Does anyone else use the Headspace app? Do mindfulness? I'm feeling a lot more balanced

[Chumhum]

Over the last few years I've suffered on and off with low levels of depression and a lot of anxiety that I haven't really been to the GP about. I used to take SJW and found it useful, but fundamentally I wanted to stop the anxiety and constant internal rumination/spiralling and couldn't see how taking anything was going to help.

I'd heard about mindfulness and thought it was all hippy cross legged meditation and not for me. Somehow I came across the Headspace app and gave it a go as it's free unless you decide to subscribe (which I have done now) and I can't believe how much not only do I enjoy it but it's begining to help me feel a bit more balanced.

I'm no expert on mindfulness, but wondered if anyone else was doing this with or without this app and wanted to chat about it. I'd like to learn more and can't help feel that there'd be other people who'd get a lot from it.

I am busy with the headspace introductory sessions and have so far done 8 of them. I'm experiencing some problems:

• I find it impossible to tune out sounds, I've always been sensitive to sound. When it gets to the part of the meditation where you have to focus on sound I don't hear any more than I do during the rest of the session, if that makes sense.
• The moment I focus on my breath I have to breathe deliberately, I cannot just "notice" my breath.
• I don't feel any different after I've done my 10 minutes.

I will persevere as I really feel this is a skill worth learning.

I'm up to session 18 with HeadSpace now and sometimes I am making progress. Anyone else still doing it?

I'm trying to start using this but I can't get it to work

It won't download even the first days 10 min practise, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Head spaces own support is as much use as a chocolate fireguard,
I would be very grateful for any help.