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NSDR and yoga nidra style apps focus on guided rest, body awareness, breath, and non-sleep recovery practices.
Because NSDR is often a content format inside broader apps, this category includes apps with strong deep-rest, yoga nidra, or body-scan libraries.
Last reviewed 2026-06-25
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Large free meditation library and teacher marketplace
Insight Timer offers a broad library of meditations, sleep tracks, music, courses, yoga nidra, and teacher-led practices.
Yoga nidra, NSDR, and sleep meditation app
Nidra focuses on yoga nidra, sleep meditation, and guided deep rest sessions.
Yoga nidra and deep relaxation audio app
Yoga Nidra: Sacred Sleep focuses on yoga nidra, deep relaxation, body awareness, and guided rest practices.
Free meditation app from the Medito Foundation
Medito provides free meditation courses, sleep content, breathing exercises, and mindfulness tools.
Sleep sounds, stories, meditations, and tracking
BetterSleep focuses on sleep sounds, bedtime stories, guided meditations, breathing, and sleep tracking features.
Customizable meditation sessions from Down Dog
Down Dog Meditation offers customizable guided meditations from the same ecosystem as the Down Dog yoga apps.
Meditation, theory, and contemplative practice app
Waking Up combines guided meditation practice with theory, conversations, and contemplative education.
Calm is a mainstream mental wellness app with sleep stories, guided meditations, breathing tools, music, and relaxation content.
This directory covers consumer wellness and self-care apps. It is not medical advice, and listed apps should not replace qualified medical, mental health, or emergency care.
NSDR is a broad label for non-sleep deep rest practices. Yoga nidra is a specific deep-rest tradition that often uses body scanning and guided awareness.
They may help users unwind or recover, but persistent insomnia or sleep disorders should be discussed with a qualified clinician.