READY
READY
Ten minutes is the length most teachers suggest starting with, and the one people come back to after trying longer sittings for a week and quietly stopping. The point of a timer here is narrow but essential: it removes the question of how long is left, which is the thought that ends more sessions than restlessness does.
There is nothing else on this page for a reason. Guided sessions, streak counters and breathing animations all put something on the screen to attend to, which is the opposite of the exercise.
The tip: sit down, then start the timer. The thirty seconds of arranging a cushion and finding a position are not meditation, and starting first turns them into a small rush. Start it when you are already still, and let the first minute be the settling.
When it ends you get one short chime rather than an alarm. If even that is too much, mute it with the sound button beside the controls and just watch for the display to change.
Yes: the sound button beside the controls mutes it, and the setting is remembered on this device. The display still changes to the finished state.
Not on this page. A bell in the middle is a second interruption, and the one at the end is the only one the exercise needs.
Ten minutes daily beats thirty minutes on Sunday. If ten feels long, five every day is a better starting point than a longer sit you skip.