Balance: Meditation & Sleep

How I got into Balance: For the New Year, I had set a resolution to myself to pick up meditation as a regular practice, and had downloaded the app “HeadSpace”, which I had heard was extremely popular. For the couple days I had it, I genuinely enjoyed it. However, for some reason the app had started to crash and not work anymore despite my numerous attempts to fix it, so I had to cancel my subscription to Headspace and was really bummed out. Then my mother had suggested me to try out “Balance”, to which I was a little skeptical as it wasn’t as popular. But the minute I had opened the app, I fell in love with it. I even enjoy Balance more than Headspace, because of its highly individualized approach and numerous options. Why I love it: As I had mentioned earlier, it is HIGHLY individualized. It takes into to account my mood and how I feel after meditations to personalize my training. A couple days ago, I was feeling extremely angry and irritated for no particular reason at all, when I decided to meditate through the app. And I am not joking, after the meditation I felt I had gotten a much clearer mind and felt so calm and relaxed. Another thing I want to mention is that Balance—for this year— is offering free subscription, which I find to be quite noble; I feel as though the developers really do care about spreading awareness of meditation and mental wellbeing. I greatly admire this app and its creators. Thank you for this amazing service that you have provided to people!

I never thought that I could meditate, but my mind has been changed after finding Balance in 2020. Everyone has struggled the past two years, and with a lack of therapists and not wanting to process everything with my friends who were going through their own traumas as well, I decided to give meditation another shot. Balance offers a very generous trial period, which allowed me to both try the app and figure out how I might be able to fit it into my everyday life. I’m still figuring out that last piece, but the meditations became so valuable to me that buying the lifetime plan was a no brainer. Perhaps my biggest - and most valuable - learning is how MUCH meditation can help relieve chronic pain (i was stunned after the first pain single.) Balance has made meditation successful for me because they offer bite-sized sessions (3-10 min, depending) catered toward whatever I’m struggling with at the moment. No one is so busy that they can’t find 3-10 min to meditate per day (or so I keep telling myself…) They help me understand why what I’m doing is helpful. And they are guided by two people with the most calming and reassuring voices (although they do have unguided options as well). I have yet to try all they have to offer, but the three categories are singles (a one-shot for your mood), plans (helping you deepen meditation practice and/or specific reasons for meditating), and mood sessions. I am so grateful for this safe haven. There is no better app on my phone.

From other apps that i have tried, there usually really good, but have a pay wall. and meditation is something i’ve only done once or twice before a few years ago, but i needed something for my sleep, as for years i stg i have insomnia or something because it’s almost impossible too sleep a lot of nights, and end up staying up till 5 all the way too 9 in the AM. and my mental health has not been that good as of lately along with that, an from the first day of using this app, it has definitely opened my head a little bit, i actually fell asleep during one of the meditations lol, and the fact that you get a full year too fully try this app out in its entirety, at least i did, im pretty sure everybody does, is something different than the other apps i’ve tried before like headspace, or calm. If somebody is looking for some type of stress reliever, or if ur depressed, negative a lot, work a lot, as i do, or jus need something too help you sleep, i would definitely recommend this app, and thats saying a lot from me personally, as i never take the time out of my day too rate any type of app at all, even like tha mainstream ones, snap, tiktok, ig, etc. This definitely made me more positive, open my mind, relaxed me like it said it would, i was able to sleep more after using the app, and the meditations were something far beyond needed, and is something i have now put in my daily routine! It is something ill forever be grateful for stumbling upon. And definitely hope this review reached somebody in need of it.