Headspace: An App for Mindful Meditation

Headspace is an everyday mindfulness and meditation app that aims to help you stress less, feel happier and sleep better. It teaches you how to relax, manage stress, focus and relieve any tensions in your mind and body through making mindfulness a daily habit.

When you download the app it allows you to say your reason for downloading it and what you are interested in. You can then track your progress within the areas you have chosen and have monthly check-ins to view how you are getting on. Headspace provides guided meditations, courses and mindfulness exercises on a range of subjects such as stress, anxiety, worry and more.  There is a 10 minute meditation especially for helping with grief that aims to help you heal from your loss, no matter what stage you are at. These meditations are led by world-class experts to help you learn how to do a number of things such as breathwork, finding focus, coping mechanisms, and sleeping more, so as time goes on you will also begin to get daily recommendations catered to you and how you’re feeling. 

Headspace has been created for everyone no matter the level or lifestyle you have, you are able to choose what level of practice you want and the length of time for each programme. This allows you to fit the programmes into your schedule your way. You are also able to join live group meditations with members from across the world or meditate with friends making it very interactive. 

The first 14 days of Headspace are free and then it costs £49.99 a year for the premium version. You can download the app here. This app could be useful for anyone who is feeling stressed or anxious, which is common during the grieving process. This app could help to relieve some symptoms that come along with grief, as it provides lots of tools and resources to help to cope with emotions which you can tailor to what works for you.