Also I think it's a Silicon Valley neurosis that you need an app or technology to address problems like depression and low self-esteem (which meditation in the traditional sense addresses).
kabat-zinn guided meditations with lots of silence, free
body scan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oKWQiEWYs
10 min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HYLyuJZKno
40 min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQkzhyXEc-0
(many others, search kabat-zinn on yt)
you don't need an app.
Yes and it's sad that they all do it. I would prefer a one time buy.
Apparently they too switched to a freemium subscription model. Having subscription models for meditation apps is like having a subscription model for a music service with 20 albums. I get that there's the whole tracking aspect of it but that's hardly interesting enough and there's not enough demand for new content to make sense to rent monthly. Clearly I'm in the minority because Headspace is hiring in Santa Monica and SF now.
I'll say this, if Converse changes to a subscription model for chucks there's gonna be trouble...
Cost? No idea.