How to time meditation without phone? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 4 months ago by SolarBoy@slrpnk.net to c/meditation@lemmy.ml

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Hi, I was wondering how people would time a 1 hour meditation session without setting an alarm on their phone.

I don't really want to keep my phone with me during meditation, but I do want to have a way to notice it's time to stop.

People somehow managed this in the past before phones existed right? So what would be a good way to do this?

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[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

You can always just use your body timer - sit until your mind gets sluggish or you feel like you've stopped making progress. Usually this happens arount 45m to 1h for most people.

Watch timer / alarm also works.

[-] SolarBoy@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

Body timer does work for me. But obviously there are days where your mind immediately feels sluggish, and in those cases I would like to keep trying, at least for a bit (to see whether my mind is just trying to avoid meditation)

Also, over time, it takes longer and longer to reach a point where your body complains or your mind finds it difficult to continue. For me this point is typically already longer than 1 hour, so not really good if I want to do a shorter meditation.

Alarm I used in the past, but only a silent one on my phone (I don't want to wake up my partner)

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