Cost: Basic meditations are free; full app for $12.99/month or $4.99/month yearly (keep an eye out
Time: 1 – 30 minutes
What it does: When you open the app, you’re greeted by a soothing sound
that you can select – fire crackling, rain falling, crickets, etc. Inside you’ll
find an extensive library of programs to target different goals (7 days of
Calm, 7 days of Gratitude, Calming Anxiety, Breaking Habits, Mindfulness at
Work – and much more), as well as a Daily Calm exercise that pops up on the
welcome screen when you open the app (this is especially nice as it takes the
decision-making burden off of you if you’re unsure what to select). Also on the
home screen: featured Sleep Stories (there’s also a full library of Sleep
Stories within the app). These are exactly what they sound like – a celebrity
reading a story intended to lull you to sleep. The free meditations are the
basic ones – Body Scan, Breath-focused, Loving Kindness, Forgiveness - and you
can choose versions as short as 1 minute and as long as 30 minutes of each of
these.
Cost: Free 10 day trial, $7.99/month yearly or $12.99/month monthly
Time: 10, 15, or 20 minutes
What it does: Headspace starts you off with a 10 day series that serves
as an “introduction to mindfulness.” From there, with the full app, you are
encouraged to complete the “Basics” pack of meditations, but can also choose
from any of the packs available for further practice – packs target big things
like Anxiety, Focus, Sleep, Acceptance. There are also “singles” – one-offs for
specific situations, such as “Burned Out”, “End of Day”, “Interviews”, “Fear of
Flying”, and even “Housework.”
Cost: 20 different free meditations available; $5.83/month yearly or $9.99/month monthly
Time: 11 minutes or less
What it does: Stop, Breathe & Think is unique in that it guides you
through first checking in with your emotions – and then recommends exercises
based on what you need now. You can
also choose your length of time & voice, set a meditation timer or listen
to themed exercises (Be Kind, Breathe, etc.) A progress page keeps track of your
consecutive days of meditation & gives you different reward badges for
motivation. For the skeptics, it will also walk you through the neuroscience of
mindfulness & stress physiology.
Cost: Free
What it does: Struggle with sleep and circadian rhythms? Stop what you’re
doing and put this on your
desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone. F.lux is a nifty
little program – tell it what time zone you’re in, and it adjusts the color of
your screens to the time of day. Warm at night, bright daylight in the morning.
Blue light (emitted by screens, among other things) keeps your pineal gland
from producing melatonin – fine for that morning shift, not so fine when you’re
about to go home at midnight to get some sleep. It runs automatically in the
background, but you can also self-adjust it or temporarily turn it off (say, if
you’re on night shift, or doing color-sensitive work on your laptop).
Cost: Free
What it does: This one is a hidden gem. Download the app or simply go
to noisli.com. Noisli lets you custom-mix different sounds to help you focus or
de-stress – you can simply click a button for “productivity” or “relaxation”,
and adjust the levels of rain, thunderstorms, wind, ocean, fire, coffee shop, railroad,
and white noise to your heart’s content.
If you are facing any language issues then iglobe will be the best solution for you. Now you will get a translation project manager who will help you to understand a different language. If you are a gamer then you should definitely try this app.
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