Headspace

Headspace is an English-American online company specializing in meditation. It was incorporated in May 2010 in London, England, by Andy Puddicombe and Richard Pierson. It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, with San Francisco and London offices. The company mainly operates through its online platform, which provides guided meditation sessions to its registered users with mindfulness. The overall content is offered through a freemium subscription service model.

Puddicombe cut short his university studies in Sports Science at 22 and traveled to Asia to become a Buddhist monk. He was fully ordained at a Tibetan Monastery in the Himalayas. In 2004, he returned to the UK on a mission "to make meditation accessible, relevant and beneficial to as many people as possible." While running a meditation clinic in London, he met his future business partner, Rich Pierson.

Headspace provides guided meditation resources online, accessible to users through the company's website and via a mobile app on the iPhone and Android platforms. Users can access ten days of free content, after which they have the option to take out a monthly or annual subscription or continue with the free trial material.

In June 2014, Headspace launched version 2 of its platform. Content in version 2 of the app focused on four areas once users have completed the Foundation stage: health, performance, relationships, and Headspace Pro. The app uses gamification to encourage users to meet and master a level of meditation before moving on to a more advanced section. Each session is about ten minutes long, usually in audio format.

Detail information:

Website: https://www.headspace.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Headspace