Apps to calm

(Make sure you check out the video at the end)

Finally!! It’s the end of the year! I can breath a sigh of relief but my neck’s sore and my body needs to relax. I've still got Christmas shopping to do, finish organizing the holiday and then I gotta start worrying about the new year! It’s all too much…here’s a couple of apps to help alleviate the stress even for a short while.

The first app will without a doubt make you calm and so conveniently that’s what it’s called: Calm.

Available on both Apple and Anroid, Calm is a free app that allows you to choose between 3 scenes which will continue to play in the background whilst you slowly but surely relax to the soothing voice of Samantha, well that’s what I call her anyway, who in about 5 minutes will help you become completely de-stressed.

There are a number of in-app purchases providing you with different calming scenarios and if you feel like paying $0.83 / month, you’ll get the entire package!

Now an important part of de-stressing is learning to breathe well and well, that’s what we’re gonna help you do. 

Breathe Well is a free app also available on both Apple and Android that will take you through various levels of breathing exercises helping you to concentrate on breathing properly and ultimately become more relaxed.

Now both of these apps require the use of a quiet room, headphones and a calming posture, whilst our third app requires none of the above and yet can still help you de-stress…it’s time to dance!

Dance Party works similar to WII but it uses your iPhone coupled with your Apple TV. Utilising the iPhones built in accelerometer, the app collaborates with the Apple TV, allowing you to mirror it onto your normal TV and picks up how and where you move your hand that has the iPhone in it. Mirroring the dancer's moves, will increase your score and let’s face it, dancing always de-stresses! Oh, and you can play it with a friend or your family!

So forget about the year that was and the year that will be and just Calm down, Breathe Well and start your own Dance Party. See what I did there, I named all 3 apps in one sentence and it made sense. Clever hey?