UCLA Mindful vs Live Gracefully

With this easy-to-use app, you can practice mindfulness meditation anywhere, anytime with the guidance of UCLA Mindful, the mindfulness education center of UCLA Health. Scientific research shows mindfulness can help manage stress-related physical conditions, reduce anxiety and depression, and cultivate positive emotions. Mindfulness is paying attention to our present moment experiences with openness and curiosity and a willingness to be with our experience. Through regular practice, taught through this app, you can develop a meditation practice and learn to bring more mindfulness into your daily life. This app offers: • Basic Meditations for getting started in multiple languages. Languages include Arabic, Armenian, Cantonese, Farsi, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Mixteco, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language • Wellness Meditations for people suffering from challenging health conditions • Informative videos exploring how to get started, supportive meditation postures, and the science of mindfulness • Weekly recordings from our live and virtual drop-in meditations -- a 30-minute meditation on different themes you can search for and bookmark • Talks on mindfulness-related topics • A timer to meditate on your own • A list of our current events and classes that you can add to your calendar UCLA Mindful, the mindfulness education center of UCLA Health, is dedicated to advancing mindfulness education to promote individual and cultural well-being and resilience world-wide. Our mission is to provide innovative, evidence-based mindfulness programs that empower individuals and institutions to manage stress, enhance health, and cultivate inner and outer peace. Through educational programs, we strive to inspire transformative growth and contribute to a culture of compassion and wellness for all. Due to UCLA Mindful’s mission of radical accessibility, this app is entirely free to use. Disclaimer: These meditations are for educational purposes and are not clinical treatments.

Live Gracefully is a calm, privacy-first app for gentle daily connection. Use it to send a short daily greeting to someone you trust, reach out when you need support, remember important birthdays, and keep simple check-in history on your device. Main features: • Daily Check-in Send a short daily greeting to your trusted contact. • Connect Message or call your trusted contact when you need support. • Birthdays Save important birthdays and use gentle yearly reminders. • How this app works A short first-time guide explains the app in a calm and simple way. • Bilingual support Use the app in English or Simplified Chinese. When the device language is Chinese, the app name appears as 优雅生活. • Privacy-first design No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your check-ins, settings, trusted contact, and birthdays stay on this device. Live Gracefully is designed to be quiet, simple, and low-pressure — a small daily habit for staying connected with someone you trust.