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BY CONNIE SUTTON

Most people carry a smartphone these days. The pocket-sized computers help to keep us on track or distract us from work, our families and our schedules. Whether connecting with friends, finding a healthy recipe or streaming music for a workout, technology plays an important part in our routines. And it turns out there really is an app for everything, including well-being. By limiting barriers like cost, location and travel time, smartphone apps can give us more opportunities to live our healthiest and happiest lives. Manage your mood, ease stress levels and find healthy recipes with this list of the best holistic health apps available now. After all, if we can get takeout and taxis at a tap of a button, why not meditation sessions too?

meditation apps to slow down in a busy world

HEADSPACE

Meditation and mindfulness are made simple with Headspace, one of the pioneer wellness apps that has been around since 2010. The app that counts Gwyneth Paltrow and Emma Watson as fans, offers guided meditations you can practice anytime, anywhere. With mini-meditations of less than five minutes long or options for longer focused meditations, this app will have you feeling zen. Led by former Buddhist monk Andy Puddicombe, the premise is to take time each day to listen and clear your mind. Users report better attention spans, alertness and instant calm.

DELICIOUSLY ELLA

Cult lifestyle blogger Eleanor Mills is a British food writer and entrepreneur who works under the brand, Deliciously Ella. Her app of the same name is a plant-based recipe book in your pocket. But that’s not all, 2021 updates now include a personalized wellness plans and an intuitive daily tracking tools to monitor diet, exercise, sleep, mindfulness and water consumption.

SHINE: SELF CARE

Mental health is an important part of wellness, and your self-care ritual can start with the Daily Shine meditation. The Shine app gives users a researchbacked boost of calm through daily affirmations and motivational messages. You can even complete a program called Shine Challenge to help you work through goals while integrating more compassion for yourself and your journey. With just five minutes a day, users report being in a better position to face each day feeling more grateful, grounded and calm.

RESULTS WELLNESS LIFESTYLE

Lucy Mecklenburgh’s fitness app Results Wellness Lifestyle prides itself on housing all your health apps in one place. RWL offers 1000+ workouts designed with you in mind, 600+ recipes, four mindset courses, 11 structured programs and weekly live workout classes. It also offers a pain clinic section, which focuses on managing back pain. If you’re looking for an app that supports you through a positive lifestyle change, then RWL is the right choice.

From meditation and mindfulness to fitness and mental health, these apps not only help with aspects of holistic health, but they can be used anywhere.