Calm app turns into an HBO Max series

It's not often that an app becomes a TV show. Meditation app Calm partners with WarnerMedia and Nutopia to help the HBO Max's subscribers relax, which is much-needed in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic. They will produce a 10-episode series based on its popular Sleep Stories feature. A World of Calm will have a host of big stars narrating the 30-minute episodes, including Mahershala Ali, Idris Elba, Oscar Isaac, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Lucy Liu, Cillian Murphy, and Keanu Reeves. The series is expected to combine "mesmeric imagery" with plots designed to help, well, calm its viewers.

A World of Calm will be HBO Max's first entry into the health and wellness programming. It isn't known yet when the show will debut on the streaming service. You can check out one of the Sleep Stories that Calm offers above.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

CALM meditation app helps FIFA World Cup soccer fans de-stress during game time

The world's most popular meditation app has launched a series of quick guided calming moments designed for FIFA World Cup fans. CALM.com 's "World Cup Collection" was created to help fans who stress over the ups and downs of their favourite teams while in play. 

Three separate meditations of different lengths are offered:

A short, three-minute breathing mediation called a "Penalty Shoot-Out Breather" offers fans a break in between anxious moments at the end of extra-time and the start of the penalty shoot-out, that typically lasts four minutes. 

A longer 10 minute meditation is available for fans to use to help calm their nerves during either most or all of the penalty shoot-out itself. 

A broader meditation in the format of Calm's normal "Daily Calm", which focuses on the same theme but makes it relevant to other Calm users facing moments of acute anxiety. 

Find them at calm.com