Seventeen guided practices, from grounding, silent sitting and the candle flame to the evening review, the four adorations of the Sun, Tattva visions, the LBRP and Rising on the Planes — read aloud, hands-free if you like, with a breath pacer, a filter for the time you have, a builder to chain practices into one session, a check-in before and after to see what settles you, a path to follow and a journal for what you notice. Each practice is drawn as a strip of its steps by length, and five have a figure that follows the step you pick: the Middle Pillar's five lights on the body, the body of light rising up the Tree, the square of the fourfold breath, the temple of the Lesser Banishing Ritual, and the Sun's four stations of Liber Resh for your place. Drag a timed step in the strip to make it longer or shorter, and your timings are kept; find your own breath by holding a circle as you breathe in, counted one to ten as in Zen, and pace the guided practices to it; the guided countdown is a ring you tap, with dots to jump between steps, and the calendar shows what you did on any day.
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BEGINNER · ABOUT 12 MINUTES
The tree meditation: roots into the earth, branches to the sky. The foundation of every practice.
How do you feel right now? (optional — you will be asked again afterwards)
THE SHAPE OF THE PRACTICE
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Press and hold the circle while you breathe in; let go while you breathe out. Breathe as you are, without changing it. Each out-breath is counted from one to ten and round again, as Zen beginners are taught to sit (susokukan, “counting the breath”): if you lose count, begin again at one.
A few breaths and your rhythm will show here.
For example: ground, sit, then close. Add practices in the order you want them; they run as one guided session. (Tattva visions and sleep practices stay on their own.)
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Samatha settles the mind and vipassanā sees clearly.
Sources: Majjhima Nikāya 118
Guided mode keeps your screen awake, chimes softly at the end of each timed step, and can read the steps aloud. If any practice leaves you anxious or unsettled, stop, ground yourself, and return to the simpler practices. Meditation is not a substitute for medical or psychological care.
A few things to do with this tool, from a first try to a habit. Each one you tick counts as practice for the day, towards your streak and milestones.
Kept in this browser. Notes you send to the journal are kept there as well.