I was looking for some additional guided meditations to supplement others I use periodically. I do a combination of self guided meditations and those guided by others. I was reading Kabat-Zinn’s book (Full Castrophe Living) and decided to try his meditations. This is exactly what I was looking for in an app. This is a reasonably priced app with some excellent guided meditations, a beginners review of meditation and some guided yogas. The biggest surprise is that I was not expecting to find the yogas so helpful.The only feedback I have for the developers of the app is that I don’t like the bells at the beginning and end of each meditation, and I think its amusing that JKZ says on the other side of the “tape.” The tape reference I am presuming is because he has used some of this material over the years with his patients in the hospital setting.

I subscribed to this app to follow along as I read Full Catastrophe Living. I think the app is a nicer convenience than downloading the meditations from the website (yes you can buy them individually for a one time cost from the website instead! You don’t have to pay this monthly subscription) because they are easy to find and pull up this way. But. But. Sometimes the play/pause button gets stuck in one state or the other, and sometimes the 10s forward/rewind buttons are unresponsive, and when I tried to submit feedback I felt like I got the runaround the first couple messages (try resinstalling the app, it’s normal behavior, etc) and when it seems like an app can’t reliably fulfill the basic functions of an audio player, why should it cost a monthly subscription? I expect some amount of that cost to go toward maintenance and I’m just not seeing it, I don’t think this app is polished enough for more than 3 stars. The meditations are good though.

This is a great app and I highly recommend it for anyone seeking meditation practice and/or mindfulness meditation. Those with a meditation practice could benefit. I speak from my experience! I purchased and used the Series 1, 2 and 3 apps 5-6 years ago after using the CD set. (Had to return CD set to the owner)This version, which includes the former Series 1, 2 and 3, fixed some bugs and adds many more options and information not included in the earlier apps.I have also had great assistance from the developer when I needed some answers about the new app.

This app is poorly built. Someone has to say it or it won’t get better. Love everyone’s intention attached to this project but you are failing on execution. 1. Downloading for offline listening works sporadically, buggy, and frequently then just doesn’t playback after it is supposedly downloaded. Not sure if you are trying to save bandwidth but the user experience is poor. Perhaps simply add a button where you can download all the audio files to make sure they’re on your phone because right now it’s unclear if they are or are not downloading. 2. Core function is playback and this frequently stops half way through. This is silly because there are long stretches of silence during the recordings so am I in a stretch of silence or has the app broken? I don’t want the feeling of now having to look at the app to check that takes me out of it being mindful.3. For a monthly subscription, the above is not fair. I pay the monthly subscription to support JKZ, MBSR, and the global sangha. But it would be cheaper and more convenient for me to just rebuy all the recordings and put them on my phone. 4. The payment processing and account management are a mess. If you pay for the subscription on Apple that should immediately start working - other reviews have brought this up. Instead there are common issues with the payment somehow not registering for the account you have. Your account and payment logic is broken. Love that this app exists and love the intention to bring JKZ’s work to the world in this format. The periodic web calls are also phenomenal. I really appreciate the team who proactively reached out to Jon to build this. But you are letting Jon’s body of work down with your execution. Please do better in 2026.