ACT-Based Mental Wellbeing

Learn to be
kind to
yourself.

Vela brings the principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into everyday life. Evidence-based, without judgement, at your own pace.

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9
ACT lessons
16
Audio meditations
3–7 min
Daily micro-session
This week
🌿 11 practices
Vela — Today screen: the day's suggestion, an open values step and this week's practice count
Mood calendar
🗓️ 8 days logged August
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Evidence-based ACT
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Privacy first
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No ads, no streaks
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iOS & Android
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3–7 minutes a day
From the app

A quiet interface,
a day without noise.

These are not design mockups — they are the app's own screens.

Vela — Today screen
Today One suggestion for today, your open items and this week's count. No streaks — you can always come back.
Vela — Practice screen
Practice Lessons, tools and audio in one place. Start with whichever you need today.
Vela — Mood screen
Mood Each square is a day. Tap today to log it; past days stay as they were.
Vela — Me screen
Me Your values, the letters you wrote to yourself, and a plain summary of the week.
Vela — Focus screen
Focus Timed practices show one thing: the step, the timer, pause. Nothing else.
Why Vela

Psychological flexibility,
one step a day.

Vela never tells you to "feel better". It helps you make room for what you feel and keep moving in the direction you care about.

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Breath & Grounding

Come back to the present with breath awareness, dropping anchor and the five-senses exercise.

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Cognitive Defusion

Notice that a thought is just a thought. Labelling, singing it out and more put a little distance between you and your mind.

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Mood Tracking & Insights

See your patterns with a daily check-in. A map of your year, a monthly view, and personal insights that emerge over time.

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A Letter to Yourself

On a hard day, write to yourself the way you would write to a friend. It stays on your device — and weeks later your own kind words come back to you.

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Values Compass

Explore the areas that matter in your life. Name your choice point and take small, concrete steps toward your values.

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Audio Meditations

16 ACT-based guided meditations. Dropping Anchor, Leaves on a Stream, self-compassion and more — all inside the app.

Very good
Very good
Spring — open and alive
Good
Good
Leaf — gentle growth
Steady
Steady
Earth — solid, level ground
Hard
Hard
Dusk — transitions have their own beauty
Very hard
Very hard
Storm cloud — storms pass
Mood Tracking

Every feeling counts,
none of them is judged.

In Vela feelings are not sorted into "good" and "bad" — they are easy or hard. The palette follows ACT: it is there to build awareness, not to grade you.

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Log your mood with a single tap
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A map of your year — 365 days at a glance
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Monthly view and a short weekly summary
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Missed days never shame you — just come back
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Personal insights and pattern analysis
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The Programme

Psychological flexibility
in six processes.

The six core ACT processes, turned into 9 lessons and short daily exercises. Each one draws on clinically studied methods.

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Cognitive Defusion

Notice that a thought is just a thought. Gain some mental distance from what your mind insists on.

02

Acceptance

Make room for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them. Spend that energy on what matters.

03

Present-Moment Contact

Come back from past regrets and future worries to right now, with short awareness exercises.

04

The Observing Self

You are not the sum of your thoughts. Meet the part of you that has been watching all along.

05

Values

What actually matters to you? Clarify your values across the main areas of life and find your compass.

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Committed Action

Take concrete steps in the direction of your values, and keep track of what you set out to do.

Plus aPsychological Flexibilityintegration lesson and aSelf-Compassionbridging lesson — 9 in total.
Guided Audio Meditations

Put your headphones on,
take a moment for yourself.

16 guided meditations covering the six ACT processes and self-compassion. Two are always free; the rest come with Premium. English and Turkish, all bundled in the app — no connection needed.

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Free

Dropping Anchor

Reconnect with your body and your surroundings in an intense moment.

4 min
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Free

Leaves on a Stream

Place each thought on a leaf and let it drift.

3 min
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The Sound of Now

A gentle return to the present through your five senses.

3 min
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Thanking Your Mind

Step back from the judging voice: thank it, then carry on.

3 min
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Hands as Thoughts

Let your hands stand in for your thoughts; see them, notice, step back.

2 min
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Passengers on the Bus

Thoughts are passengers, you are the driver; stay at the wheel.

3 min
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The Struggle Switch

When you stop fighting a feeling, the struggle itself has more room to settle.

2 min
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Making Room

Make room for what is hard — without pushing it away or shutting it down.

4 min
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Urge Surfing

Watch an urge rise and fall like a wave, without acting on it.

4 min
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The Show on Stage

Thoughts and feelings are on stage — you are in the audience.

3 min
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Sky and Weather

Feelings are passing weather; you are the sky that holds them.

3 min
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A Valued Direction

Which way is your inner compass pointing? Choose a direction, not a goal.

3 min
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One Small Step Today

Pick the smallest step you can take today toward what you value.

3 min
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Kindness to Yourself

Treat yourself the way you would treat a friend.

3 min
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Compassionate Body Scan

Visit your body area by area with warm attention.

5 min
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Soften and Allow

Stay beside a difficult feeling — soften, soothe, allow.

4 min
The Toolbox

Tools that stay
with you in hard moments.

23 practices in total, 9 of them free. Short, source-backed exercises for anxiety, stress and overwhelming thoughts.

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Drop Anchor

Reconnect with your body and surroundings in an intense moment. The ACE steps from ACT.

3 min
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Back to the Present

Use your five senses in turn to come back from an overwhelming moment.

3 min
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Breath Awareness

Watch your breath without changing it. When attention wanders, bring it back gently.

5 min
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Body Scan

Move through your body area by area. Notice where the tension sits.

5 min
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Leaves on a Stream

Place each thought on a leaf and let it drift. A defusion practice.

3 min
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Label the Thought

"I'm having the thought that …" Saying it that way creates the distance.

3 min
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Surf the Urge

Watch an urge rise and fall like a wave, without acting on it.

4 min
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Choice Point

Away move or toward move? Line up one action with your values.

3 min
Pricing

Start free,
go deeper if you want.

Mood tracking, journalling and the core practices are always free. Premium unlocks every audio meditation and the remaining lessons.

Free
$0
Always
  • ✓Unlimited mood tracking and year map
  • ✓A letter to yourself — journal
  • ✓9 free practices
  • ✓Values Compass and Committed Action
  • ✓2 audio meditations
  • ✓The first 2 ACT lessons
  • –The remaining 7 lessons
  • –14 audio meditations
  • –Personal insights
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7-DAY FREE TRIAL
Premium
$9.99
per month · cancel anytime
save ~50%or yearly$59.99
  • ✓Everything in the free plan
  • ✓All 16 audio meditations
  • ✓All 9 ACT lessons
  • ✓All 23 practices
  • ✓Deepening practices
  • ✓Personal insights and weekly patterns
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Coming Soon

Take one step today.
Small is fine.

Vela is coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Explore your mental wellbeing at your own pace, without judgement.

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App Store
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Google Play

To hear when we launch:app.cbas@gmail.com