Healthy Minds Program
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- receive data from Internet
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- full network access
- run at startup
- draw over other apps
- control vibration
- prevent device from sleeping
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• 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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