The Essentials is a free collection of content and tools designed to help you take care of your mental health.

Whether you’re dealing with day-to-day stress and anxiety, navigating the weight of the world, or struggling with sleep, the Essentials provides a collection of carefully-curated, practical tools to help you rest and recover.

With guided meditations, grounding exercises, Sleep Stories, movement practices, and more — our hope is that the Essentials will help you stress less, sleep more and feel a little bit better.

The Essentials are free for everyone, everywhere so you can keep them in your back pocket for in-the-moment support, or share with anyone else who might need them.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Guided Breathing for Anxiety: A simple breathing exercise to quickly ease physical tension for reduced anxiety with Dr. Julie Smith.

 
 

Body Scan for Anxiety: A three-minute guided practice from Tamara Levitt to help center and bring to the present.

 
 
 
 

Break the Stress Cycle: A counting practice led by Jeff Warren designed to help you find a sense of calm and grounding.

 
 

5 Steps to Less Stress: A grounding exercise that utilizes the five senses led by Chibs Okereke.

 
 

Ocean Waves: Listen to the soothing and relaxing sounds of ocean waves and enjoy a feeling of ease from the strain of stress.

 
 
 
 

The Emotion Isn’t You: Jay Shetty shares a guided practice to help separate emotions from the understanding of who we are.

 
 

(Grieving) Why Grief, Why Now? A teaching and practice to help grieve with love and honesty from grief specialist Dr. Joanne Cacciatore.

 
 
 
 

Daily Move with Mel Mah: Let go of physical tension and uplift your mood with this full body movement exercise.

 
 

Shift Your Self-Talk: A practice to help reframe one's inner monologue from Calm’s Chief Purpose Officer, Jay Shetty.

 
 
 
 

The Nordland Night Train Sleep Story: A bedtime story about traveling the scenic coast of Norway. Read by Eric Braa.

 
 

Beauty and the Beast Sleep Story: Drift to sleep with a classic fairytale with beloved characters read by Alan Sklar.

 
 
 
 
 

Mental health is hard. Getting support doesn't have to be. The Calm app puts the tools to feel better in your back pocket, with personalized content to manage stress and anxiety, get better sleep, and feel more present in your life. 

 
 
 
 

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