![]() ![]() The meditations are guided by British founder Andy Puddicombe and I found them to be very relaxing. Take 10 is perfect for beginners as it introduces the practice of meditation in a very accessible way and has a few short animations on some days which help to illustrate and explain some of the ideas and concepts behind meditation. ![]() When you start on Headspace you will be led through ‘Take 10’ an excellent free ten-day course for beginners with a ten minute guided meditation each day. – Personal profile Track progress over sessions per day, and as well as logging your sessions, add friends & send messages. – Customizable timer with options for reminder bells throughout. – Thousands of guided meditations with and without music, ambient music tracks. I like that whenever you finish a meditation you are told how many people around the world meditated at the same time as you, and have an easy option to tell them ‘thanks for meditating with me’. It is almost a bridge between a meditation app and a social networking site. You can create a user profile, add friends and send messages to other meditators. There are really too many features for me to include here, far more than I’ve ever used, the best way is to just download it and have a look round for yourself. However, if you like extra features and think that tracking your progress or storing presets for different timed meditations would be useful, this one might suit. You can of course use as many or as few features as you like (I typically only use the timer). There are loads of guided meditations available, with and without music, even in numerous languages. The most popular completely free meditation app, insight is comprehensive and has a tonne of features. I can’t comment on the paid versions or features of any of these apps, the info here is on the free versions. All of the apps in this list have at least some free material, whilst others are entirely free. If you’re new to meditation I’d recommend starting with one that has an introductory course – info on these with the summary. I suggest looking through to find one that appeals to you and then try it for a week or two. I’ve put a summary below each app so you can skim through. There are many different types and they will suit different needs. Some are simple timers, some have profiles and progress trackers, most have guided meditations. So on my quest to help anyone who wants to try, start or keep up meditation, I’ve tried out a selection of apps and compiled this list of the best ones (yes, I’ve been meditating a lot in the process). Not an ideal way to start a journey to calm your mind. As it grows, so do the number of meditation apps and there are now so many available that I wouldn’t be surprised if you felt overwhelmed at the choice. ![]()
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