The best apps to help you find your inner Zen
From tracking your sleep to advanced analytics for meditation, there are all sorts of apps to help you keep stress under wraps
By Li Ming
Everyone feels stressed from time to time; and not all stress is bad. In fact, that is your body’s way of responding to any kind of demand or threat.
(The body’s defences kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction, or the stress response.)
But stress over a prolonged period — chronic stress — may not only affect your well-being but your health too (though you may not know it).
You may think illness is to blame for that nagging headache, your frequent insomnia or your decreased productivity at work. So what are you going to do?
Well, if listening to Weightless by Marconi Union (dubbed “the world’s most relaxing song ever”) doesn’t do the trick for you, there are some apps out there that can help you get your zen on and face the day ahead.