Guided Meditation & Deep Relaxation Audio app review: helping you achieve relaxation

18 Jun 2013 Reviews

Introduction

The Guided Meditation & Deep Relaxation Audio editation app is no longer in iTunes but our best meditation apps for iPhone list has some good alternatives. You can find all the best iPhone apps on our applists. We have also reviewed these meditation apps or check out all our iPhone app reviews:-

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Guided Meditation & Deep Relaxation Audio by the Silva Method by MindValley LLC was created for those people who find they need help when it comes to relaxing and getting into a state of deep meditation. The process to get to that point doesn't have to be confusing or time consuming when you have someone or in this case something to guide you. The app was updated on June 13, 2013 and is available in English and Italian.

User Experience

This app has some pretty impressive numbers to back it up. The Silva Centering Meditation Exercise is world-famous and has been in use since 1964 helping more than six million people around the world. It has been shown to help you reach that state of well-being, which in turn gives you more energy and a better quality of life. The app gives you a great way to experience what the Silva Centering Meditation Exercise is all about in a simple and easy-to-use way.

Features

Whether you are brand new to meditation or you've tried before but haven't had great success, this app can help you out. It can even help you understand what meditation is and what it offers for your body. The app features a 30-minute audio exercise that you can listen to and help you reach that state of well-being. You are guided through the exercise by an experienced instructor that helps you reach that relaxed state of mind.

During the voice guided exercise you will also hear a soft and constant thudding sound in the background of the audio. This sound features a beat of 14 cycles per second and is used to simulate the Alpha Level frequency that helps your brain to get into the state of deep relaxation. The exercise is very simple on your part, just find a comfortable position (usually sitting up), then close your eyes, and begin the audio.

In-App Purchases

There are no in-app purchases.

Update Info

Version 1.2.3 featured a number of bug fixes and changes to the design and layout of the app making it more pleasing for users.

Customer Ratings and Feedback Comments

The app currently has 444 customer ratings with an average rating of 3.5 out of five stars.

Personal Comments by Reviewer

This app made some pretty lofty promises stating that it could help you reach that point of well-being that other meditation exercises just aren’t able to achieve. While I found this app very simple and enjoyable to listen to the audio I don’t believe that it can work for everyone.

I’m sure there will be those users who just don’t find success with this one but on the flip side there are plenty of people who will enjoy great success with it. At the very least even if you don’t get to that deep state of relaxation the app is soothing to listen to and can certainly help you unwind.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Uses the Silva Centering Meditation Exercise to help you reach a deep state of meditation
Is a 30-minute voice-guided audio session
Very easy to use

Cons

There are no customization features
There is only one 30-minute exercise
There are no interactive features
It’s very basic

For: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), and iPad with iOS 5.0 or later. Guided Meditation & Deep Relaxation Audio by the Silva Method is optimized for iPhone 5.