For readers of The Mind Illuminated

Prepare the session, note what happened, and see the stages move.

A six-point preparation template, your stages as intentions, and Insights that show which times and lengths give you your best sessions.

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Read: mind-wandering and the stages

The Solvance Journal: sessions by day with their practice, length, feelings and the start of each reflection.
Every session, with how it went in your own words. This is a demo account.
Your conditions, measured

Know when you meditate best

  • You meditate most in the morning (48 sessions).
  • In September, 74% of sessions felt good or better.
  • Try three morning sessions.

Examples of the plain sentences Insights writes. Yours come from your own sessions.

Built for a staged practice

The log a meditation teacher would ask for

  1. Six points before, two after

    The Six-point preparation template drops into a session note in one click, with space after the session for mind-wandering and what stood out.

  2. Your stage as an intention

    Set the stage you're working on as an intention, link each session to it, and see how many sessions it's had and how long it's been growing.

  3. Find your best conditions

    Insights compares your sessions by time of day, length and practice type, and tracks the depth and mix of your sessions month by month.

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How the trial works

Try everything for 14 days. Then decide.

Today
Every Insights tab, unlimited tags, templates and intentions. No card, so there's nothing to be charged.
Day 14
You choose. Stay on Free, with the Timer, Journal, Daily Log, streaks and heatmap, for as long as you like. Or keep Advance for $59.99 a year (about $5 a month) or $9.99 a month, plus tax where it applies.
Always
Nothing you wrote is deleted when the trial ends, and you can export or delete everything whenever you like.
Questions

Asked before starting

Anything else? The Help center has the rest, or ask us.

Can I name my own practice types, like stages or techniques?

Yes. Practice types, feelings, day tags and Daily Log sliders are all yours to name, so you can track 'Stage 4', 'Following the breath' or anything else in the words you use.

I already log my sessions somewhere else. Do I start from zero?

No. Import a CSV of past sessions from Insight Timer's session export, or from any app or spreadsheet, in Settings → Data & Account. You see a preview first, and importing the same file twice never adds a session twice.

Bringing history from another app
Who can read what I write?

You, and no one else using Solvance. What you write is encrypted before it's saved, and we don't sell your data, show you ads, or use your writing to train AI. You can download everything, or delete your account, whenever you like.

How your writing is protected
What does it cost?

Free covers the Timer, Journal, Daily Log, Notebook and Intentions, with up to 5 practice types, feelings and Day tags, and 3 activities, plus the heatmap, streaks and milestones. Advance opens every Insights tab and removes the limits, for $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year, plus tax where it applies. Every new account starts with 14 days of Advance, with no card needed; afterwards you stay on Free unless you choose to upgrade.

Free and Advance: what's included

The Mind Illuminated is a book by Culadasa (John Yates, PhD), Matthew Immergut and Jeremy Graves. Solvance isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by its authors or publisher; the template is our own, inspired by the book's preparation steps.

Stage by stage

Give your practice the log it deserves.

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