Are you always busy in your head? Maybe it will help to use a mindfulness app. However, there are many apps on the market, which may make you lose the overview. In this article we list three good mindfulness apps.
Good mindfulness apps for iOS
A mindfulness app helps you to live more consciously. This sounds floaty, but it’s actually very practical. From breathing exercises to relax to improving your slumped sitting position, a good mindfulness app makes life better. These three apps the editors of recommend iPhoned On.
1. VGZ Mindfulness Coach
Health insurer VGZ has its own free mindfulness app. To use this, you do not need to have insurance with this party. When you open the Dutch mindfulness app for the first time, you will be asked for this, but you can simply indicate that you are not insured with VGZ.
Then about the app itself. By means of various exercises, the VGZ Mindfulness Coach tries to make you more alert to your sitting position, breathing and any feelings of stress. Central to the app is the ‘Today’ tab. New exercises are continuously being prepared here that help to live more consciously.
For example, the relaxation exercise helps you to let go of stress. A soothing (Dutch) voice tells you exactly how to stand or sit, and explains how you can check whether you are unintentionally retaining stress in your body. It takes five weeks to complete the entire VGZ program. In total there are 25 exercises that you can do.
2. Headspace
Headspace is not only a mindfulness but also a meditation app. The former is more about mindfulness, so that you are aware of the fact that you are taking steps while walking, for example. Meditation, on the other hand, is more about finding (inner) peace.
With Headspace you can achieve both goals. The popular app was created by Andy Puddicombe, an Englishman who spent years as a Tibetan monk. Using audio files recorded by him, Headspace tries to make meditation and mindfulness a regular part of your day.
This includes several mindfulness exercises. For example, at the beginning of each meditation you are asked to ‘scan’ your body for possible feelings of stress. You then move on to breathing exercises, with Puddicombe showing you how best to keep your thoughts as your stomach rises and falls.
Unlike the VGZ Mindfulness Coach, Headspace is not a Dutch mindfulness app. In addition, the app is not free, although you can take a few trial lessons to see how you like it.
3. The Mindfulness App
Are you looking for a mindfulness app in Dutch? Then try The Mindfulness App. The name speaks for itself, but this application tries to create more peace in your head. It does not matter whether you already have experience with meditation/mindfulness or are a complete beginner.
The latter group can, for example, get started with the Warming Up session. This is a five-day series in which beginners are introduced to mindfulness. Once you get the hang of it, you can get started with the regular sessions. You can choose whether you want to meditate for 3, 10, 20 or 30 minutes.
In principle, The Mindfulness App is free to use, but for a fee you get access to a wider range of exercises. The free range is not very extensive, but sufficient for beginners. Do you really want to get started with mindfulness? Then it pays to take out a subscription.
Healthy living with your iPhone
Health is an increasingly important topic for Apple. On iPhoned That’s why we regularly pay attention to all the ways you can live healthier with Apple devices. For example, check our article about calorie counter apps for when you want to be more conscious with food. In addition to good food, sleep is also very important. You use a sleep app to map out your nighttime pattern.