Very calming
A beautifully simple app
The one thing I wish it had was more variety in the longer sessions. The voice that guides me initially was helpful as she offered some explanation and teaching about the practice of presence, but after about the 4th or 5th time, I didn’t need to hear about how to breathe or what to focus on.
I wish she would recognize that I’m familiar and move to more of a guide. Perhaps with different lessons, or at least she could bypass all the talking for new practitioners for future sits.
Perhaps she could encourage a different breathing pattern, or sacred word.
Or just jump into the practice instead of spending minutes teaching me what she’s taught me so many times before.
Simple yet profound.
Joe
A Timely Reminder to Be Present
I’ve been meditating for years, but after reading Choosing Presence I’ve learned that breath work, prayer, and contemplation aren’t simply exercises of the mind. Rather, realizing a deep sense of peace and presence comes from the heart. The Practicing Presence app helps remind me that I can take three conscious breaths every hour and return to peace.
Just do the practice and you won’t get lost in all the noise and distractions of your busy life!
Glad to have a tablet version!
Helps reduce my daily stress…
Cc in your videos
Response from developer
Thank you Tsplayt, for your feedback. We will work on adding closed captioning to all of our videos and making our tools for Choosing Presence even more accessible to everyone... We're also enthusiastic followers of Richard Rohr and the teachings of the Center for Action and Contemplation. And we hope that Choosing Presence and the Practice of Presence does help you develop a structured approach to contemplative prayer and meditation.
A reminder sound would be helpful.
Response from developer
C4g6sf58, Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your question about the app reminders. Please note that display and sound of reminders are managed by your device settings and not the individual app. Whether you’re using an iPhone or another device, you can easily enable our app reminders within the Practicing Presence App settings. You can also manage the way notifications look and sound in your device settings. See the link below for how to set the appearance and sounds for your app reminders. • Managing Apple iOS Device Notification Settings - https://support.apple.com/en-us/108781 Those with a wearable device may also receive notifications on their Apple Watch.
Simply Powerful
Response from developer
Thank you, Shea!
Needs a reader
Response from developer
Hunnybajjer, Thank you for your feedback. Please note that you can disable the hourly notifications in our app settings should the audible reminders become an issue in certain settings. And we will certainly consider adding a readable version of the practicing presence instructions in future versions of our app. Cheers!
Presence Practice made simple
Bravo on this app and for helping us choose & practice presence. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Doesn’t work can’t figure out how to get help
Response from developer
I'm sorry you're disappointed that our app does not work on your device. Please see our website for a list of minimum requirements - https://www.choosingpresence.org/practicing-presence-a-christian-way-mobile-app/#support. Please also note that our app does function quite well on devices running iOS 13 and newer. We provide our app at no cost as a public benefit. We apologize that we cannot provide individual tech support.
Presence app
Simple to use and effective!
I was a bit skeptical that free app could be so helpful. Practicing Presence is one of the few apps I allow to send me notifications.
