Claude Monet, The Water Lily Pond — the surface of the pond, moving

The first art meditation app

Combining art and neuroscience

To help the world regain mental clarity

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Claude Monet, The Water Lily Pond, c. 1917–19 · Albertina, Vienna — Batliner Collection
What we do at Heartful

Immersive guided meditations, inside the world’s great masterpieces

Designed using art psychology research to calm and nourish
Where masterpieces become your multi-sensory sanctuary
Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley
Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)
c.1882–85
Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Go beyond mindfulness. Into a deeper Heartfulness.

Science and art

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48% lower risk of depression among people who engage with art once a month or more.

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Visual artists recorded a brain age 6.2 years younger than matched non-artists.

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49% lower dementia incidence among people who visit museums every few months or more.

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James McNeill Whistler, Violet and Silver — The Deep Sea: bands of teal sky, violet cloud and deep blue-green water
James McNeill Whistler, Violet and Silver — The Deep Sea, 1893 · Art Institute of Chicago · CC0

Art engagement measurably heals the body and rejuvenates the nervous system

“What we didn’t realise until we did these studies is just how powerful the effect on the brain is.”
Semir ZekiNeurobiologist
Prof. of Neuroaesthetics, UCL

Scans measured the brains of individuals while they were shown images of paintings. According to the brain scans, “when you look at art… the blood flow increased for a beautiful painting just as it increases when you look at somebody you love.” Cortisol levels immediately drop, and pleasure sensations measurably increase.

Ishizu, T. & Zeki, S. (2011). Toward a brain-based theory of beauty. PLoS ONE 6(7).

Zeki, S. (1999). Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain. Oxford University Press.

How it works

The portal to history’s great masterpieces is in your pocket

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Wander our galleries
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Enrich and hone your personal taste
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Meditate inside the artwork

Why art meditation?

Art is human stories. It is empathy. Works made by real people trying to express real feelings, emotions, and experiences. By curating you a personalised selection of artworks, our immersive meditations have the unique capacity to understand you on a profound level. It taps into a universal human experience. Through art, we introduce a narrative variety and emotional depth unseen in traditional mindfulness.

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