Apps Headspace Geared towards beginners, this app includes a free, 10-part basic course for people who are just starting out on their meditation journey. Sessions range from 1-minute minis to between 3 and 10 minutes. The $9.99 per month premium subscription gives you access to hundreds of meditations designed to address specific needs like reducing stress or falling asleep. The Mindfulness App Also appropriate for beginners, this free-to-download app begins with a 5-day introduction to mindfulness and includes guided and silent timed sessions running from 3 to 30 minutes. You can opt to receive notifications throughout the day that prompt you to practice mindfulness throughout. With a $9.99 per month premium subscription, you’ll have access to courses on practicing mindfulness in many areas of life as well as over 200 additional guided meditations. Stop Think & Breathe Before beginning the meditations on this free-to-download-app, you’ll select from a list of adjectives to describe how you’re feeling. Based on the adjectives, the app suggests exercises appropriate for your mood. The exercises include short sessions like guided meditation, yoga, gratitude and joy cultivation, as well as longer sessions to eliminate anxiety or help you clear your mind. The free version includes 30 different practices, while the $9.99 premium version offers over 100. Smiling Mind Developed by psychologists and educators, Smiling Mind offers daily guided meditations of varying lengths for both children and adults. The app includes complete programs for sports teams and offices, and schoolteachers can use the app’s lesson plans to run meditation sessions in the classroom. The app and all its features are completely free. Omvana With one of the largest selections of meditation practices available, Omvana offers guided sessions by famous authors, leaders and teachers. It also features inspirational music and poetry, as well as sleep-inducing tracks that encourage deep, restful sleep. The app is free to download, but users can purchase in-app expansions for even more options. Calm With features for beginner, intermediate and advanced practitioners, Calm offers free daily practice sessions that help reduce stress and refocus attention. The app greets users with gentle, natural sounds like crashing waves or crackling fire as soon as it’s opened. Users can also discover relaxing music and choose from soothing bedtime stories to unwind at night. A premium subscription costs $35.99 per month and includes hundreds of additional sessions. Websites Free Guided Meditations Mindful.org Brimming with articles about happiness and mindfulness, many written from a scientific perspective, mindful.org provides an archive of guided meditations and daily practices that target different areas of life, from work to finances to relationships. You’ll need to subscribe via e-mail to access the full site. Chopra Centered Lifestyle Alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra’s website has a page full of free guided meditations. The site also offers a number of self-paced courses on meditation, ranging in price from free to about $80. Uclahealth.org/marc/body.cfm This site offers a number of free guided meditations, ranging in length from 3 to 12 minutes. Audiodharma.org/series/1/talk/1835/ Audio Dharma offers a database of guided meditations varying in length from about 5 to 45 minutes. Topics include the relationship between mindfulness and thoughts and loving kindness. Fragrantheart.com/cms/free-audio-meditations This database of free audio meditations offers selections for women, empaths and children as well as for different purposes, such as stress relief, relaxation and healing. The Omega Institute’s YouTube Channel On its YouTube Channel, The Omega Institute posts guided meditations and talks on mindfulness from popular teachers. A good starting place is “Noah Levine: A Basic Buddhist Mindfulness Meditation.” Meditation Articles and How-Tos Wildmind.org A self-described “playground for the mind,” Wildmind offers a selection of extremely thorough how-to articles on improving different aspects of meditation from breathing, to posture, to mantras, as well as articles about how to apply the practice to various aspects of life. The articles include sections that address common questions and explain how to overcome struggles with different techniques. Pocketmindfullness.com Great for beginners, this website contains articles and how-tos organized by purpose, from self-discovery to living in the present, to re-centering the mind and everyday mindfulness. You can also subscribe to the site’s newsletter for daily meditation and mindfulness reading. Yogajournal.com While this site is primarily focused on yoga, it has an entire section devoted to meditation. The page includes articles about everything from good posture to proper breathing to combining yoga with meditation.