Sit for ten minutes, then go.

Inlet counts your breaths, then its voice steps back as you learn.

This morning

Ready

Length

10:00

In for four, out for six

60

A sit, start to bell

  1. Pick a length

    Three, ten or twenty minutes. Nothing else to set.

  2. Follow the count

    In for four, out for six, until the breath holds itself.

  3. Wait for the bell

    One low tone. No streak and no score afterwards.

After the bell

10 minutes sat

Breath
In 4, out 6
Voice
Start and end only
Next sit
Tomorrow, 7:30

Sit where you already are

On the train, at your desk, on the edge of the bed.

Morning fog flowing through a valley below a row of hills

The voice steps back

Week one it speaks each minute. By week four, only the bell.

Week one

  1. 0:00Settle in
  2. 1:00Find the breath
  3. 4:00Count again from one
  4. 7:00Soften the shoulders
  5. 9:30Come back slowly

Week four

  1. 0:00Settle in
  2. 0:30Silence
  3. 10:00The bell

Sits for the day’s edges

Each one is a length and a cue, ready to start.

  • Before work

    Coffee cooling, phone face down.

    10

  • Before a hard call

    Three minutes to slow the voice.

    3

  • After lunch

    Eyes open, at the desk.

    5

  • Lights out

    The voice fades halfway through.

    20

Send Inlet to your phone

One email with the download link.

Golden reeds reflected in still water under a misty sky