Tamara Levitt is openly Zionist. I was a long time user of the app - I used the free version from 2012-2017, and then purchased a lifetime subscription in 2017. I also gifted year subs for several friends. It was my favorite app until I discovered Tamara Levitt is openly Zionist. She literally follows the state of Israel on her IG. Maybe that’s unfortunately not surprising given the tech industry, not to mention Jay Shetty is a scammer who takes other people’s experiences and plagiarizes them for his social media content (also think about it - what actual monk would decide to go corporate and have an incredibly expensive and inaccessible “school” for coaches - scam, money grab). It creeps me out to think of all the daily meditations I had listened to with Tamara’s voice, literal years of daily dedicated listening and realizing now that she, like many Zionist therapists and meditation instructors, has conveniently severed herself from humanity by choosing a racist ethnostate that is currently, painfully obliterating the native Palestinian population. How many Western therapists have you seen actually speak about this active genocide the last 2 years that we’ve all been seeing live? It’s spiritual bypassing which in this case is a green light for settler colonial violence. All Zionists have a broken soul because they pick and choose who deserves humanity and who does not. Since deleting the app, I’ve needed to heal myself from what is now an eerie Zionist voice stuck in my memory. I definitely don’t recommend listening to Tamara Levitt unless you want your panic attacks soothed by a Zionist. Traumatizing, ironically.
Listening to one of Calm’s city soundscape for concentration & heard the distant sounds of gunfire and screaming - was at work and panicked thinking we had an active shooter situation- nope was just my “Calm” app soundscape. Not aware that “A Quiet Place” was a horror film as I dont pay attention to those films- nor did Calm in their description even hint that this was a horror soundscape. & it NEVER occurred to me that the sounds of gunfire, people being eaten alive and drowning would be something I needed to watch out for on Calm app! I go to sleep with this app and now am afraid to randomly choose a soundscape for fear of what I’ll wake up to in middle of nt. THANKS CALM- you actually CREATED ANXIETY 👍🏼
I’ve been using the calm app for about 3 months while I recover from a TBI. In this capacity, the quality and expertise of those behind this app has mostly been wonderful. Stories, music, and meditations seem to have universal appeal. However, I was recently jolted awake in confusion as a new, recommended sleep story began describing the masculine features of the one our heroine was falling for, using the pronoun of this masculine character as “she”. It was obviously disruptive to me and not what I expected when trying to be calmed into sleep. I wonder that they chose to celebrate lgbtq+ “pride” against all other indications of promoting general health and calm universal appeal?
Calm premium member for 5+ years ~ highly recommend for Mental health & well-being I’ve subscribed to Calm for many years and highly recommend it. It was especially helpful for me to learn how to meditate. There are so many different ways and you have to find the things that work best for you. Jeff Warren’s 30-day Beginner practice is amazing. Through it and continued practice, I have achieved spiritual enlightenment, and feel as though I’ve been rocketed to a new dimension of life and happiness.
I use the kids meditations with both of my little people, trying to help them learn to be more mindful and better able to handle life.
Thank you, Calm team, for everything you do to make the world a better place!
Love it but can’t afford it Love the app, it’s been amazing and so helpful. I really wish I could keep it, it has helped me more than you know! It’s just too expensive for me. I can’t afford it. I’m thankful for the tile I had with it! Especially after losing my daughter, then grandma and dad all in less than 10 months. This was honestly the best way that helped me sleep! I didnt like the medications. They made me feel off and forgetful. This app helped me feel peace, calmer, and serenity to help me sleep a little better. Thank you! I wish I could keep the subscription. I’m thankful for the peace it has brought me over the last few days 🥰
The Best App Purchase Ever Update: May 2025
What I said a year or so ago still stands. Reading my old review still resonates with me. Simply put, I Love This App.
I have been a customer of Calm for years. It has guided me to sleep, taught me to meditate, provided wondrous music and given me the most glorious sleep stories. I now sleep peacefully. I have learned to release. I meditate daily. This app has given me what I needed and didn’t realize it.
Time has passes and I still listen nightly to sleep stories or Calm music selections. It continues to lull me to quietly fall asleep each night…….
90% of content is blocked The calm app sacrifices actually caring for profit. The most distressing thing for a person in need in help is to see that all the things they need are out of reach.
There is no option available to remove the locked premium features from your search for helpful programs. You have to sift through, having most of them be locked by premium, save for things like basic sounds and the intro to series that might actually help you if you could buy premium.
The creators of this app do not care about people. They care about baiting people to buy premium.
It’s good but I do have some issuesokwelleveryusernameon2025-06-05 To set this off right, it’s a really good app, full of meditation and sleeping aids (I got this to help with my sleeping schedule) but my only thing is the payments, I was gifted a year of Calm and it was amazing and definitely helped me, but as I’m now stuck with the free version, I think just 3 listens for certain options are just a little annoying. Especially because I have random days where I want to listen to other things but if I just have three chances to listen to say a fireplace, it tends to get a little bit too much.
From the time I started listening to Tamara Levitt on a daily basis for over a year until now, some 5 years later, I always find what I need on this app. There are so many wonderful sleep stories that have lulled me to sleep and left me dreaming of wonderful places in the world that I’ll never go to but feel like I have. Mel Mah’s Daily Move has made my physical self move in fun ways and kept me young. On a phone or better yet, an iPad, I hope many others will find the peace and serenity that I have through Calm.
My Mindful MeditationMsB-KidWhispereron2025-06-15 Every morning I start my day off listening to all three daily meditations. Together they provide me with the perfect balance of peaceful guidance for my day. As a counselor to others, there are days that I require a mindful break during the day, so I turn to a short meditation. At night I go to sleep with an Extreme Sleep meditation, which I absolutely love!! As a retired Air Force member with PTSD, I have tried other meditation apps. I found my balance and love the Calm App!!