Himalayan Meditation: Mantra

Twenty minutes, twice a day. That is the whole practice.

Himalayan Meditation teaches Vedic mantra meditation the way it has always been passed on: person to person, and freely. You receive your own personal mantra, a short course that teaches you exactly what to do, and a quiet timer to sit with morning and evening. No subscription, no ads, no locked lessons.

YOUR OWN MANTRA
On your first day the app gives you a personal mantra, a specific sound chosen the traditional way. It has no meaning to distract you. You do not chant it or say it aloud. You think it faintly, and let it come and go.

EFFORTLESS, NOT MINDFULNESS
This is not a concentration practice and not a breathing exercise. There is nothing to focus on and nothing to control. When the mind wanders, and it will, you simply return to the mantra without force. That returning is the practice. Most people find it far easier than the meditation apps they have tried before.

A SIX LESSON COURSE, ALL FREE
Learn the technique properly, at your own pace:
• What Vedic mantra meditation is and why it works
• Your mantra, what it is and how to think it
• The complete step by step procedure
• Understanding your experiences: thoughts, sleepiness, physical sensations
• The checking procedure, so you can confirm you are doing it correctly
• Building a daily practice that lasts

A TIMER BUILT FOR SITTING, NOT FOR STARING
Choose 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes. A soft gong opens the session and another closes it, with two minutes of silence at the end so you come out gently. The screen stays awake and the timer is a single calm circle. Nothing flashes, nothing counts down at you.

A SKY THAT FOLLOWS YOUR DAY
The home screen is the sky outside your window. The sun rises and sets with the real sunrise and sunset of your city, and after dark a full moon rises among quiet stars. Colours move through the whole day: gold in the morning, bright yellow at noon, orange at sunset, then the blues and purples of night. It is calculated on your phone, with no location permission and no internet needed.

YOUR PRACTICE BECOMES A CONSTELLATION
Every day you sit lights a star, joined to the day before it. Months of practice become one constellation you can look back through. Tap any star to see that day and the few words you left for it. Hours of stillness only ever grow, so missing a day costs you nothing you already earned.

ASK A TEACHER, ANY TIME
Questions come up: my mind is too busy, I keep falling asleep, I feel pressure in my head, how do I know if I am doing it right. The app includes an AI teacher, guided by the traditional teaching in the course, that answers these in plain language whenever you need it.

GENTLE REMINDERS
Set a morning and an evening reminder and they arrive as a soft gong rather than a notification chime. Turn them off any time.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Your practice lives on your phone. There is no account to create. Sign in only if you want your progress backed up and restored on a new device.

WHY IT IS FREE
In 2011 I met a teacher by chance in the Himalayas of Nepal, a man now nearly eighty who has spent his life practising and sharing this technique quietly. He taught me the way it was meant to be passed on: freely. When I learned that people elsewhere pay hundreds of dollars to be taught this same technique, it felt wrong to both of us. So this app exists, and it costs nothing.

GOOD FOR
Stress and everyday anxiety. Sleeping better. Finding calm and focus in a busy day. Beginners who have never meditated and people returning to a practice they lost. It works whether you sit in a chair at home, on a train, or in a quiet corner at work.

Twenty minutes, twice a day. Start this morning.