Hi, I was wondering how people would time a 1 hour meditation session without setting an alarm on their phone.
I don’t really want to keep my phone with me during meditation, but I do want to have a way to notice it’s time to stop.
People somehow managed this in the past before phones existed right? So what would be a good way to do this?


You can use a watch / fitness tracker. There are extremely cheap and good ones (xiaomi band 10 for example is like 40 USD) that can do timers, alarms, buzz you for notifications, etc. My partner and I have had muted devices for many years now due to watches.
This is actually quite a good option. I think even a regular watch with a timer option would be great (and then you don’t need all the tracking/bluetooth connection and whatnot)
But I suppose regular watches usually don’t have a vibrating alarm, only an audible one. I guess that’s because that uses more battery