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
Your last audio practice
⚓ Anchor
Vela — Today: Pick up where you left off
Done
🌿 You took a step today.
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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 — Label the Thought: Step back from the thought
Step back from the thought The thought doesn't have to leave; you look at it from a step back.
Vela — Urge Surfing: An urge's strength shifts like a wave
An urge's strength shifts like a wave You don't have to act on it right away; see your own wave.
Vela — Mood map: Watch your mood become a map
Watch your mood become a map One color a day. See the pattern by month or year.
Vela — Expansion: Make room for a hard feeling
Make room for a hard feeling Even if the feeling doesn't shrink, the space around it can grow.
Vela — Your values: From a value to a goal, from a goal to a step
From a value to a goal, from a goal to a step Everything you write collects here.
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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Grounding

When a hard moment pulls you in, bring attention back to the present moment with Drop Anchor, or come back here with your five senses.

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Cognitive Defusion

Notice that a thought is just a thought. Labelling, repeating the word 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. 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. 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.

01

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.

06

Committed Action

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

Plus a Psychological Flexibility integration lesson and a Self-Compassion bridging 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

Anchor

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

3 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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Your Hands and Your Thoughts

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

3 min
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Passengers on the Bus

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

4 min
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The Struggle Switch

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

3 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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Riding the Wave

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

4 min
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The Stage Show

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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Loving-Kindness for Self

Treat yourself the way you would treat a friend.

5 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.

21 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.

2 min
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Come back to now

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

2 min
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Body Scan

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

1 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.

4 min
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Repeat the Word

Repeat the word out loud until the meaning dissolves and only sound remains.

3 min
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Urge Surfing

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

5 min
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Expansion

Give a hard feeling a shape and look at it as it is.

2 min
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The Unchanging Self

Who watches your thoughts?

2 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.

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  • ✓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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  • ✓All 16 audio meditations
  • ✓All 9 ACT lessons
  • ✓All 21 practices
  • ✓Deepening practices
  • ✓Personal insights and weekly patterns
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Take one step today.
Small is fine.

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

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