Mindfulness Meditation Application: Global Market

Executive Summary

Mindfulness meditation is a spiritual practice that involves focusing one's attention on the present moment while accepting one's thoughts and feelings without judgment. It has been found to have numerous health benefits, including reducing stress, anxiety and depression; improving sleep quality; and lowering blood pressure.

There are many mobile apps that offer guided meditation and mindfulness exercises. Most of these apps provide users with a variety of techniques to help them relax and achieve a state of mindfulness, such as deep breathing exercises, body scans and visualization techniques. Research has shown that using these apps can reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression. They may also be helpful for managing chronic pain and improving overall well-being.

Problems such as stress, fear, worry, depression and sleeplessness can affect one’s physical health and contribute to chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer, if not addressed early. External constraints, including one’s work, societal expectations and financial problems, can exacerbate stress. However, young people are becoming more knowledgeable about these disorders and how to lead healthy lives. People are engaging in relaxing pursuits. Even businesses are implementing wellness initiatives to reduce employee stress in the workplace.

Mindfulness meditation apps can be downloaded and used on a smartphone, wristwatch or tablet. By teaching users breathing techniques, muscle and body relaxation techniques, and mental imagery exercises, these programs help people cope with stress, chronic pain, high blood pressure and a range of psychiatric disorders. With the advent of care reflection programs to treat anxiety, stress and depression, the market for mindfulness meditation apps has expanded to include young as well as older people. In addition, current technologies and online media persuade individuals to use mindfulness meditation apps simply to keep up with daily tasks.

In this report, the global market for mindfulness meditation applications is segmented by service type, operating system, age group, end user and geographic region. Service types consist of free and subscription. Operating systems consist of IOS, Android and others. The three age groups covered are 10 to 20, 20 to 35, and over 35. End users consist of individual and commercial. Geographic regions are North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). North America currently is the dominant regional market for mindfulness meditation applications.

Companies Mentioned

• Aura Health
• Betterme
• Breethe
• Calm
• Headspace Inc.
• Insight Network Inc.
• Inner Explorer Inc.
• Meditopia
• Simple Habit
• Ten Percent Happier