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15 Best Meditation Youtube Channels for 2021

Published: March 25, 2021 Updated: November 25, 2022
Published: 03/25/2021 Updated: 11/25/2022
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Written by:

Sandra Calzadilla

LMHC
Dena Westphalen, PharmD
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Dena Westphalen

PharmD
  • Goodful1.
  • Calm2.
  • Tara Brach3.
  • Great Meditation4.
  • New Horizon – Meditation & Sleep Stories5.
  • Headspace6.
  • The Honest Guys 7.
  • Mooji8.
  • Meditative Mind9.
  • Healing Vibrations10.
  • Actualized.org11.
  • Relax for a while12.
  • Michael Sealey13.
  • Jason Stephenson14.
  • Yoga With Adriene15.
  • When to See a TherapistFind a Therapist
  • Additional ResourcesResources
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Sandra Calzadilla

LMHC
Dena Westphalen, PharmD
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PharmD

Meditation can be very therapeutic for a variety of mental health issues. Whether you’re practiced at mediating or need some guided help, here are some YouTube meditation channels for every experience level.

1. Goodful

Goodful is a self-care channel focused on health, fitness, and everything that makes up self-care, including meditation. You can find ten to fifteen-minute meditations for anxiety, self-love, sleep, and beginners. Their soft colors and practiced speakers make for a soothing, welcoming meditation experience. Plus, the videos often stay in the same color throughout the entire video, encouraging you to relax, close your eyes, and be free from potential distractions.

2. Calm

If you’ve looked into any mindfulness or meditation options recently, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Calm, the very popular meditation app. But Calm’s YouTube channel is also full of great meditation options, from their popular sleep casts for their ten-minute daily meditations.

Videos are peaceful, usually leaning on nature visuals like ocean waves or breezy grasses, with soft ambient sounds like birds chirping, logs cracking on fire, and more. Read more in our Calm app review.

3. Tara Brach

Tara Brach, PhD, is an American psychologist and Buddhist practitioner. Her YouTube channel is a resource of education on mindfulness and meditation, making it a good option for someone looking for more information about why meditation might be helpful for them.

You can also find guided meditations on her website. Topics include cultivating deep listening and creating a welcoming heart space.

4. Great Meditation

Great Meditation’s goal is to make a difference, one view at a time. Choose by time, feeling, or even male or female voice. They offer beginner courses as well as specific meditations for career struggles, relaxation, as well as more advanced concepts like chakra balancing and finding higher consciousness.

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5. New Horizon – Meditation & Sleep Stories

What makes New Horizon special is its meditations for kids and adults. Their videos are used by parents, teachers, and therapists. If your child struggles with falling asleep or relaxing, this is a great resource.

Popular videos include this Land of The Unicorns meditation for children and this guided meditation to find your higher self.

6. Headspace

It would be nearly impossible to talk about meditation without mentioning Headspace, the popular meditation app that offers sleep stories, meditations, and more. Their YouTube channel hosts mini-meditations, educational videos, and even a celebrity meditation series. Plus, their animated meditation tips series is almost soothing enough by itself. Read more in our Headspace review.

7. The Honest Guys 

This channel offers mediation, relaxation, and even fantasy visualizing videos. It’s hosted by Rick Clark and Kevin Brown, who initially started the channel to review various self-improvement systems. Now they’re responsible for tons of videos alongside their writer, Siân Lloyd-Pennell. Videos include body scans, healing light visualizations, relaxation, and guided sleep stories.

You might even be able to catch one of their themed live streams. As of writing this, the channel is currently streaming the “Cozy Sleep Collection,” a series of videos designed to help you fall asleep during the colder months with the thoughts of warm blankets and cozy beds.

8. Mooji

Anthony Paul Moo-Young, or Mooji, was born in Jamaica before immigrating to London as a teenager. Mooji began to experiment with spirituality as an adult, eventually leading him to India, where he trained with renowned spiritual leaders.

