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APPS TO HELP YOU CATCH SOME ZZZ’S
These days the pace of life is really simmering down, but shutting off completely can still be a problem for a lot of people. For this reason we’ve curated a list of calming apps to guide you down the path to Zen and off to dreamland at the touch of a button…
1. PAUSE
Stimulate your internal snooze-button with a little help from your smartphone. Using your finger to guide a bubble around the screen that gently grows to fill the space. Based on the ancient meditation practices of Tai Chi and validated with EEG-technology this is far more effective than counting sheep.
2. CALM
Downloaded over 50 million times, this app is little short of a revolution. Who said bedtime tales were just for kids, the app’s famed ‘Sleep Stories’ are a viral sensation and as comforting as being tucked in. Narrated by celebrated names and designed to send you up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire.
3. MINDICINE
A favourite of the creator of one of the newest editions to our beauty hall and green-guru, Tata Harper. This app harnesses the power of sound frequencies to stimulate the main types of brain waves (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and theta) which can both encourage your creativity and trigger some shut-eye.
4. F.LUX
At least two hours before you retire, it’s time to activate this smart contraption that is easily downloaded which alters the amount of blue light that is emitted from your phone. For a full-on blackout channel your inner Holly Golightly with a sleep mask.
5. DEEP SLEEP WITH ANDREW JOHNSON
In need of a sandman? Then look no further than the soothing voice of Andrew Johnson. Trust in the UK’s most popular clinical hypnotist to send you on your way to the land of nod by relaxing into guided meditations designed to tap into your inner calm as you drift off.
