Download a free, high-quality mindfulness app

By Malayka Gormally. This article was initially published in the 12/19/24 edition of our Concussion Update newsletter; please consider subscribing.

A mental health professional alerted us to a free, high-quality mindfulness app from the UCLA Mindfulness Education Center (also in a Spanish language version). It is good timing to share information about this app since our previous newsletter covered meditation, particularly mindfulness, for at-risk populations. We also discuss mindfulness in our Yoga and Meditation resource. Information about the UCLA Mindful App is here; download the UCLA Mindful App on the Apple Store or Google Play. 

The UCLA Mindful App includes eight different Basic Meditations (available in multiple languages), a series of six Health and Wellness Meditations, recordings of Weekly Meditations and Talks led by the UCLA team, a meditation timer, and a link to many of these same resources (including videos) in Spanish.

Check out their video gallery on their website, which includes pre-recorded talks about meditation and mindfulness.

You can also join their free Weekly Meditation Class, led by Diana Winston, Director of UCLA Mindful. The program is every Wednesday, 4:00 - 5:30 pm PST, but there is no class on December 25 or January 1. The live programs explore topics such as "self-compassion, working with judgments, obstacles to meditation, dealing with difficult emotions, mindfulness in challenging times, and the spectrum of awareness.”