Open Timer & sessions. The Distraction-free timer tab is where every sit begins.
Set up the sit
- Choose a Practice type: breath, body scan, loving-kindness, whatever you do. Your list is yours; change it with Manage in Settings.
- Pick an Ambient sound, or leave it on Silence. (More in Sounds for sitting.)
- Roll the Duration wheels to hours, minutes and seconds.
- Optionally link the sit to one or more Intentions.
- Press Start Practice.
Open-ended sits
Leave the duration at 0:00:00 and the timer counts up instead of down, with a slowly pulsing ring. Stop whenever you feel finished.
While you sit
The screen dims to a single ring. There's nothing to read and nothing to tap, which is the point. If life interrupts, Pause and Resume. When time's up, a soft singing-bowl chime plays (always, even on Silence), and Complete & Reflect takes you to the reflection.
Try it
Open the Timer The best way to learn it is to use it.