When it comes to a regular mindfulness practice, many of us need a helping hand! While daily meditations can help us bring mindfulness into our everyday lives, it’s all too easy to fall back into old habits when the going gets a little tough. 

Mindfulness offers a huge range of benefits to both our physical and mental wellbeing. Whether you’re regularly meditating, or simply moving with a greater awareness throughout the day, you may experience: 

• Reduced stress and anxiety

• Reduced symptoms of mental illness

• Lower blood pressure

• Reduced chronic pain

• Improved focus

• Improved memory

• Less emotional reactivity

• Better relationships

• An overall greater feeling of wellbeing

Our Top 5 Mindfulness Apps

While it may seem counterintuitive to use our smartphones as a mindfulness aid, there’s a huge range of apps and healthy resources which can help us stay mindful during the day. 

Screen Time / Digital Wellbeing

If you’re a late-night scroller, Screen Time and Digital Being are invaluable. Both apps allow you to set limits on the amount of time you spend on your phone. Each app monitors and tracks how often you use every app on your phone, even noting how many times you pick your phone up on any given day. 

Using Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing  will help you to interact mindfully with your phone, discouraging you from aimlessly scrolling while the kettle boils! 

Both Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing are automatically available on iOS and Android smartphones. 

MindFi

MindFi is an employee wellbeing app, designed for the workplace to help employees and business owners build sustainable wellness habits. Employee stress and burnout can lower productivity, increase sick days and raise staff turnover. 

MindFi consists of wellbeing masterclasses for both business owners and their employees, as well as simple mindfulness and focus exercises. Masterclasses are available on sleep, eating, teamwork, leadership and creativity, as well as much more. 

A leader in digital wellness, MindFi is a must-have for a happy and productive workspace. 

Download MindFi on the App Store and Play Store

Headspace

Headspace was one of the very first meditation apps, and has paved the way for hundreds of new apps like it. It’s now one of the most popular mindfulness apps, and for good reason!

Headspace contains hundreds of guided meditations to help you cope with just about any scenario. Whether you’ve got an important interview coming up, or you’re simply having a bad day, Headspace will have a guided meditation to suit. Each meditation is easy to follow and great for beginners. 

Download Headspace on the App Store and Play Store 

Forest 

This focusing app is good for your productivity, and the planet! When you have a long task to tackle, simply open the app and choose to ‘plant a tree’. The tree will grow while you work, and closing the app will cause your (metaphorical) tree to die. 

As your tree grows, you’ll earn virtual coins. These can be used to plant real (yes real!) trees around the world to help protect the planet.

Download Forest on the App Store and Play Store

Reflectly - Journal & AI Diary

Reflectly is an online journal that encourages its users to manage negative self-talk. Throughout the day, users can track their thoughts and feelings by answering questions. 

By taking some time each day to reflect, you’ll learn to feel grateful for the small things. You’ll be able to spot trends in your mood and address negative self talk before it even arises. 

Download Reflectly on the App Store and Play Store