The best meditation apps of 2016

We live in a very stressful world, without a doubt. We have mountains of information reaching us from all sides, we have to take care of work, family, the he alth of oneself… and there are times when one feels that one is going to explode It is in those moments when it comes in handy to make room in the routine to relax and meditate? That you don't know how, it seems very complicated or you don't know why where to start? Then take a look at the free meditation apps that we bring you, both for iOS and for AndroidI'm sure that with one of them you'll be able to achieve, if not nirvana, a bit of peace in this crazy world.

Calm

This first application requires registration: we can do it through from Facebook or with our email Once inside, we arrive at a start menu with three different options: Breathing, Meditation and Sleep The first option introduces us to a kind ofguide to inhale, hold and exhale It remains constant until we decide to stop, something that could be improvable, as too much deep breathing can be even dizzy

The option Meditation is better, it allows us to enter various guided meditation sessions by a relaxing female voice, yes, in EnglishFinally, the option Dream takes us to a catalog of audiostories, told slowly to help you fall asleep Again it's in English, but maybe in this case , even better, because by not understanding it, the “run-run” without a doubt it will favor our eyelids to close.

Everything can be done with different soundtracks: a river , the waves of the sea, a soft drizzle or a whole spout of water There is a fourth option that is the sound of space, that is, none. It is one of the best points of the application, since only the sounds already relax.

Paranaiama Breathing

This second application is in Spanish and is focused on breathing exercises and free meditation Seeking to clear the mind, to avoid stress or to simply be in calm, we chose a exercise between a series long and varied In a millimetric way the application marks the rhythms of inhalation, breath retention and exhalation, which change depending on the exercise that we decide to do. It allows us to include sounds that mark the times, or even a metronome in which to get lost while we breathe.

Insight Timer

In Insight Timer we have three main tools, for one Next to it we have a huge audio bank with meditations guided, mantras, sounds of nature, with podcasts both in English and Spanish On the other hand we have a timer for when we do free meditation. When we are carrying it out, we can choose a background sound or simply a alarm when we want to finish Lastly, it has a group system where different users comment on the audios that have most affected them liked, their favorite relaxation techniques, or share a quote they consider wise and useful.

We hope that with some of these applications you will find the peace and harmony you are looking for, and at least a few minutes a day you canavoid of worries.