Healthy Minds Program

Guided meditations & lessons to help you gain more well-being & less stress

Healthy Minds Program

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Version: 8.6.8 (Last updated: 2024-11-25)
Creation date: 2018-01-12
Permissions
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • receive data from Internet
  • view network connections
  • full network access
  • run at startup
  • draw over other apps
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • Google Play license check

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App summary

• 2024 Pick: Best Meditation App by Healthline, The New York Times Wirecutter, Vogue, and Sports Illustrated

Well-being is a skill that can be learned. We’re here to guide you along the way.

Backed by four decades of research from world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson and the team at Healthy Minds Innovations & the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, the Healthy Minds Program trains your mind through meditation and podcast-style lessons to develop skills for gaining focus, reducing stress, and maintaining positive social connections.

Research with the Healthy Minds App showed that just 5 minutes a day of practice leads to a 28% reduction in stress, an 18% reduction in anxiety, a 24% reduction in depression, and a 13% increase in social connection.

Featuring our scientific Awareness, Connection, Insight, and Purpose, Well-being Framework, the Healthy Minds Program is a holistic, all-encompassing meditation app that offers the best of both guided meditations and opportunities to learn. You’ll learn simple skills to enhance personal well-being, build healthy relationships, and improve communication, performance, and creativity.

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What makes us unique?

Developed from Science:
While many meditation apps can claim the scientific benefits of meditation, our practices are developed directly from neuroscientific research. You’ll also hear from the world’s foremost neuroscientists about neuroplasticity and how to train your mind.

Made for Busy Lives:
Our app features active meditation practices that fit into your busy lifestyle. Don’t have time to sit for 20 minutes? Put on an active practice and train your mind while you fold the laundry.

Guided by Measurement:
Thanks to our pioneering scientific research, the Healthy Minds Program offers the first mobile mental and emotional well-being assessments. Learn about your current level of well-being and contribute to cutting-edge research on the science of well-being. Our app also integrates with Apple Health to track your mindful minutes.

Goes Beyond Mindfulness:
Our guided path offers step-by-step instructions for becoming more present in the moment and developing a sense of purpose, meaning, and connection in life.

Driven by Mission and Supported by Donation:
The Healthy Minds Program is made possible by our donors, who support our vision of a kinder, wiser, more compassionate world. Unlike other apps that require a subscription, the Healthy Minds Program is available by donation, driven by a mission to translate science into tools to cultivate and measure well-being.

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Read the End User License Agreement and Terms of Use here:
https://hminnovations.org/hmi/terms-of-use

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https://hminnovations.org/hmi/privacy-policy

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Free access to meditation resources
  • User-friendly interface that is not overwhelming
  • Effective guidance through meditation with various options (active vs passive)
  • Science-backed approach to mindfulness and meditation
  • Calming presence of the narrators
Cons
  • Clunky and bug-ridden Android interface causing issues with app performance
  • Desire for more variety in courses and speaker options
  • Loss of progress/data after app crashes
Most mentioned
  • Meditation has positively impacted mental health and self-awareness
  • Pleasant and soothing voice of the narrator
  • App aids in establishing a daily meditation routine
User reviews
After decades of searching, the only program that seems to be helping me move toward connecting with the "inner voice" and being more observational about the programming. Definitely feel more in control of my conscious thoughts - it's a long process, and not necessarily a linear one, but more well-being and happiness are worth it!
by Linda Sasenick, 2024-11-11

Fantastic free (!) meditation app. It has a series of suggested meditations/courses, which I actually strongly recommend if you're new to meditation, but you can also go straight to specific meditations for certain scenarios (daily mindfulness, sleep, etc). My only minor complaints are that I wish every course had multiple speaker options, and it had variety in courses outside of the "My Path" route. Otherwise it's basically perfect.
by Kyle Skemer, 2024-10-03

Excellent - goes far beyond other meditation apps. I love the short practical way it weaves learning and practice and allows me to choose the time, speaker and active (while moving, doing simple things) or passive (sitting or laying down) meditation. Great pathway guiding me through meditation (awareness), connection (relationship), insight (sense of self) and purpose. And it's a voluntary donation not a big fee. Very effective!
by Mike Shank, 2024-08-12
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