About the Meditation Timer
Most people meditate with a phone timer — and lose the session to notifications. This page is a clean, browser-based countdown tuned for mindfulness practice: a calm 15-minute default, soft alert sounds, and nothing on the screen that wants your attention while you sit.
Why a Dedicated Meditation Timer Beats Your Phone
Setting a timer on your phone means opening the device that holds your messages, feeds, and apps — the exact things mindfulness tries to set down. One unlock can turn a planned 20-minute sit into 30 minutes of scrolling. With a browser timer, you open the page, press start, and put the device away: the countdown runs, the alarm sounds when time is up, and no notification can interrupt the session. Your phone works for you instead of quietly working against you.
A Default That Matches Real Practice
The timer opens pre-configured at 15 minutes — a common length for a daily mindfulness sit — so you can start with a single click. Need something else? Use the built-in presets or enter exact hours, minutes, and seconds: 5 minutes for a breathing reset between meetings, 10 minutes for a morning routine, or 20 to 30 minutes for longer sessions and yoga practice. The end alarm defaults to a gentle sound, so the session closes softly instead of jolting you back.
How to Use the Meditation Timer
Choose a preset or type your own duration, pick an alert sound if you want a different one, then press Start. Pause or resume if you need to adjust your posture, and toggle full-screen mode for a distraction-free view. When the time is up, the alarm plays and the session is complete — no account, no app install, and no setup to repeat tomorrow. Just open this page and sit again.
Common Session Lengths at a Glance
Five minutes is a typical reset for box breathing or a short body-scan pause. Ten minutes suits a consistent daily mindfulness habit — the length many people hold morning and evening. Fifteen minutes, the default here, gives a fuller sit once the habit is established. Twenty to thirty minutes is typical for extended practice or long holds in restorative yoga. Start shorter than feels impressive and build up; consistency beats duration when you are building a stable practice.
Private, Offline, and Free
Everything runs in your browser: the countdown, timing, and sound triggers execute locally once the page loads, so a session keeps working even if your connection drops mid-sit. No sign-up is required, nothing is logged about your practice, and there is nothing to download or subscribe to. The tool is free for as many sessions as you want — for yourself, a yoga class, or a group meditation with the timer visible on a shared screen.