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Instagram will start telling night owl teens to close the app and go to sleep
Teens who use Instagram late at night will soon see full screen prompts suggesting that they close the app and get some rest. Younger users won't be able to turn off these 'Nighttime Nudges.'
Let AI Jimmy Stewart put you to sleep with a new Calm bedtime story
Calm has released a new bedtime story, featuring an AI-generated version of Jimmy Stewart's voice.
How to track your moods in watchOS 10
Apple’s watchOS 10 brings a new feature in the Mindfulness app that gives you the option of logging your feelings and moods directly on your watch face. Here’s a guide on how to navigate that new feature.
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Headspace gives US teens free access to its mental health app
After offering free mental health exercises at the beginning of the pandemic, Headspace has announced that it's opening up its service for free to a particularly vulnerable group for mental stressors: teens.
Waze and Headspace team up to make driving less stressful
You can change Waze's car icon to a hot air balloon and check out a dedicated Spotify playlist.
Arcade Fire release a 45-minute song through Headspace's mindfulness app
'Memories In The Age Of Anxiety' appears on a John Legend-curated playlist.
Headspace is offering free mindfulness courses to unemployed Americans
Mindfulness app Headspace is offering a free one-year subscription to anyone in the US who is unemployed.
Headspace offers free mindfulness exercises to help with stress
The resources are available through a new website the company launched today in partnership with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (via The Verge).
Core brings Fitbit-style tracking to your meditation sessions
Being a tech journalist is a stressful job. And CES is the most stressful time of year. So naturally, I'm looking for any opportunity I have to take a couple of minutes, breathe, relax and just focus on myself. Which meant the first thing I did when I rolled into Unveiled -- basically the officially kickoff party for CES -- was wander over the booth for Core, a device designed to help you meditate.
The best apps for actually sticking to your fitness goals
Sticking to your fitness goals can be a challenge. But there are a number of apps that can help by providing motivation, teaching you new skills, and holding you accountable.
Samsung Health adds Calm's sleep and relaxation tools
Samsung had a surprise in store at Unpacked last month, when it revealed its Galaxy S10 camera app will include an Instagram mode. The company is adding another, more laidback third-party integration as Samsung Health users can access content from mindfulness service Calm as of today.
Hacking inner peace
1. Science class The principal calls this a mindful school. Johane Ligondé is effusively warm but with the kind of emotional solidity you'd expect from someone who wakes each morning to manage more than 1,000 kids at the only public middle school in the village of Freeport in Long Island, New York. She is also an aromatherapist and life coach who hangs a sign reading "I AM AN OPTIMIST" in her windowless office. At John W. Dodd Middle School, some of the students' primary struggles are common to many young teenagers: depression, anxiety, self-harm and the looming shadow of sudden violence. So every morning during homeroom, a student or staff member leads the entire building through eight minutes of breathing meditation over the PA system. In detention, students are "invited," Ligondé said, to do mindfulness exercises, "so it's not just a space for punishment, it's a space for reflection." A "social-emotional learning curriculum" has been introduced, teaching them conflict and relationship management.
Simple Habit lets you meditate without an internet connection
"Mindfulness" may be a bit of a buzzword -- but for many people, taking 10 or 20 minutes out of the day to clear your thoughts can be extremely valuable. And if you're not a expert, "guided" sessions (where you listen to someone who walks you through a focused meditation exercise) can be a very helpful way to get started. The Simple Habit app for iOS and Android is one of the best guided meditation apps out there, with hundreds of sessions organized by what you want to accomplish, how much time you have or how you're feeling. Today, Simple Habit 3.0 is launching with a host of new features that solidify its status as a go-to app for anyone who wants a little more peace of mind.
Simple Habit guided meditation app is now on Android and the web
If you're desperately in need to de-stress this morning (I can't imagine why) and you're an Android user, there's a new app out there worth checking out. Simple Habit started out as an iOS meditation and mindfulness app with a Netflix-style model -- after signing up for a weekly or monthly subscription, you get access to a huge library of guided meditation exercises. Now, that app is available on Android as well as the web.
Simple Habit aims to de-stress you with 5-minute meditations
Yunha Kim knows a lot about stress. She founded Locket, an app that put ads on the Android lock screen, which was eventually bought up by the shopping app Wish. Starting and running her own company, naturally, was a stressful proposition, so she turned to meditation as a way to center herself. Now, she's hoping to do the same for everyone with a new iPhone app called Simple Habit. It offers five-minute guided meditation sessions that you can do from practically anywhere, each targeted for specific situations.
