I spent 10 days using the popular mindfulness app Headspace - this is what it's like
Headspace
Headspace uses a series of cartoons to illustrate meditation principles. You'll see this cute little dude pretty often.
It does this through a smartphone app full of "guided meditations" - audio sessions where one of the company's co-creators leads listeners on a journey of contemplation.
Headspace's app is designed for the totally uninitiated. It expects that you've never meditated before and that you may not understand the "point" of meditation practice. Its goal is to teach you the foundational aspects of meditation in your first 10 days of using the app.
The company is banking that at least some users will like the app enough to shell out for a pricey monthly or annual subscription.
So, does it succeed? Yes and no. This is how my first 10 days with Headspace went:
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