Guided Meditations reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 197 Reddit reviews across 27 subreddits and 59 posts to rank the best Guided Meditations brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Meditation, r/Mindfulness, r/AstralProjection, r/audiomeditation, r/shiftingrealities. Top-rated brands include YouTube (4.3/5), Insight Timer (4.7/5), Meditation Channel (5.0/5).
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Reviews197
Subreddits27
Posts59
Brands86
Products29
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#1
YouTube
4.3
(25)
"This is my favourite, use it at a time when it's no big deal if you fall asleep."
"Id like to share this guided meditation with you."
"Green Tara mantra by Meditative Mind on YouTube is best self love mantra."
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"This one is excellent."
"I have over 50 guided meditations on my channel, all of which are suitable for beginners."
"I have a short, 8-minute meditation that could help you."
"This one was genuinely relaxing…for me, anyway."
"Try searching for alunir's guided meditations on YouTube!"
"Yoga Nidra for deep rest with Sleep Dragon (varuna)"
#2
Insight Timer
4.7
(20)
"Insight Timer has post surgery meditations and subliminal healing music."
"Insight timer app hundreds to chose for free."
"My favorite app for guided meditations is Insight Timer."
"In addition to InsightTimer, YouTube has some really good teachers."
"Insight timer app is life changing!"
"I highly recommend you check out the phone app Insight Timer."
"Insight Timer is great, especially the timer section."
"Insight Timer, free and amazing"
"Insight Timer is great!"
"INSIGHT TIMER - is great and multi-featured even in the free version there are 1000s of guided meditations and ‘meditation music’ of all sorts."
#3
Meditation Channel
5.0
(10)
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"“Meditation-Channel “on YouTube Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"Meditation-Channel on YouTube Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process! She is also on Insight Timer"
"“Meditation-Channel “on YouTube Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
#4
Headspace
4.3
(11)
"It's a paid subscription, but I have subscribed to Headspace for about 10 years and love it."
"I love headspace. Student subscriptions are $7 a year if you want a larger library."
"Headspace, an app, has free beginner courses and Andy is a very soothing speaker."
"I used Headspace for a while and the basic daily meditation works for me."
"I've just started and I follow Headspace."
"The headspace video series on Netflix has been great for both my daughter and I (both beginners)."
"I've just started and I follow Headspace."
"Headspace is $10 for a year if you can prove you're a student!"
"Headspace 14gb file from torrent it has everything you need"
"The headspace app is pretty beginner friendly and accessible."
#5
Calm
4.3
(6)
"He loves the sleep stories!"
"The Calm app is my favorite. There are free meditation on there but I pay a yearly fee to use all features and love it."
"There is a series on the Calm app that I found moderately helpful."
"Insight timer and calm app are both great"
"I've been doing guided meditations using the Calm app and a few others I've found scattered around Spotify and YouTube."
"I got the premium in the calm app and it’s been good for my needs"
#6
Balance
4.0
(6)
"Balance app"
"Here’s a recent review of Balance, 10% Happier, Bloom, Present, Oak & Simple Habit"
"Now I'm using Balance and like others have said the first year is free."
"Balance does a free first year!!"
"Balance is free for one year they had a promotion going on i think"
"Balance"
#7
Waking Up
4.6
(5)
"Waking Up is also amazing. I've had success with all three."
"Can 100% recommend Sam Harris' app, Waking Up. So much good quality content on there for all levels."
"Waking up. You can ask for a one year license that's free."
"You can get a free 30 day trial of Waking Up (then just make a temporary email and get another)"
"I like the app Waking Up. It cost 50$ but if you go on their website they will give you access for free."
#8
Medito
4.0
(5)
"Download medito app it's nice"
"Medito!"
"Medito and Insight Timer."
"Medito"
"Medito is totally free, smiling mind is also free. Both start you off on the basics."
#9
Michael Sealey
4.3
(4)
"Michael Sealey"
"I like listening to Michael Sealy on youtube for sleep hypnosis."
"I used to do a body scan meditation by Michael Sealey that I found amazing."
"So many people claim that they work."
#10
Plum Village
4.3
(4)
"I use the Plumb Village app by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. It has guided meditations, relaxation techniques and several other practices and talks, plus everything is totally free."
"May I suggest trying to use the plum village app"
"The guided meditations at Plum Village are pretty darn good."
"Plum Village is free, and very well designed imho"
#11
Joe Dispenza
4.7
(3)
"I love joe dispensa morning and evening meditation."
"Joe Dispenza morning and evening meditations to get whatever you want."
"Joe Dispenza or MindfulPeace on YouTube is great!"
