Zazen - Meditation Timer
By InnoBytes, Wolfgang Kohrt
View More By This DeveloperOpen iTunes to buy and download apps.
Description
In Zen Buddhism, zazen ("seated meditation") is a meditative discipline.
This nice timer utility guides you practicing zazen and other meditative disciplines with different gong sounds:
Set the duration of a zazen period and optionally configure a kinhin period ("walking meditation").
But that's not all: For other meditation purposes, e.g. QiGong, you'll be able to set a timer intervall - the gong will sound periodically.
Or simply fall asleep with your favourite music...
The application comes with a set of images and sounds. But you can also add your own ambient music and chimes from your iPod.
Now touch the candlelight to start zazen, take a breath, relax and wait for the first gong sound to come...
Note:
If you are not experienced in zazen, please see the internet for further instructions.
Features:
- Support's Zazen, QiGong and other meditation purposes
- Flickering candlelight through the session
- Beautiful (weak) interactive user interface
- Alternative (strong) keyboard user interface
- Shows current section and duration
- Shows remaining time
- Randomizer for time setting
- Different gong sounds
- Different images
- Screensaver
- iPod library access
- Support of internal speaker, sound station or earphones
What's New in Version 4.1.1
- Add your own ambient sound and chimes from your iPod
Customer Reviews
Great tool!
This is great for the homedweller who wants to practice like a monastic, or who simply wants to practice. The kinhin feature really evokes the zendo; saves one from having to mess with multiple timers. A word for the aesthetically sensitive: the gongs sound best from a distance greater than five feet...
Good idea, execution coulb be much better
I love the idea of a meditation tool on the iPhone, but I would like to have the possibility to choose a more straightforward interface. The idea of setting the time by resizing the stones on the screen is playfull, but not very practical. So why not give the option to set the time with numbers, so I know exactly how long the meditation will be. Other option is to display the time while resizing the stones.
Secondly: the sound of the chime is very artificial, the iPhone and the iPod Touch can do much better, so please put in a really beautiful sound.
Fantastic timer
I love this timer, and it gets better with every update. One request, though--I would love different sounds to choose from, and especially would like a more natural sounding chime that fades away instead of cutting off. Still, at 99 cents, you ca'nt go wrong!
- $2.99
- Category: Healthcare & Fitness
- Updated: Nov 02, 2009
- Current Version: 4.1.1
- 15.7 MB
- Languages: English, French, German
- Seller: InnoBytes, Wolfgang Kohrt
- © 2008-2009 InnoBytes, Wolfgang Kohrt - All rights reserved
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.1.2 or later.
