The Glowgetter’s Guide: 3 Best Free Meditation Apps

Meditation’s benefits are widely known, but we bet we aren’t alone in remembering to do it! It’s a valuable way to better manage anxiety, stress, and become more in tune with your body.

Beginning a meditation practice can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t need to be! These five free meditation apps can help you learn how to meditate, offer emotion-based guided meditations, and even remind you when it’s time to begin.

Reminder: It’s not selfish to begin the day looking inwards, because it helps you better serve those around you!

Aura

Aura’s focus is on personalized meditations. Each day, you’ll get a new, three-minute meditation. How does an app personalize to every user? Upon downloading, you answer questions about your age, stress level, optimism, and how interested you are in meditation.

Each time you open the app, you select your mood and receive a meditation. The app also offers guided deep breathing, relaxing soundtracks, and the chance to write down what you’re grateful for.

Aura is available for both iOS and Android.

Insight Timer

As one of the most popular free meditation apps available, Insight Timer features over 4,000 guided meditations from over 1,000 teachers. Topics include self-compassions, nature, and stress, as well as ambient noise.

Insight Timer is a community-based app, which can help you feel connected to other like-minded users. Meditation is for everyone! When you open the app, you see how many people are using it across the world and popular meditations in your area.

Because Insight Timer doesn’t recommend a sequence for your practice, it can be overwhelming to start. We recommend this for those who have some experience with meditation.

Insight Timer is available for both iOS and Android.

Calm

Calm offers a number of mindfulness and relaxation tools. There are relaxing soundtracks, a selection of long and short meditations, and “sleep stories”, which are created to help calm your mind each evening.

While the features of the free membership may not be as built out as others, we still think it’s a great tool to help you feel, well, calmer!

Their paid membership is one of the most affordable options available ($4.99/month when you buy a year), and unlocks sessions like Commuting and Emergency Calm.

Calm is available for both iOS and Android.

Make 2018 the year you focus on becoming a better you. Spending time in meditation helps you better handle stress, so you can remain calm, think clearly, and help others. These three free meditation apps can help you begin, keep, and grow your meditation practice wherever life takes you.