#12
Adyashanti
4.7
(3)
"Adyashanti has some very powerful guided meditation that concern self love and worthiness."
"Adyashanti meditations are fantastic."
"I like meditations guided by Adyashanti, but they are usually longer than 20 minutes."
#13
Alan Watts
4.7
(3)
"Alan watts guided meditation."
"I love Alan watts listen. I think it’s about 8-10 minutes but he explains how to meditate."
"Alan watts guided. Never had I needed another."
#14
10% Happier
4.0
(3)
"10% Happier is nice, very secular, but super helpful for beginners."
"10% Happier"
"I’m a fan of 10% Happier for the breadth of material. They will give you a free trial."
#15
Michael Taft
5.0
(2)
"Michael Taft has great guided meditations."
"Michael Taft SFDC!"
#16
Sadhguru
5.0
(2)
"Isha Kriya by Sadhguru."
"Isha Kriya by Sadhguru: https://youtu.be/PsKEgrx0Xwc"
#17
Mooji
5.0
(2)
"Mooji is my fav."
"Mooji is the best I have found in 8 yrs of meditation."
#18
The Mindful Movement
5.0
(2)
"The Mindful Movement, recommended by my therapist!"
"I absolutely love "The mindful movement" on YouTube."
#19
Isha Kriya
5.0
(2)
"Isha kriya by sadhguru >>>>"
"Search for isha kriya, ancient technique in its purest form."
#20
The Anxiety Guy
5.0
(2)
"The Anxiety Guy Youtube Meditations hands down!"
"The Anxiety Guy Youtube Meditations hands down!"
#21
The Honest Guys
4.5
(2)
"I highly recommend the channel 'The Honest Guys'."
"Take a look on YouTube at 'The Honest Guys'. I have enjoyed a few of their guided meditations."
#22
Declutter the Mind
4.5
(2)
"Declutter the mind is awesome and free."
"I just started meditation and although it might be very basic I really like the app declutter the mind."
#23
Smiling Mind
4.5
(2)
"Smiling Mind - totally free, available on Apple, Android, & web, & evidence-based, with a range of meditations suited to all ages & experience levels."
"Smiling mind is a good free one that I use."
#24
Black Lotus
4.5
(2)
"Black Lotus app as the best place to find guided meditations because it has very high quality guided meditations on various themes"
"These are step-by-step simple tutorials that will help you to meditate correctly."
#25
YouTube Guided Meditations
4.5
(2)
"Meditation on Gratitude, Compassion, Forgiveness, and Inner Peace helped me a lot."
"Check out these guided meditations."
#26
Jon Kabat-Zinn
4.5
(2)
"I urge anyone on this sub who hasnt gone through jon kabat zinn’s guided meditations."
"Some of his tracks are free on YouTube."
#27
Alunir
4.5
(2)
"I reached the void state for the first time without even meaning to whilst I was doing one of their meditations."
"Anything by Alunir. You find her on YouTube"
#28
1 Giant Mind
4.0
(2)
"1 GIANT MIND - is also free, and something I recommend to friends who have never meditated before"
"I really like the 1 Giant Mind app, it's free, and a mantra app instead of mindfulness."
#29
Heartfulness
4.0
(2)
"Try r/Heartfulness."
"Heartfullness app offers free meditation with trainers"
#30
Tara Brach
4.0
(2)
"I like her guided meditations a lot."
"Tara Brach on Spotify"
#31
Guided Meditations
3.5
(2)
"I would highly recommend seeking out a book that just looks good or interesting to you."
"I use some videos of guided med but nothing clicked yet."
#32
Mark Williams
5.0
(1)
"Mark Williams"
#33
Samaneri Jayasāra
5.0
(1)
"Check out this guided meditation."
#34
Loving Rose
5.0
(1)
"Loving Rose grounding cord meditation."
#35
Mindful Peace
5.0
(1)
"Mindful Peace has a bunch of great ones."
#36
YouTube Guided Meditation
5.0
(1)
"This one is my all time favorite to recommend."
#37
Susannah
5.0
(1)
"Check this out on YT, she has too many to list."
#38
YouTube Yoga Nidra
5.0
(1)
"I really like this channel on YT for Yoga Nidra."
#39
Moments of Space
5.0
(1)
"Some great meditations including weekly Youtube shorts."
#40
Audible Guided Meditation Program
5.0
(1)
"I have got tremendous results by using this Audible program."
#41
BSWA
5.0
(1)
"Ajahn brahm from BSWA is awesome."
#42
Meditation-Channel
5.0
(1)
"Highly recommended ♥️Enjoy the healing process!"
#43
Tara Brach and Kristin Neff
5.0
(1)
"I also love Pema Chodron. Mindfulness Self Compassion (MSC) and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) both really emphasize the importance and power of self-compassion."
