Cool Koala: Bedtime Meditation

I downloaded the Cool Koala app in order to help my son calm down at the end of the day and prepare for bedtime. After using this app for several months, I have seen a remarkable positive impact not only at bedtime, but throughout the day. The meditations offer breathing and visualization techniques which prove to be helpful in various situations (for example, imagining your worries put into a balloon and drifting away into the sky), and our son now asks to listen to Cool Koala every night. From Ryan's calm voice to the relaxing accompanying guitar music, we have found this app and the meditations it provides to be the ideal way to close each day with our son. We highly recommend this app!

Highly recommend! My son loves it and it helps him fall asleep quickly

Cool Koala has really changed our bedtime routine for the better! I love doing this nightly with my son (7) and daughter (4) it’s such a great way to relax and connect. The personalized meditations are unique and special. Both kids lit up when they heard Ryan say their name. The topics seem so relevant to the big feelings kids have every day. And they’re super relaxing for me too!

Cool Koala was the perfect fit for our bedtime routine. My 7 year old would get wound up at bedtime unloading all the struggles of his day but with Cool Koala the meditations help him to let go and relax. Since using the app he falls asleep faster and has better sleep translating to better days. I see him integrating the coping techniques outside of using the app and he’s able to navigate through situations that in the past would have thrown off the whole day. Thank you Ryan for sharing your talents with us.

What I love most about this app is that it gets straight to what you downloaded it for: the experience. It does a great job of serving up the content and keeping all the nuts and bolts of menus and granular options out of your way. I always know it will be immediately playing within seconds of opening it, which is worth more than it sounds like when dealing with a group of children finding their various paths into their separate serene settings. Thanks Cool Koala!

Our grandchildren love it! So much so, they ask for it when they are trying to wind down. Very helpful.

We are so happy to use this app to create a calming wind-down to our day. This really helps the challenge of transitioning from fun to bedtime for our son. He looks forward to the relaxing time as he falls to sleep. Definitely the best approach and Ryan has exceeded our expectations.

I feel so fortunate to have found Cool Koala for my 5 and 8 year old. Ryan and his good friend Cool Koala have become like family members each night, guiding our kids to sleep. Our 8 year old has often spoken of having “too many tabs open” in her brain at bedtime. My wife began sharing some sleep meditations at one point but unfortunately the app we used only had a handful of mediations for kids. After a google search for more meditations for kids we found Cool Koala and it was an instant hit. Meditations are new each night but follow a theme for each day of the week, which offers consistency of message. Routine is important to kids with anxiety as in our family, so knowing what will happen each Tuesday or Wednesday is always a plus. Ryan’s delivery is very calming but more importantly helps deliver a message or lesson in self affirmation to all kids but especially those suffering from anxiety. We also enjoy that each meditation runs about 15 minutes with half of the time being wind down time with calming music and ocean sounds to reflect on the lesson. Its a tough time to be a parent and keep your cool. And it’s a tough time to be a kid, let alone one with anxiety. It’s comforting to know that each night when I hear “Hey! It’s Ryan! And I’m here with my good friend Cool Koala…” that positive messages at the end of a busy day will help my kids believe in themselves and bring the day to a calm, positive close.

We started using this app every night when my then 9 year old was having emotional meltdowns. I love that Cool Koala meditations also have lessons on how to handle anger and frustration. Cool Koala has become an important part of our nightly bedtime routine. Ryan has such a soothing voice. I highly recommend this app!

We love this app. We used the meditation before bed every night with my 7 year old and it helps her go right to sleep. So grateful for this app and look koala. :)