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The Top 6 Best Relaxation Applications

For those who have a mind that doesn’t seem to slow down, take breaks, or stop worrying about work. Even those restless from drinking too much coffee late at night, this article is for you.

The modern era can get ridiculous with tight deadlines, busy lifestyles and the stressful pressure of society. All these seem to have a significant impact on our health as days go by.

Meditation & relaxation applications have been proven to help reduce health effects due to stress on your body. With ongoing research and developers jumping on board with new approaches to combat these specific areas of study, meditation & relaxation applications can only improve as technology advances.

Be sure to read right until the end in this article, as it will focus on the top 6 relaxation applications, to combat stress, help with anxiety, and gain an extra bit of motivation to take the world on.

 

Mindbody

Mindbody is an application built with relaxation and self-care as its top priority.

Are you sick of hearing the terms “take care of yourself” or “should relax more often”? Well, this application is for you.

Mindbody releases stress with physical wellness, offering a large category of fitness classes & specialized beauty clients.

In the fitness section, you can scroll through endless exercise classes, all sorted by category to accommodate everybody. Don’t like weightlifting? There is pole-dancing, and if that’s not your thing either, Pilates.

The application doesn’t just stop there. It offers services to not just pampering or working out but also allows nutritionists to track and improve dietary habits. Safe to say with Mindbody, looking and feeling good has never been easier. Available for both iOS & Android devices, this application is a must get.

 

Calm

Calm is an iOS & Android application everybody should have on their mobile no matter what mental state you may be in; With assistance in sleep, meditation, and relaxation, Calm is another popular health-based application.

The developers of Calm made the application with extensive features and assistance for all users. It helps anyone with any level of expertise reach a level of zen and bliss with simple step-by-step instruction guided meditations.

The best part is you can pick lengths on how long you want to use the application for each day, making it versatile for even the busiest people.

Calm noted that sleep is crucial for stress management in everyday life, but it’s jeopardized when you’re anxious. The daily meditations featured in the app can help reduce anxiety. Calm also features nature sounds and stories to help you achieve relaxing REM sleep.

 

White Noise

White Noise is an iOS & Android application that helps mask distracting and irritating sounds during meditation sessions to help reach relaxation.

You can also use this application to mask sounds while trying to sleep to achieve a night of deep, restful sleep.

With a considerable 40 pre-recorded white noise sounds library featuring rain, bubbling, babbling ocean wave style noises. It’s the noise block out the application you need on your devices.

To extend each sound, you can loop the sound effects and combine them in your favorite sequence to achieve the ultimate relaxation.

 

Insight Timer

The entire meditation application market is ridden with freemium apps that have free trials but are usually always paid, not with Insight Timer.

Insight Timer, the lifetime free meditation application, has an extensive library. With over 30,000 guided meditation sessions that can tap into every nerve in your body; Certainly, it’s going to help you achieve the ultimate levels of relaxation, bliss, and zen.

Insight Timer also features relaxing music tracks and, a section for children to use. Additionally, pep talks from people like Indian yogi Sadhguru and psychotherapist Anthony DeMello.

 

Simple Habit Meditation

Whether you are unsure if you need to meditate or looking at new meditation applications to try simply because the old one isn’t cutting it for you, try out Simple Habit Meditation.

The developers have made it extremely customizable for your benefit and allow for tweaking so the applications can suit your interests.

This application aims to help combat stress, anxiety, and overloading by providing sleep management, anxiety, stress & eating management. This application is so versatile that you could use it while at any time; During work, during lunch breaks, before or during commutes, or right before bed.

The best part, if you have an iOS device, it will work hand in hand with Apple Health.

 

MyLife Meditation

Formerly called Stop, Breathe & Think, MyLife’s developers have made an application that acknowledges your current thoughts and feelings to help tailor solutions to combat stress.

With MyLife, you’re able to choose different sessions according to the mood you are in. You can also complete surveys to help determine sessions according to how you feel physically, mentally, and emotionally.

It provides a feeling of sudden relaxation, making you more energized and less stressed on those long working days; Even though the sessions are only a few minutes long. Available on both iOS & Android, it is free to use at first, but if you want more out of the application, a paid version is also available.

 

Wrap Up

Meditation & relaxation applications have become a thing of the norm in the modern-day world, providing a deep relaxation feel with easy to use tutorials, meditation sessions, white noises to block annoyances out & much more. These applications will help reduce the devastating side effects of stress on the human body.

So, the next time you feel too fed up or stressed on a typical working day, try one of these applications to achieve full relaxation & realize the potential meditation has on your body.

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