#44
Rob Burbea and Chris Cullen
5.0
(1)
"They not only give awesome guided meditations with a lot of creative possibilities."
#45
Philip Carr-Gomm
5.0
(1)
"I find it immerses me very well and gets me to that level of "mind focused meditation" faster than a straight instrumental tra"
#46
Henry Shukman
5.0
(1)
"The Koan Way by Henry Shukman rocked my world."
#47
Yongyey Mingyur Rinpoche
5.0
(1)
"Yongyey Mingyur Rinpoche has been very helpful with my meditation."
#48
Jason Stephenson
5.0
(1)
"Jason Stephenson on Spotify!"
#49
Lavendaire
5.0
(1)
"Lavendaire is wonderful!"
#50
Yoga with Melissa
5.0
(1)
"Yoga with Melissa's yoga nidra videos are my favorite."
#51
Joseph Goldstein
5.0
(1)
"Joseph Goldstein - Big Mind Meditation."
#52
Yoga with Hitesh
5.0
(1)
"Yoga with Hitesh, the best channel from all I have practiced with."
#53
Lotimus
5.0
(1)
"They have highly imaginative story driven meditations and a whole sound team that are just beyond talented."
#54
Brahma Meditations
5.0
(1)
"Try this channel (Brahma Meditations -Morning Guided Meditations)"
#55
Yoga Nidra
4.0
(1)
"Yoga Nidra/NSDR works really well for me."
#56
DARE
4.0
(1)
"DARE is an app for panic disorder and they have meditations specifically about driving."
#57
Unlock Your Life
4.0
(1)
"I really like her guided spiritual hypnosis."
#58
Monroe Institute
4.0
(1)
"Check Monroe Institute."
#59
Silva Ultra Mind
4.0
(1)
"Silva ultra mind."
#60
Abraham Hicks
4.0
(1)
"Abraham hicks."
#61
Gregg Braden
4.0
(1)
"Check out Gregg Braden."
#62
Giovanni Dienstmann
4.0
(1)
"Giovanni Dienstmann."
#63
Energy Body
4.0
(1)
"Chakra based guided meditations kind of do this."
#64
SoundCloud
4.0
(1)
"These are the introductory guided meditations that start with 5 minutes on week 1"
#65
Midl Meditation
4.0
(1)
"Diaphragmatic breathing is very helpful for calming the experience of anxiety."
#66
Dhyanse
4.0
(1)
"He does a great job covering classical yoga meditations."
#67
Ram Dass
4.0
(1)
"There are some Ram Dass ones :D"
#68
Hypnosis
4.0
(1)
"Theres an app called "Hypnosis" (it has JC in blue for the image.) This one has tons of meditations."
#69
Holosync
4.0
(1)
"I've been using Holosync to meditate for the last 4 years and it's been a huge help for me."
#70
Reya
4.0
(1)
"But alunir is always great to look into. You could try Reya’s guided meditation."
#71
Loving Kindness Meditation
4.0
(1)
"Loving kindness meditation is a good one, if you google it it’s easy to find."
#72
Hemi-Sync
4.0
(1)
"Hemi-sync app has some good ones!"
#73
Pure Turtle
4.0
(1)
"Look up Pure Turtle on YouTube, several meditations on there."
#74
Expand
4.0
(1)
"Expand is a good app done by Monroe institute"
#75
Heart Rhythm Meditation
4.0
(1)
"I suggest that you learn about Heart Rhythm Meditation."
#76
Self Compassion
4.0
(1)
"Check her out on www.self compassion.org."
#77
Tripp
4.0
(1)
"I use the Tripp app on my Oculus."
#78
Atom
4.0
(1)
"Atom is excellent for beginners, and rewards you by adding a tree to your digital forest each day."
#79
Goodful
4.0
(1)
"Goodful on youtube also has a couple meditation videos."
#80
Entrance
4.0
(1)
"I like anything by Entrance."
#81
Whispers of the Wolf
4.0
(1)
"I like Whispers of the Wolf."
#82
Wild Wonders
4.0
(1)
"Wild wonders is a new channel but really great content."
#83
Kelly Howell
4.0
(1)
"I utilized Kelly Howell's work especially at night."
#84
Peloton
4.0
(1)
"I use the peloton app which has thousands of meditations."
#85
Shinzen Young
4.0
(1)
"It dances a mix between information and meditative cues that I find enjoyable for bedtime."
#86
Spotify
3.0
(1)
"I’m a big fan of this one (mind you…I haven’t been able to successfully project—however, I have gotten pretty far, and I’ve done this one 6-7 times now)."
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