Mental Health Tools
New users can try Balance: Meditation & Sleep ($70 per year) for an entire year free, and it'll be hard not to get hooked in the interim. Answer questions about your biggest mental health needs, and receive a digital program that's personalized to you. Need a quick fix? Cue up one of its "singles" for a few minutes of guided work on relaxation, communication, focus, work stress, loneliness, fear, pain, and more.
For an unplugged — but admittedly glam — guided meditation, light a 3rd Ritual BEL Meditation Candle ($175). Stick the kit's solid brass pins into the candle, higher up for shorter sessions and lower down for longer ones. As the wax melts, the pins will fall, landing on the base with a full-bodied ding. Allow the resonant sound to pull you to the present moment from a breathwork, meditation, or journaling practice.
Any Virgos in the house? This one's
for you. Pretty, light, and beautifully organized, Silk + Sonder Monthly Journals ($25 per month) are a
journal-planner hybrid that arrive on
a subscription basis at your door. Each one offers thought-provoking prompts and a structured way to capture and pursue both short- and long-term goals.
Silk + Sonder Monthly Journal
Best Journal
Ground your body and mind during meditation with the Hyperice Core ($199). This vibrating orb syncs up to audio so you experience a calming vibration in time with, for example, the gentle whoosh of waves. While you're meditating, the thumb ECG sensors track your heart rate; afterward, the app shows you how the practice affected your autonomic nervous system (the one in charge of unconscious tasks like breathing).
Hyperice Core
Best Meditation Tech
Calm Nest
Best Energy-Healing Platform
Channel your healing and personal growth through Calm Nest (treatments $100 and up), which offers intuitive coaching, breathwork, reiki, sound healing, somatic movement coaching, and so much more. The platform —
sort of like a Zocdoc for holistic wellness treatments — connects you to energy-healing practitioners, so you can find someone who matches your needs and vibe. Deeper connection could
be just one session away, whether
virtual or IRL.
Balance: Meditation & Sleep
Best Mental Health App
3rd Ritual BEL
Best Meditation Tool
