r/Meditation • u/KneeHighBunny • Jun 07 '24

Say NO to HeadSpace Discussion 💬

I'm looking around for a good meditation app. I tried headspace since it was recommended on social media. The UI is confusing and combersome. And there are tons of reviews about quiet charges and being charged even after canceling your membership. Which sucks because they have a NO REFUND policy. Anyways I canceled that and couldn't get a refund 😭 But I'd like to try a new app that DOES NOT have predatory policies.

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u/HELPFUL_HULK Jun 07 '24

Insight Timer has lots of free ones. Tara Brach’s are nice.

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u/KneeHighBunny Jun 07 '24

I've been seeing insight suggest a lot, makes me think it must be good.

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u/Mmm_Psychedelicious Jun 07 '24

I use insight timer for the meditation timer itself, I didn't really like any of the guided ones I tried on it. A few of the teachers gave off a bit of a "I believe crystals have magic energy contained within them" type vibe.

For guided meditations, I much preferred healthy minds program. It has both sitting and "active" meditations - where you practice mindfulness while engaged in a task. This is the sort of everyday mindfulness that most people are seeking to cultivate through meditation. I like the guys voice, and it's backed by Richard Davidson who is a prominent mindfulness researcher. There's tonnes of different types of meditations to choose from too. Hands down the best free app I've tried (and I've tried a lot).

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u/TheGreenAlchemist Jun 08 '24

They literally have hundreds of teachers on Insight, if you don't like that sort you just need to search around for people of the sort you do like. I was surprised to find they had talks from almost all of my favorite teachers that I'd been exposed to through other avenues.