Headspace for Mindfulness and Meditation
Student Wellbeing is proud to offer all BU students FREE access to Headspace — a research-backed app for mindfulness and meditation.
From waking up to exercising, eating to sleeping, the Headspace app has 1,000+ hours of exercises to help you live your whole day mindfully — not just when you’re sitting to meditate.
Did you know? Over 2,000 scientific studies support the positive effects of meditation. Just 10 days of using Headspace has been shown to result in a 14% decrease in stress. Learn more about how Headspace can improve mental, emotional, and social health.
Sign Up for Headspace and Start Meditating Today
You will be directed to enter your BU login and Kerberos password. Contact us at headspace@bu.edu if you have any difficulty logging in.
Headspace Family Plan
Starting April 1, 2025, BU student Headspace members will have access the ability to invite friends and family to try Headspace – it’s all free through your Headspace!
How to invite your loved ones into your Headspace Family Plan:
- Log into your Headspace. You must already be enrolled in Headspace to add members. See link above to “sign Up” if you are not already a Headspace user.
- Navigate to the Manage Accounts on a web browser . You must be using a web browser, not the app.
- Go to Settings, then Manage Family Plan accounts.
- Invite up to 5 loved ones by inputting their email addresses.
- Click “Save” to ensure the invitations are sent. You’ll see an “invite sent” next to each person once they received an email from Headspace.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who has free access to the Headspace app?
All BU students who have matriculated to the University, and are pursuing a degree program, have free access to Headspace. If you have questions about your eligibility, please email headspace@bu.edu
When does my free access to Headspace end?
Once a student has graduated (or chooses to leave BU), their free access to Headspace will end.
I'm having trouble signing up with my BU email. Can you help?
I don’t see a free subscription option when I log into Headspace. Can you help?
It sounds like you tried to sign up directly through the Headspace app. Instead, you’ll need to sign up through the University enrollment process:
- Click on the link above that says, “Sign up and start meditating today”
- Enter your BU ID and Kerberos password
- Click the orange button that says, “Join Headspace”
- Sign up for Headspace using your BU email address
If you have an existing Headspace account, you can choose to merge them during the University enrollment process. You’ll need to log out of the app and re-log in with your BU email account.
What if I already have a Headspace account?
If you already have Headspace, you can choose to merge your accounts during the University enrollment process. You’ll need to log out of the app and re-log in with your BU email account. The University enrollment process is as follows:
- Click on the link above that says, “Sign up and start meditating today”
- Enter your BU ID and Kerberos password
- Click the orange button that says, “Join Headspace”
- Sign up for Headspace using your BU email address
I’m running into a technical problem. Can you help?
Please contact teamsupport@headspace.com and explain you are an active Boston University student attempting to access the service.
Does Headspace have a privacy policy?
Yes, you can review Headspace’s privacy policy here.
BU does not collect any personal data about Headspace users.
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