HEADSPACE for Tritons is here! The popular mindfulness app and all its upgraded "Plus" features, is now FREE for registered UCSD students!

Be kind to your mind!  HEADSPACE is one of the most popular mindfulness apps (40 million users) that teaches you how to meditate in your everyday life.  Meditation has been shown to help people stress less, increase focus, and sleep more soundly.  Headspace will teach you the life-changing skills of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day!  Use anywhere, anytime.  This membership unlocks Headspace Plus, which includes hundreds of meditations and exercises for sleep, anxiety, focus, and fitness.  Sign up using your "@ucsd.edu" email account.  Start meditating today!

• ALL Headspace Plus features UNLOCKED for Tritons
• Everyday mindfulness and meditation for stress, anxiety, sleep, focus, fitness, and more.
• Find out what mindfulness can do for you in just 3 minutes a day. Use anywhere, anytime.
• Reduce stress and increase resilience. Start meditating today!
• Create account/login using your @ucsd.edu email address

Sign-up for Headspace here

If you are seeking more comprehensive and dedicated intervention, TAO is a highly interactive, web-based program that provides assistance to help overcome anxiety, depression, relationships/communication, and other issues. This program provides detailed evidence-based intervention and interactive exercises/tools to directly address your mental health challenges. Learn more with a video introduction @ https://vimeo.com/444538223.

Instructions to Register:

1. In your browser window, navigate to https://us.taoconnect.org/register
2. Enter First Name, Last Name, and your school email address
3. Create a Password (Ignore if you use SSO with TAO)
4. Leave the 'Enrollment Key' field blank.
5. Click Sign Me Up
6. Check your email. You will be sent a Welcome to TAO email with a confirmation link which you must click on to sign in.
7. Download the TAO Moble App from the Apple Store or Google Play Store
8. Sign-up for TAO by clicking the button below (then select “Signup for Self-Help” and use your UC San Diego email address)

Sign-up for TAO here

WellTrack provides confidential self-guided tools and resources to help manage stress, anxiety and depression. MoodCheck, WellTrack's companion mobile app (Android and Apple), is a mindfulness daily mood tracker, which will ask you to record how you are feeling a couple times a day. It will track your moods and activities over time showing you the trends between low and high moods, a critical component to improving overall mental wellness. WellTrack is great way to integrate mental health into your busy daily life without hassle. Consider it a "FitBit" for mental health.

• Sign up for WellTrack by clicking the button below (you will need to use your UCSD email address)

Sign-up for WellTrack here

iRelax, you relax, we all can relax! Below are audio relaxation recordings. These mp3 downloads were recorded by CAPS staff. We also have a selection of recordings in other languages.

iRelax audio in English (mp3)

• Basic Meditation (MP3)
• Bubbles Visualization (MP3)
• Deep Breathing Exercises (MP3)
• Beach Visualization (MP3)
• Relaxation and 5 Words (MP3)
• Guided Visualization (MP3)
• Five Words (MP3)
• Massage (MP3)

iRelax audio in additional languages (mp3)

• Mandarin: Muscle Relaxation (MP3)
• Hebrew: Relaxation & Safe Place (MP3)
• Japanese: Deep Breathing (MP3)
• Korean: Deep breathing (MP3)

Free Online Mental Health Screenings

You can take an anonymous online mental health screeing for the following areas:

• Overall Well-Being
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Bipolar / Mood
• Eating Disorders
• PTSD
• Alcohol and Substance Use
• Gambling