Brightmind Meditation 4+

Best meditation APP for beginners and experts alike

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.

Beyond meditation, it cultivates integrity

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.

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Best guided meditation for beginners

I’ve used several other guided meditation APS and this one is by far my favorite. I am very ADD and find it extremely hard to sit still. I used to find myself checking emails, making lists and getting up to do other things during my meditation time. I now have weened myself off my medication and with Brightmind can sit for 10 minutes and listen. I’m not sure exactly what it is. Maybe it’s the fact that i can customize it. Maybe it’s the voice i chose or maybe it’s blessed with magical unicorn dust. I don’t care i just know I’m experiencing some wonderful benefits including better focus, better mood, ability to handle stress more effectively, living life in a more relaxed state, deeper sleep, better self discipline and I recently overcome a 4 month weight loss plateau that may or may not be directly related. Thanks for changing my life Brightmind!!!