A gem!
A gem!
And an MBCT course, well largely.
I’ve tried big name mindfulness apps before but given up in exasperation very quickly. This is different. It takes you step by step, teaching the skills necessary for mindfulness meditation/awareness meditation (which I believe is the ancient practice of Vipassana meditation). It eases off at the end of the course, hopefully leaving you with the skills to continue on your own.
All the guidance is spoken by Monty, who created this app, and I never had a problem ‘keeping up’ the practice as his voice is balm to the soul; gentle and always reassuring.
Along the way, other elements of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy are introduced.
MBCT was developed as it was found to be effective in helping keep people with depression from relapse. Brain scanning studies have shown structural changes that meditation practice can invoke that are beneficial to people with anxiety and depression: shrinking of the amygdala and increased density in emotion moderating regions.
The technical side of the app was just a little bit flaky: closing and reopening it or uninstalling and reinstalling have worked for me. But the Monty has been monitoring it and a lot of the snags have been sorted. My device (ipad) was automatically backing up to the cloud every day which took all my storage. I just cleared the data and stopped the automatic back up - problem solved.
I followed Minding looking for relief from anxiety and panic attacks. You wouldn’t call me ‘chilled’ yet, but am definitely less reactive to things that used to set me off.
And an MBCT course, well largely.
I’ve tried big name mindfulness apps before but given up in exasperation very quickly. This is different. It takes you step by step, teaching the skills necessary for mindfulness meditation/awareness meditation (which I believe is the ancient practice of Vipassana meditation). It eases off at the end of the course, hopefully leaving you with the skills to continue on your own.
All the guidance is spoken by Monty, who created this app, and I never had a problem ‘keeping up’ the practice as his voice is balm to the soul; gentle and always reassuring.
Along the way, other elements of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy are introduced.
MBCT was developed as it was found to be effective in helping keep people with depression from relapse. Brain scanning studies have shown structural changes that meditation practice can invoke that are beneficial to people with anxiety and depression: shrinking of the amygdala and increased density in emotion moderating regions.
The technical side of the app was just a little bit flaky: closing and reopening it or uninstalling and reinstalling have worked for me. But the Monty has been monitoring it and a lot of the snags have been sorted. My device (ipad) was automatically backing up to the cloud every day which took all my storage. I just cleared the data and stopped the automatic back up - problem solved.
I followed Minding looking for relief from anxiety and panic attacks. You wouldn’t call me ‘chilled’ yet, but am definitely less reactive to things that used to set me off.
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Minding
Minding - Anxiety helper is a very comforting app. I was looking for an introduction to meditation and a tool to help with the stressors in life lately and found this. Monte, who’s voice we hear, has a very calming and instructive tone. There’s a variety of meditations to select including mindfulness and sleep assistant meditations. I highly recommend this app.
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So not worth your time!
For so many reasons, don’t spend your time on this app. Move on to one of the countless other apps that provide more quality content, and a choice as to monthly or yearly subscriptions.
I really don’t understand developers who insist on you paying in advance for their product. Even magazine subscriptions can be canceled. I assume it’s because they are afraid that you will realize they have an inferior product, after you have already laid your cash on the table. I don’t support people that take my choices away for me. Do you?
I really don’t understand developers who insist on you paying in advance for their product. Even magazine subscriptions can be canceled. I assume it’s because they are afraid that you will realize they have an inferior product, after you have already laid your cash on the table. I don’t support people that take my choices away for me. Do you?
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Love it so much
I love how well the meditations aligned in the program.
The best meditation app 😊
I have used this app from the very beginning and I love it! I have found it clear and very helpful in so many aspects of my life. Even use it with my 8year old grandson.
The minimal yearly subscription is just another bonus.
I have also found monty to be very eager to explain problems and he genuinely does want to help people long term, a very caring guy
The minimal yearly subscription is just another bonus.
I have also found monty to be very eager to explain problems and he genuinely does want to help people long term, a very caring guy
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