iMandala is the perfect aid to your meditation with its:

- Mandala and Seed Syllable Visuals;
- Meditation Timer;
- Mindfulness Bell;
- Soothing Background Music;
- Dynamic Visuals.

iMandala combines time-proven meditation techniques such as Mandala and Seed Syllable visualization, with soothing sounds and relaxing visual effects to help you to enter a deep and powerful meditative experience.

Mandala and Seed Syllable visualization will make your meditation experience deeper.
Focus your mind on a a Mandala and Seed Syllable of your choice.
Each Mandala has been specifically drawn and colored for iMandala. Seed Syllables in iMandala are also an original design based on the ancient Siddham script.
If your mind needs some more help to get to a steady and empty state, try with a dynamic visual effect that will make your Mandala subtly and steadily change during your meditation.

Choose a background music to take you deep into meditation among a set nature sounds: Ocean, Rain, Mountain Stream, Summer Night, Waterfall. All the sounds have been recorded live with high quality. Or if you prefer a different kind of music, you can play your own meditation music outside of iMandala.

iMandala will gently lead you into meditation by playing a set of 3 or more notes from a Gong or a Tibetan Bowl. While meditating a Gong or Tibetan Bowl stroke will remind you of the passing of the time. At the end of your meditation, iMandala will gently take you out of it by playing the same initial set of notes in reverse order.

iMandala is an universal app, running both on iPhone and iPad; but it is on the iPad that its gorgeous graphics really shine.

For best results, it is suggested to connect your iPhone or iPad to external speakers or headphone. This will allow you to appreciate more thoroughly the beauty of nature sounds bundled with the app.

- Further Information about Mandalas and Bīja.

Mandalas and seed syllables (Bīja) are employed in several spiritual traditions as a support to meditation and to convey a deeper meaning that is not attainable through the rational mind.

Mandalas have spiritual and ritual significance in Hinduism and Buddhism. Aside from aiding in meditation, they are used to establish a sacred space and as a spiritual teaching tool.

Bīja is a term used for mystical seed syllables contained within mantras. These seeds do not have precise meanings, but are thought to carry connections to spiritual principles. The best-known bīja syllable is Om.

- More Info

Fully exploiting the powerful graphical capabilities of the iPad and the iPhone, iMandala adds visual effects to such visualizations in an attempt to make them more effective at capturing your focus and make your mind more present and less prone to distractions. Depending on your state of mind and your personal preference, you can choose whether the visual effect is stronger or lighter. iMandala is fully functional on the iPhone, too, but it really shines on the larger screen of the iPad.

Sounds will guide you through the meditation by playing a gong or a tibetan bowl sound at fixed time intervals; you can also choose how many repetitions you would like to have.
The discrete use of sound will help you to relax, since you don't have to worry about the time passing, while also giving you another means to refocus in case you lost your attention.

- General Suggestions

If you are not an experienced practitioner of meditation, you can get more benefit from iMandala sounds if you choose a shorter repetition timeframe.

As usual, follow a set of basic guidelines when you are about to meditate: find a peaceful and quiet place; get comfortable; assume a correct position and relax your body; breathe.

iMandala aims to be a project open to the feedback from its users. If you would like to have any of iMandala features further developed, please send an email to us.

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