Headspace: Meditation & Sleep

I enjoy the meditations. You also have potcasts and conversations, I don’t use that part of the app much so can’t say much about that. I had some issues with the payment periods via apple. Customer support was super friendly and more than compensated for inconvenience. Anyway I recommend managing subscription directly via headspace online.

I love the structured approach of head-space that gives clear suggestions for daily meditation practice, but offers the freedom to choose whatever you need to settle, focus and relax. Over the time of a year it has profoundly changed how I approach my day. Not spectacularly with a bang, but day by day a bit. I have navigated daily problems more easily, the daily emotions of a relationship remained just that: normal, useful emotions instead of full-blown unnecessary drama. Overall the app helped me to make my life lighter and more fulfilled.

I have used this app for many years on a near-daily basis; it has taught me so much and has saved the quality of my life, with the explanation and voices of both Andy and Eve. In the last few years some changes were made and the new people & voices are not the best in tranquility, way of speaking and maner of bringing the content- but this could be a personal observation since I find the English accent more soothing. New content and areas were introduced to widen the scale of focus I presume. All in all not a negative perspective, but (I assume) since the transition of ownership & the step down of Andy Puddicombe, approx. after COVID, it is transforming itself into a USA focussed, all- over bite-size narrative of “well being”, attempting to adress all kind of social issues, with a disturbing opening screen that tries to gear you into watching content, podcasts, videos, more content etc etc. Instead of teaching you how to learn & maintain meditation as an essential part of your daily routine. It is only because of the still available older content and the daily meditation with Andy that I have renewed my subscription. So a word to the wise, if you are new and wish to learn from the master of modern day meditation: search for the Basics and learn gradually and watch the older animated explanation videos, a route which can take you up to 2 years. After that, keep it for the daily meditation session or guided/ semi-guided, or other specific singles and courses. Or try and find a new teacher and/or app.

I enjoyed this app some time ago since it’s a modern version of authentic tradition. I reinstalled it this week only to find the top meditation to be about ‘black joy’ because of black history month. It’s a meditation app and I find it extremely weird and unnecessary that race is being brought into it. There wouldn’t be an item that says ‘meditate on white pride’ plus a lot of users are not even from the USA. This is ridiculous and a mockery of meditation honestly..

Headspace is al meer dan tien jaar de favoriete meditatie app. Wel heel jammer dat er zoveel ruis bij is gekomen. Een druk menu, met bewegende beelden, filmpjes, pop-ups, teveel keus aan stemmen. Bij meditatie draait achter de schermen blijkbaar helaas ook een bedoel marketing mee (steeds nieuwe content moeten genereren ). Hier is en blijft het om Andy’s courses en singles gaan. De rest doen we niks mee.

It’s now designed to distract me from meditating and get me to watch videos instead. Keeps getting harder to find anything. No idea how any new user would manage to learn how to meditate on this. But if you can unearth the old content, it’s as good as ever.

I used to LOVE this app, I always used to fall asleep to the rain sounds. But now it is only for paid users so I can’t use anything on the entire app anymore and it gave me a lot of anxiety since now I’m not able to fall asleep anymore to my rain sounds. I also loved the guided meditations. So sad it all costs money now while it was already so restrictive.

Deze app maakt meditatie toegankelijk. Ook de mindfulness oefeningen zijn erg fijn. Zeker een aanrader.

Een paar jaar geleden een account gehad en wilde het weer eens proberen. Ik dus een 14-dagen gratis proefperiode afgesloten en zelfs aangegeven dat ik 2 dagen van tevoren een reminder wil dat het bedrag (voor een jaar) wordt afgeschreven. Wordt het vervolgens direct afgeschreven. Blijkbaar omdat ik ooit eerder een account heb gehad. Prima, maar meld dat dan ook. Gelukkig het bedrag teruggekregen via PayPal. Ik ga op zoek naar een andere app.

I payed for the full subscription but never got the full version. After a google search I found several people that didn’t got what they paid for. Never got a reply from the helpcentre.

It's helping and encouraging you to be better not just for myself but the people around me.

I have used Headspace for 6 years and it was an amazing journey. But these days they mess up payments when you succesfully update your card details and the customer service only exists of auto-reply bs… then they cancel your subscription because they mess up and fail to respond to emails… that’s how you lose customers.

Over the years, Headspace has helped me sleep, has helped me deal with grief and pain and has been a guide during big life changes. Whatever is bothering you, Headspace has something just for you. It’s not a substitute for therapy, but it’s a great addition. There’s lots of different teachers, so there’s always someone that fits you. Needless to say, I’m a big fan. Worth every penny.

I am using the app now for several years. Periods when I use it more and periods I use it less. But at the end of the day it stays a part of my routine and it helps me become more present. Thanks Andy!

3 maanden achter elkaar dacht ik dat ik deze app had opgezegd, via de app zelf. 3 maanden is er toch geld afgeschreven. Via de klantenservice begreep ik dat ik via Google Play moest opzeggen, wat raar is want je zou zeggen dat als je in de app zelf 3x op ‘abonnement opzeggen’ klikt, dit ook goedkomt. 3 maanden betaald voor niks. Geen waarschuwing, gewoon afgeschreven. De app zelf is goed (vandaar 2 sterren ipv 1), maar de manier van werken vanuit de administratie is gewoon naar. Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat ze dit zelf niet weten.

Heel blij met de inhoud. Wel prijzig. Wat ik echt een beperking vind is dat offline gebruik heel beperkt is. Sleepcasts zijn niet te downloaden waardoor vooraf aan het slapen offline gaan ineens geen optie meer is. Zonde!

I’ve been busy getting my money back for a while but the customer service don’t give it back.
Not so stress relieving app if they charge you a lot of money for something you don’t use and also don’t subscribe anymore!

So slow to to open that I turned to using the website (where I each time have to log in ahain and again ! )
Not good for my mood.