Mindless, the practice timer

Mindless is where you do the practice, not just log it. One tap, the screen goes quiet, and it walks you through the sit. When you finish, the Quest pays you on the spot.

Tuning out

Open it from the Zap button (the Mindless row), from your home screen (the little lotus next to any practice), or from a practice page. Pick three things, and it remembers them for next time:

• A practice from your list.
• A mode. Meditate is a plain countdown for a silent sit. Breathe gives you a guided breathing pattern with a visual to follow. Just Log skips straight to the rewards; the timer is never required.
• Minutes. Two is enough. Five is plenty. Use the stepper for anything up to a hundred and twenty.

Then hit Tune out. The world goes quiet, and nothing moves until you tap Start — settle in first. While you're tuned out the screen stays awake and everything else gets out of the way. Pause if life interrupts (paused time doesn't count), and when the timer runs out, hit Finish to collect. Need to stop early? Close Session still counts; the practice is the point, not the clock.

Breathing patterns

• Box: four counts in, hold, out, hold. Steady under pressure.
• 3X: a big breath in, sip a little more, then one long letting go (the physiological sigh). The body's fastest reset.
• 4-7-8: long exhale. For winding down.
• Custom: set your own counts with three sliders, three to eight seconds a phase. Skip the hold entirely if that suits your body better.

Want sound or touch instead of watching the screen? Turn on the bell (it rings at each phase change, or each minute on the plain timer) and pick its voice: Soft, Low, or Bowl. Or turn on vibration. Both stay off unless you choose them, and your choices are remembered. While you breathe, the number in the middle of the rings counts each phase down with you.

Follow the rings: they grow when you breathe in, rest while you hold, and settle as you let go.

The reveal

When the timer ends, swipe through four screens:

1. Rewards. Your Zaps land, then any bonuses stack up one by one: Full Day, Welcome Back, and the occasional surprise.
2. Streak. Watch the number tick over, see how far the next milestone is, and check your banked freezes.
3. Stats. This sit, your airtime today and all-time, how deep you are on this practice, and your Amplitude.
4. Dispatch from Vera. Your next assignment: the next step on your Journey, a challenge you can close out, or where to show up this week. One per day; it stays saved. Find every past one under Past Dispatches on the Mindless screen.

When you reach the last card, one more swipe sends it off the screen and you're back where you started. In a hurry? Pull any card straight down and the whole thing slides away.

Already logged that practice today? The extra sit still banks airtime, and your streak holds. Nothing pays twice, and nothing is lost.