Finally I found this App called Multi timer.

I was looking for a timer that I hadn’t to switch off after having heard the alarm. Usually the alarm keeps peeping till I switch it off manually. Some pomodoro timer are so loud, that they are distracting.

In order to have an effect on the body one must hold asanas longer than 5 breaths. In some books it’s even recommended to hold sirsasana i.e. for 5 minutes or 10 minutes. At the end of an exhausting yoga practice I often wanted to bring sirsasana behind me. I had no strength anymore. The body started wobbling. Often I moved into that pose and thought: OK, you’re still able to balance. Enough. But it’s not enough. A timer should support my effort to hold sirsasana longer. But I also wanted to get out of the pose slowly. I wanted keep my legs straight and I wanted to stop for five breaths when they were parallel to the ceiling. That’s how sirsasana shall be done for Ashtangis.

Last year I went to the Sivananda yogis. They practice sirsasana at the beginning of the asanas series. They hold this pose rather long. Variations are practiced as well. Often I got out of the pose before the teacher told us to come down. Even though sirsasana was practiced in the beginning, I was wobbling after some time.

My goal was to hold sirsasana for 2 minutes, then 5 minutes. Then I wanted to do at least the Ashtanga variation (see picture) that follows after the classic sirsasana. The peeping alarm usually stopped me from practicing the variation. I had to switch off this intrusive noise.

Multi timer offers a lot of sounds as alarm. There are also alarms that switch off automatically. Wow. That’s what I was looking for.

In addition they record how often I used a timer. It’s possible to give each timer a name. This can give control on how often one practiced i.e., or how often one held urdhva dhanurasana for 1 minute.

When I practice at home I set one of the timer for 90 minutes. I don’t want to check the time during my practice. The timer gives me an orientation. When I set the timer in that App ‘multi timer’ I can see the App during that time. The phone doesn’t switch off. I can set another timer for 1 minute easily therefore. Multi timer has also the possibility to repeat a timer.

It’s so much easier to wait for an external clue than to count. Sometimes I breathe slower, sometimes faster. To have this timer tool is very useful.

This is unpaid advertising. I’m so enthusiastic about this multi timer. I had to share my discovery.