Plum Village: Mindfulness

As a therapist and a pastor, I find myself recommending this app to people all the time. Not only that… I actually use it. The mindfulness bell chimes on my phone every half hour (the time interval is customizable) reminding me to return to the present moment and breathe. The meditations range from 2 minutes to over an hour and range in difficulty. I use the shorter meditations to transition my head space in between sessions with clients. I often use the longer meditations to prepare for sleep. Any beginner to mindfulness practice and/or Buddhism should have this on their phone. It is the single best resource available, and completely free.

I downloaded this app specifically so that I could have a mindfulness reminder bell because it's impossible to set up on iOS. It worked once. And I have just spent the last three hours waiting to hear the bell go off even though I have followed the instructions now twice and nothing happened.