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Not that anyone asked: I've long given up on meditation timers. I go to a room without any digital technology except for a Casio F91W. I have gotten good at ga

Not that anyone asked: I've long given up on meditation timers. I go to a room without any digital technology except for a Casio F91W. I have gotten good at gauging how long I've been concentrating for and if I have aversion to continued sitting I just peek at the watch to know how long it's been. This is a solved problem that costs $0 and I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindfulness'.

saulpw 3y ago
Yup. I count my breaths in batches of 12 (batch count on the in breath, breath count on the out breath). So like "1-1, 1-2, ..., 1-12, 2-1, 2-2" and it works out that the batch count is the number of minutes I've been meditating. So if I want to meditate for 10 minutes I do 10x 12-counts. No technology needed, can be done anywhere, anytime.
- CrypticShift 3y ago
  > No technology needed, can be done anywhere, anytime. I call this doing nothing with... nothing. It aligns closer to the spirit of emptiness.
- kaosnetsov 3y ago
  I haven't heard about this before, did you learn it from someone? I usually just count breaths up to 10 and then restart and have a timer for 10 minutes - the timer usually ruins the mood. This is genius and I'm going to start doing this instead.
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago
  Counting makes it not so effective for me, but so do timers. I tend to just meditate however long feels right from 5-45 minutes.
- mayukh 3y ago
  This is brilliant. For me it was about 8 counts per minute (and I could adjust on the fly). This is a good one to add to the arsenal of breathing techniques. Re: the app. My personal experience has been after while if you need an app to do nothing …
broscillator 3y ago
For how long do you usually meditate?
rpastuszak 3y ago
Author here. I 100% agree, don't obsess about the tools, do whatever works for you. I use the app mainly for meditation and despite having decades of experience I tend to lose the track of time. I get the impression that you haven't read the article/UI text in the app, so can't comment on the rest of your message I'm afraid. But, to you some time: I don't charge for the app, I hate ads, I just want people to sit down and do nothing/stop doomscrolling. No need to meditate and no ideology involved.
Nextgrid 3y ago
> I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindfulness'. That's my reaction to all these mindfulness and mental health apps/services. The same tech bros that have created and profited off this crisis in the first place are now trying to sell a solution.
wlonkly 3y ago
I suppose it costs one Casio F91W, but I get what you mean. Good-quality incense burns pretty consistently -- when I sit, I sit the time it takes one stick to burn down. There's even incense-burners that will ring a little bell when the stick burns down, but I just stay aware of it.

saulpw 3y ago

Yup. I count my breaths in batches of 12 (batch count on the in breath, breath count on the out breath). So like "1-1, 1-2, ..., 1-12, 2-1, 2-2" and it works out that the batch count is the number of minutes I've been meditating. So if I want to meditate for 10 minutes I do 10x 12-counts. No technology needed, can be done anywhere, anytime.

CrypticShift 3y ago
> No technology needed, can be done anywhere, anytime. I call this doing nothing with... nothing. It aligns closer to the spirit of emptiness.
kaosnetsov 3y ago
I haven't heard about this before, did you learn it from someone? I usually just count breaths up to 10 and then restart and have a timer for 10 minutes - the timer usually ruins the mood. This is genius and I'm going to start doing this instead.
ParetoOptimal 3y ago
Counting makes it not so effective for me, but so do timers. I tend to just meditate however long feels right from 5-45 minutes.
mayukh 3y ago
This is brilliant. For me it was about 8 counts per minute (and I could adjust on the fly). This is a good one to add to the arsenal of breathing techniques. Re: the app. My personal experience has been after while if you need an app to do nothing …

broscillator 3y ago

For how long do you usually meditate?

rpastuszak 3y ago

Author here. I 100% agree, don't obsess about the tools, do whatever works for you. I use the app mainly for meditation and despite having decades of experience I tend to lose the track of time. I get the impression that you haven't read the article/UI text in the app, so can't comment on the rest of your message I'm afraid. But, to you some time: I don't charge for the app, I hate ads, I just want people to sit down and do nothing/stop doomscrolling. No need to meditate and no ideology involved.

Nextgrid 3y ago

> I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindfulness'. That's my reaction to all these mindfulness and mental health apps/services. The same tech bros that have created and profited off this crisis in the first place are now trying to sell a solution.

wlonkly 3y ago

I suppose it costs one Casio F91W, but I get what you mean. Good-quality incense burns pretty consistently -- when I sit, I sit the time it takes one stick to burn down. There's even incense-burners that will ring a little bell when the stick burns down, but I just stay aware of it.