Headspace is a meditation app that has been around for a long time and one that many people already know about. It might seem ...

There's meditation, and then there's electroencephalogram guided meditation. Muse is a high-tech headband that connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth and measures your brainwave activity, breathing ...

We’ve been listening to the great outdoors from the comfort of our homes since the invention of the portable tape recorder. Can nature sounds drown out the cacophony of modern life? Ellen Wexler - ...

IN 1984 Edward Wilson, a Pulitzer-prize-winning biologist at Harvard, published his theory of “biophilia”. Humans, he argued, “subconsciously seek [connections] with the rest of life” and nature ...

"Rewilding" means to make wild again. When applied to human health and well-being it refers to the process of reconnecting with the natural world. Traditional indigenous practices have long emphasized ...

Ambience (sic) is a popular sleep sound app for Android. It features a clean, simple UI along with a variety of calming sounds. They include things like rain, waves, crickets, and even some music. It ...

In today’s fast-paced world, stress is almost unavoidable. Yet, one simple way to find calm lies in the natural symphony around us birds chirping, rivers flowing, or leaves rustling. Listening to ...

If you struggle to find the focus to accomplish whatever task is at hand, you may want to explore using audio as a way to help you concentrate. Now, we're not suggesting listening to catchy pop tunes, ...

Weather is among the first things people think about when it comes to nature. 1Weather is probably the best weather app right now. It features all the basic stuff like current weather, ten day ...

This post is part of Hard Refresh, a soothing weekly column where we try to cleanse your brain of whatever terrible thing you just witnessed on Twitter. To the extent that "relaxing" online is ...