Guided meditation, with the tradition it came from
Guided meditations from the yoga and Buddhist traditions, from watching a breath to sitting with an unanswerable question. Each one names the text it came from, none of them talks over you, and the app suggests the one that fits how you arrived.
The guides
- AnapanasatiBeginner7 min readbreath awareness meditationYou do not control anything. You watch the breath that is already happening, and the mind slows down with it. The oldest meditation there is, explained.Read the guide
- VipassanaBeginner7 min readbody scan meditationTen minutes of attention moving through the body, changing nothing. What the body scan is for, which direction to travel, and what the research shows.Read the guide
- Ajapa japaBeginner7 min readso ham meditationSO on the inhale, HAM on the exhale. A mantra that needs no chanting because your breath is already saying it. What so-ham means and how to practise it.Read the guide
- Metta bhavanaBeginner7 min readloving-kindness meditationStart with yourself, end with everyone. The order is the technique. How metta is practised, why it begins where it does, and what the research measures.Read the guide
- CittanupassanaIntermediate7 min readnoting meditationOne quiet word for whatever the mind is doing. What mental noting is, what the research says naming does, and when to drop the labels entirely.Read the guide
- Jyotir dhyanaIntermediate7 min readvisualization meditationA warm light in the chest that grows with each breath. How the classical light meditation works, and what to do if you cannot picture things.Read the guide
- Nada yogaIntermediate7 min readnada yogaA meditation made entirely of listening. Follow sound as it gets finer until nothing is left to hear, and meet the inner sound the tradition promises.Read the guide
- Atma vicharaAdvanced7 min readself-inquiry meditationNo object, no mantra, no breath to follow. Just one question held open. How Ramana Maharshi's self-inquiry works, and who should leave it alone.Read the guide
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