I am a long time daily sit meditator who has tried several meditation apps. Been using BRIGHTMIND for close to 9 months. It is by far the best app for what ever level you are at in your meditation practice as your meditations can be customized for focus, level, and time. This app really TEACHES meditation and gives you a timer for so you can use what you’ve learned during your own meditation sit. I found my practice really accelerated when I unlocked the NOTING & LABELING section because then all the sections you’ve already experienced now have the added NOTING & LABELING instruction.Shinzen Young is an excellent teacher whether you’re looking for the secular benefits of increased concentration, equanimity, and clarity from a meditation practice or you’re using meditation on your spiritual enlightenment path. I have found as I have unlocked the various levels that the app gives me the experiences I have had on 7day sits with Shinzen. I happen to be recovering from a stroke which left my 20 year meditation practice in shambles. This app really helped me “remember” what my brain “forgot” and establish new neural pathways of focus and concentration, making my mind A BEAUTIFUL SERVANT, not a dangerous master.

There are dozens of meditation apps in the App Store. The practices vary from simple breathwork to chant-based meditations deeply indebted to Eastern spirituality. With too simple a meditation app you risk losing the point and experiencing little more than a relaxation exercise. Go too far the other way and you get spiritual baggage that at best may not be relevant to you and at worst may push you away from meditation entirely. Brightmind meets you at the perfect place. If you try this app out for a few days and find it to be too simple, I urge you to stick with it for a month or two. I am very glad I pushed through to the point that I understood what the app was doing - it develops beautifully and you will come to appreciate the approach. Meditation does not need to be heady or complicated to be a deep practice (in fact, I’d argue it really shouldn’t be). Based on Unified Mindfulness, Brightmind presents a meditation practice that benefits from the conceptual depth of more religious-based practice, but with simplicity of direction and without the baggage of religious context (though I will add that it is completely compatible with religion - it is inspired by Buddhism and if you’re not the type of person who is turned off by the association, you can apply the context of this religion or others and the app will fit within). In addition to this, Brightmind also offers so much more than other apps. Ongoing virtual retreats, daily Zoom sits, and a community chat help you to clarify your experiences alongside a community. No other app comes close to matching the simultaneous simplicity and depth of this app. I hope thousands of people download this app and support Toby to continue spreading this style of meditation as widely and for as long as possible.

Have you ever been to the magical planet Solaris? No?!? I invite you! Discovered by the adventurous team of the meditation astronauts , the planet was named after their fearless leader- Captain Toby Sola! The Planet SOLAris -the Place of Eternal Peace and Tranquility welcomes everyone, regardless of race or path in life! Come and learn to meditate! Heal the cuts and bruises of your souls! Enjoy the most hospitable crew of experts generously sharing the priceless skills so needed to tame your restless minds! The latest version is the best of all! Simple and intuitive, logical and vast- it is a joy to play with! Don’t believe the negative complainers! Yes, the app is not free! The genius of people behind it, the endless months spent to create and recreate, to get every corner polished and every segment checked to be running smoothly- must be compensated for! I have always appreciated the instant communication from Lieutenant Aria and Captain Toby! The Team of Teachers at BrightMind is the Greatest in the field! To the developers: Remarkably well done! Bravo!

As a long-time but inconsistent practitioner of meditation, I’ve never found the app that integrates everything I know to be true about doing the deep work on self. Brightmind is that app. Yes, the simplicity makes it user friendly, but Toby’s guidance and his insights are what separate this from every other app, and I’ve done them all: Headspace, Insight Timer, Calm, so many others. There is an authenticity and an integrity in Brightmind’s teachings, and a lack of ego and posturing which often shows up in the vocal narration of other ‘gurus.’ The emphasis is not simply on self-improvement, but making the world that much better as part of our journey. In the week that I’ve used it, I’ve seen a shift in my own dedication to the practice. Brightmind is the right mindfulness app for anyone who is in this not simply for themselves but for the greater good.