitbit Premium to try out and they have meditations too that I may try.

[carolinamama]

We've been using Head Space in our house for various people for about the last years. Originally started with the free version for DS1. DS2 really responded to it as did I when I sat with him doing it so we bought the full version. There seems to be a meditation for every situation. I've done a few in the last week (I'm an ICU nurse at a tertiary care center) and found it helpful, especially before bed. I believe your DH is a doc - at least one of the meditation apps is offering a free full subscription for providers.

ETA - Headspace is offering free access with your NPI number through the end of the year.

[ang79]

I received this email from Calm with free resources they are offering right now and it said to share with others:
https://www.calm.com/blog/take-a-dee...nonsubs_031720

[pinkmomagain]

I always recommend Insight Timer to my clients. So many great meditations to choose from!

[StantonHyde]

Just paid for Headspace and did a beginner 3 minutes session and then did a 10 minute stress reduction

[StantonHyde]

Hit send too fast. Really liked it. Helped “pop the top” off the bottled up stress at the end of the day

[echoesofspring]

I suggested to DH the other day that I dust off my Headspace subscription b/c they have some kids meditations and I thought maybe we all could do it as a family at night/settle down. That night was terrible, DD was doing her best stand up comic impersonation and keeping everyone in stitches/refusing to settle down/mocking the guided meditation. But tonight she asked for it, but said she wanted a different narrator than the regular one (the founder, Andy). She and I just found a whole set of 'sleepcasts' epsiodes that are 45 min - 20 min of a soothing story and the 20 min of white noise. They were quite charming. I am going to try and start doing it for myself.