Waking Up: Meditation & Wisdom

Waking Up LLC

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About this app

Waking Up isn’t just another meditation app—it’s a new operating system for your mind, and a guide to living a better life. You’ll not only discover a deeper approach to mindfulness than you’ll find elsewhere; you’ll also learn wisdom, insights, and philosophy to help transform how you see yourself and the world around you.

Sam Harris, neuroscientist and best-selling author, created Waking Up to be the resource he wished he’d had when he began exploring meditation and mindfulness over 30 years ago.

Waking Up is free for anyone who can’t afford it. We never want money to be the reason why someone can’t benefit from what we’ve built.

Practice mindfulness👤
• Start to truly understand meditation with our step-by-step Introductory Course
• Whether you’re a beginner or advanced practitioner, you’ll get straight to the heart of real mindfulness
• Learn not only the “how” of mindfulness, but also the “why”
• Our Moment feature offers daily reminders to help you bring more mindfulness into your life

Learn the true purpose of meditation🗝️
• Meditation is about more than just relieving stress, sleeping better, or improving your focus
• Open the door to a deeper understanding of yourself
• Find useful features, like meditation timers, Q&As, and an ever-growing audio library

Wisdom for a better life💭
• Explore some of life’s most important questions, on topics like neuroscience, psychedelics, effective altruism, ethics, and Stoicism
• Insights from renowned authors and scholars like Oliver Burkeman, Michael Pollan, Laurie Santos, Arthur C. Brooks, James Clear, and more
• Discover wisdom and philosophy free from New Age claims or religious dogma

Renowned mindfulness teachers💡
• You’ll be guided through meditations from prominent teachers like Joseph Goldstein, Diana Winston, Adyashanti, Jayasāra, and Henry Shukman
• Access a wide range of contemplative practices, including Vipassana, Zen, Dzogchen, Advaita Vedanta, and more
• Listen to profound insights, wisdom, and contemplative teachings from throughout history—those that have stood the test of time, including historic voices like Alan Watts

“Waking Up is, hands down, the most important meditation guide I’ve ever used.” Peter Attia, MD, best-selling author of Outlive

“If you’ve had trouble getting into meditation, this app is your answer!” Susan Cain, best-selling author of Quiet

“Waking Up is not an app, it’s a path. It is equal parts a meditation guide, a philosophy master-class, and a highly-focused TED Conference.” Eric Hirschberg, former CEO of Activision

SUBSCRIPTION
Subscriptions automatically renew, unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage your subscription from your Google Play account settings. Payment will be charged to your Google account.

Terms of service: https://wakingup.com/terms-of-service/
Privacy policy: https://wakingup.com/privacy-policy/
Satisfaction guarantee: If you don’t find the app valuable, email us at [e-mail] for a full refund.

Ratings and reviews

I'm a Sam fan boy. And I'm captivated by this essential app for everyone. I use it every day, as many times as possible, and it truly changes one’s life. It reshapes the fundamentals upon which everything else is built—or left unbuilt. You can sleep to it and wake up to it, needing only ears and mind, not eyes. Highly, highly recommended—a genuine blessing to humanity, steadily improving each day.

I'm unsurprised that longtime meditators find this app's intro course so powerful. Sam dives into some advanced techniques. If you are a beginner or intermediate meditator, like me, you will probably be frustrated by the sessions about "having no head" and Sam's assertion that the self is an illusion. Overall, I like that the app focuses on the theory behind meditation and is less commercial than other apps. I'll keep using it for a year and see if my opinion changes.

I love this app! It's easy to navigate, because it's free from too much visual clutter, and the introductory course feels like a welcoming experience. Also, the customer support team is super friendly and helpful. When I emailed with questions about billing, they were prompt and kind in their replies. I keep recommending Waking Up to everybody! There aren't many apps I would actually pay for. This is one.

What’s new

We’re making improvements to enhance your app experience. This update focuses on fixing bugs and optimizing performance, ensuring everything runs smoothly and reliably. No big changes this time—just refining the little details that make a big difference.