Mooji’s channel is run by his team, and features guided meditations, interviews, and seminars from past events. His peaceful presence may be a good balm for those looking for mediation with a strong spiritual leaning.

9. Meditative Mind

If you struggle with sitting in silence to meditate but find guided meditation difficult or distracting, Meditative Mind’s videos may help. Each video is formulated with solfeggio frequencies, mantra chants, and various other resources to help sleep, relax, or meditate. Listening to their chants and vibrational tones may be meditative itself.

Choose from healing tones, Tibetan temple sounds, and om chanting set to calming visuals and soothing music. They work as a great background to your meditation practice or a chance to focus on specific issues.

10. Healing Vibrations

This health, wellness, mindfulness, & meditation channel heavily features crystal singing bowls, a type of large bowl usually made of crystal or other material that creates a soothing sound when rung or circled along the rim with a finger or tool. Their videos are softly lit in comforting shades of blue, pink, purple, and other gentle colors that make them easy and pleasant to watch.

If you want something active to watch while meditating without someone speaking, Healing Vibrations may work well for you. Still looking for guided meditations? Check out their sister channel here.

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11. Actualized.org

Actualized.org is “non-ideological teaching grounded in direct experience and contemplation.” A fair bit of warning with this channel; founder Leo Gura isn’t afraid to swear during his videos. His no-nonsense approach on all things spirituality might be a welcome addition to those looking for straight-forward information outside of practiced religion.

His meditation playlist is no exception. Simple, no-frills, and a little intimidating at times, but that might be exactly what you need.

12. Relax for a while

Even adults need bedtime stories, so that’s what channel creator Joanne decided to make. These videos are good if you’re looking to give your mind a break or find old fairytales comforting.

Her guided meditations, sleep meditations, and bedtime stories have an ethereal quality to them, like her Beauty and the Beast reading, or The Mermaid and The Boy. She also has anxiety and panic attack talk down videos to help in crisis moments.

13. Michael Sealey

Michael Sealey uses relaxation hypnosis to bring listers to a heightened state of deep relaxation and focused attention, “where positive suggestions can be more easily accepted by our subconscious minds. Imagine a fantastic and tranquil state of daydreaming, and that is very close to hypnosis!”

Uncertain about hypnotherapy? Sealey’s videos offer plenty of options for meditation and relaxation, whether you want to calm an overactive mind or want to cultivate gratitude in your life. Be sure to be in a safe place where you can fall asleep before listening to his videos.

14. Jason Stephenson

Stephenson’s channel is equal parts meditative music and guided meditation, so there’s something for everyone. Most of his videos are guided sleep meditations. Topics include self-acceptance, soothing anxiety, and healing affirmations.

Stephenson has been studying meditation for nearly 15 years. He started meditating after abusing drugs and alcohol. “I relied on meditation and affirmations at this time to get me through some of the darkest days of my life,” he says.

15. Yoga With Adriene

Adriene’s channel is technically a yoga channel, but yoga is often a form of active meditation, where body flow and movements are done in conjunction with releasing difficult emotions or allowing mindfulness in. Her sessions are often for specific needs, like uncertainty, courage, and even grief. Still, Adriene has a series of guided meditations rooted in yogic practices if you’re still looking for traditional meditation.

When to See a Therapist

Mindfulness meditation is often used with therapy to help with anxiety, depression, and more. If you’re ready to consider therapy as part of your mental health treatment, find a therapist in your area today.

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For Further Reading

  • Find out which mindfulness app is better for you: Headspace vs Calm.
  • Looking for a therapist? Read our review of the best online therapy options.
  • Review the best mental apps of the year.
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  • NAMI

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Dena Westphalen, PharmD
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  • Goodful1.
  • Calm2.
  • Tara Brach3.
  • Great Meditation4.
  • New Horizon – Meditation & Sleep Stories5.
  • Headspace6.
  • The Honest Guys 7.
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  • Meditative Mind9.
  • Healing Vibrations10.
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