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“Once past a threshold, most meditators use Insight Timer” What is this threshold? I’ve been meditating regularly for this whole year and I just use the stand
by egypturnash 7y ago
“Once past a threshold, most meditators use Insight Timer”
What is this threshold?
I’ve been meditating regularly for this whole year and I just use the standard iOS timer with one of the gentler alarms.
- mcculley 7y agoI was using the standard iOS timer for a long time. I didn't like the noise knocking me out of my session. I built an app (https://quantifiedsit.com https://quantifiedsit.com) that gently taps me on the wrist using the Apple Watch at the end of my planned session. That way I don't have to stop the timer.
- egypturnash 7y agoNice if you’re s smart watch sort of person, I guess?
- mcculley 7y agoI wouldn’t suggest that anybody needs a smart watch in order to meditate. I get a lot of value out of it myself. I enjoy keeping metrics such as heart rate and using reminders and tracking the time I’ve spent meditating. Your mileage may vary.
- abhinavsharma 7y agoThe threshold is around complexity of your practice, and you don't need a complex practice to get very far. It just helps if you have specific goals for your practice. What you're doing is totally fine. Insight timer gives you some useful additions like repeating timers or sub-timers with different bells, e.g. if your practice requires changing the style of meditation 20 minutes in, etc. Also, the sounds on Insight timer are Tibetan bells typically used for coming out of meditations, which have a long but diminishing sound so as to bring you back gently.
- egypturnash 7y agoAh, thanks. My practice has some goals and complexity but I'm still doing fine with the iOS timer. shrug