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Countdown, open stopwatch, and guided breath-interval modes with singing bowl audio, mandala visualization, and local session tracking.
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Countdown for set-duration sits, Open stopwatch for freeform sessions, and Breath to layer guided breathing over any timed practice.
4-7-8, Box Breathing, 4-4-6-2 coherence, Calm Breath, Energizing, and fully configurable Custom — each with a visual breath-progress arc.
A live SVG mandala visualizes your session progress on the outer ring and breath-phase progress on an inner arc, with a petal pattern that pulses while you meditate.
Synthesized singing bowl with three harmonic overtones plays at session start and end. An optional 108 Hz ambient drone sustains focus throughout.
Every session logs mode, duration, preset, and breath pattern to localStorage. Your stats panel shows total time, sessions, and active day streak.
Nothing leaves your device. No account, no upload, no tracking — all data lives in your browser's localStorage.
Developed by Dr. Andrew Weil as a portable stress-relief tool. The 7-second breath retention and 8-second exhale activate the vagus nerve and promote deep parasympathetic relaxation. Ideal before sleep or for anxiety reduction.
Used by Navy SEALs, surgeons, and high-performance athletes, box breathing creates regulated, symmetrical breathing that steadies the autonomic nervous system. Excellent for pre-session focus and mid-practice grounding.
Simple 5-5 resonance breathing synchronizes heart rate variability and breathing rhythm, a state associated with improved cardiovascular health and emotional regulation. The easiest pattern for beginners.
A front-loaded breath with a long inhale and short exhale gently stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, promoting alertness and mental clarity. Best used at the beginning of a practice or when you need to be present and focused.
Timer counts down from your preset. Open runs indefinitely until you stop it. Breath overlays a visual and audio breathing guide over the countdown.
Tap any preset from 3 to 60 minutes. For Breath mode, also choose a pattern — start with Box Breathing if you are unsure.
Toggle the Bell for start/end bowl chimes and the Drone for a sustained 108 Hz ambient tone during your session.
The indigo button starts the session. The mandala outer ring fills to show elapsed time. A bowl tone sounds.
In Breath mode, a labelled arc and color-coded phase indicator guide each inhale, hold, and exhale. Soft chimes mark each phase transition.
After completion, your session appears in history with mode, duration, and breath pattern. Your streak updates automatically.
Research in contemplative neuroscience consistently shows that removing clock-watching from your practice leads to significantly deeper states of absorption. When the meditator is responsible for tracking time, a portion of executive attention remains allocated to that task — preventing full default-mode-network quieting. A dedicated timer externalizes that function entirely.
The singing bowl as a session marker has roots in Tibetan, Zen, and Theravada traditions. The bowl's prolonged decay trains practitioners to transition into stillness gradually rather than abruptly — a quality preserved in the synthesized bowl used here.
Combining a countdown timer with a breath-interval guide — as in the Breath mode — creates what researchers call embodied temporal anchoring: the body's respiratory rhythm becomes a second clock, giving the mind two complementary structures to settle within rather than resisting the formlessness of open awareness.
10 min