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About this App
Just open it. Choose your time. Set your intention. Breathe with the pond.
Daily Zen '85 - Meditate Your Way to Namaste
Meditation shouldn't be complicated. You already have enough decisions to make today.
Daily Zen '85 is your antidote to decision fatigue in the wellness world. No endless scrolling through meditation libraries. No subscription pressure. No overwhelming features you'll never use. Just a simple, beautiful timer with retro '85 aesthetics, optional guided box breathing, and space to set your daily intention. That's it. That's the app.
BREATHE. INTEND. BEGIN.
Open Daily Zen '85 and you're three taps away from peace:
1. Choose your duration: 1, 3, 5, or 10 minutes
2. Set your intention for the day (optional but powerful)
3. Press start and breathe
That's your entire decision tree.
THE TIMER BREATHES WITH YOU
Watch the pond ripple as you meditate. As you inhale, gentle ripples expand outward across the water. As you exhale, they contract back in.
It's mesmerizing. Calming. Grounding.
BOX BREATHING—OR JUST WATCH THE CLOCK
Box breathing (also called square breathing) is available if you want it—a proven technique used by Navy SEALs, athletes, and anyone who needs to calm their nervous system fast. The optional visual guide walks you through the four-count rhythm:
• 4 counts in - Inhale slowly and fully (pond ripples expand)
• 4 counts hold - Pause at the top
• 4 counts out - Exhale completely (pond ripples contract)
• 4 counts hold - Rest in the empty space
But here's the thing: you don't have to follow it.
The box breathing cues are a tool, not a requirement.
The timer runs. The pond breathes.
SET YOUR INTENTION
Before each session, you can set an intention for your day. Not a goal. Not a to-do item.
Daily Zen '85's design is a breath of fresh air—literally. Clean, retro 1985-inspired visuals that feel nostalgic and calming, not clinical or overly modern. No gradients screaming "WELLNESS!" at you. No pastel overload. Just simple, beautiful screens that help you focus.
The breathing pond is the centerpiece—elegant, subtle, alive. Think less "tech startup meditation app" and more "peaceful corner of your childhood library in 1985." It's designed to feel like a refuge from modern overwhelm, a return to simplicity before app fatigue existed.
The '85 aesthetic isn't just a design choice—it's a philosophy. Meditation practices are timeless, but wrapping them in the calm simplicity of mid-80s design creates a haven from today's notification-driven chaos.
FOUR DURATIONS FOR REAL LIFE
We know you're busy. We also know that consistency matters more than duration.
• 1 minute - Reset between meetings, after a stressful call, before a difficult conversation
• 3 minutes - Morning practice, lunch break reset, evening wind-down
• 5 minutes - Deeper morning ritual, midday pause, pre-bedtime calm
• 10 minutes - Full meditation session when you have the time and space
Every session counts. One minute of watching the pond breathe beats zero minutes of "I should meditate but the app is too complicated."
NO DECISION FATIGUE
Most meditation apps are overwhelming. Hundreds of sessions. Endless categories. Sleep stories, soundscapes, courses, challenges, premium tiers. It's exhausting before you even start.
A SIMPLE PLACE TO NAMASTE
Yes, we love comprehensive meditation apps too. They have their place. But sometimes you don't need a guided journey through the seven chakras—you just need to sit for five minutes, watch a pond breathe, and set a timer with optional breathing structure.
Daily Zen '85 is that place. Your daily practice doesn't have to be complicated to be meaningful. The box breathing guide is on screen if structure helps. The pond ripples with every breath—yours or the guided one. But you can also completely ignore it all and meditate your way. Show up. Set the timer.
Breathe however feels right. That's enough. You're enough.
Breathe your way. Meditate your way. Namaste.
By Old Skool Apps - Simple tools for modern life, retro heart.
