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April 28, 2025

Instant meditation player, new domain, and surprising AI connections.

Announcing the launch of the instant meditation player, new domain, newsletter, and some interesting reflections on AI-generated meditations and human experience.

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u/valatw•20 days ago

Welcome to r/AIMeditationLab!

Hi there and welcome to this subreddit! I'm a long-time meditator and tech guy. Meditation changed my life. AI also changed my life! That's why I love both. My intention is for this to be a space where we can share our experiences and experiments with using AI in meditation practice. That might mean chatting with tools like ChatGPT about meditation-related topics or using AI to guide and support us directly during meditation. One of the things I love most about AI is that it empowers each of us to customize our meditation practice, making it more personal and accessible. But I'm also aware there are potential risks and problems with relying on AI. This subreddit is also a place to discuss these concerns openly. I've put together some tools to make it easier for everyone to do their own experiments. For example, I've created a [Meditation Composer](https://aimlab.soundglade.com/composer) that allows anyone to synthesize proper meditations, starting from a script generated with ChatGPT or other chatbots. I have many new ideas and tools planned for the future. If people like this, I'll happily build more. You're welcome to share your thoughts, experiences, or other AI meditation tools you've found helpful. This community is open to anything related to AI and meditation. How has AI supported your meditation practice?

u/valatw•14 hours ago

Instant meditation player, new domain, and surprising AI connections

Hi there. Here is what happened in the last week. # The instant meditation player is live! If you haven't seen it yet, go check it out: [https://meditationlab.ai/instant](https://meditationlab.ai/instant) It may not look like much, and in fact it's a stripped-down and simplified version of the previous meditation composer. But because it's so easy and immediate to use, it can open new possibilities. For once: you can now use it for your daily meditations. Unlike the Studio which is designed for crafting more polished, shareable meditations, the Instant Player lets you quickly generate a practice without the wait or public sharing. I tested it last week, experimenting with asking ChatGPT to write me a meditation every day, mostly based on my daily journal. I'm amazed by the results (more on that later). # New domain and newsletter As you may have noticed, we are now hosted on a new domain. I felt like AIM Lab needed its own place, separate from SoundGlade. So here we are, you can now find us at [meditationlab.ai](https://meditationlab.ai/). I've also created a newsletter. If you want to receive these weekly updates in your inbox, make sure to [subscribe](https://newsletter.meditationlab.ai/). # 7-days of meditations with ChatGPT Last week I completed my challenge of meditating everyday with ChatGPT. I really liked it, and in fact, I'm likely to keep doing it. # The power of personal context What was special about using ChatGPT is that the meditations were tailored to my journal. I use ChatGPT to journal at the end of each day, to review my day and check how my day unfolded, compared with my morning intentions. This is a great practice of self-awareness, but it also gave ChatGPT plenty of context to know how I was feeling and what was going on in my life. That's why the meditations were truly unique. # Creative techniques beyond standard mindfulness I was impressed by ChatGPT's creativity and skills in crafting meditation scripts. These meditations weren't just your usual mindfulness practice: they incorporated all sorts of other techniques, borrowing from internal family systems parts-work, visualizations, and guided inquiry. And what a beautiful guidance! # Some of my favorite moments: >Feel all these parts existing together. There's no need to resolve them. Just hold them in the same field. Let your breath move through the space between them. >Imagine the ground beneath you widening. Like the earth itself saying: "I've got you." Feel the invitation to lean back — not into laziness, but into trust. Trust that the seeds you've planted are real. Trust that the river knows how to flow. >Let this meditation end gently, like a leaf settling on water. No hard stop. Just a soft presence carrying you into the next beat of your life. >Sense the threshold you now stand at — a gentle doorway between what has been and what will come. Simply feel yourself resting at the threshold — trusting that when the time comes to step forward, you will. # Shavas AI and a surprising meditative experience On Wednesday I had the pleasure to "double" my daily dose of AI meditation. I spent some time testing a new app, [Shavas AI](https://shavas.ai/). # The unexpected human connection Testing a 10-minute guided meditation, I was quite surprised by how the experience felt. You may think that AI meditations would feel cold, robotic, synthetic, fake, but my perception was exactly the opposite. Not only did the voice felt very human, but it felt more personal, more connected, than your usual meditation. Because the script was personalized based on my request, but mostly, because it talked directly to me, even referencing me by my name. This really surprised me. It echoes what many of us have already felt with generative AI, such as with ChatGPT, the experience of sensing a deep emotional connection. This is quite the opposite of what one would expect from a "robot". # The human touch behind AI And I wonder if one of the reasons is that actually, behind it, there is a human being, a human being who designed the app, who chose the voice, who made subtle decisions (such as timing, speed, intonation). I am more and more convinced that empathy and even elusive concepts such as soulfulness can be felt in the product of our creativity, even when that product is inorganic, synthetic, artificial. Imagine entering a new room: what can you sense? How does that space make you feel? What does that tell you about the person who cared for that space? A room is just a collection of objects, and still it carries the creative spirit of the people who architected, furnished it, and cared for it. What do you think? Have you experienced this unexpected sense of connection with AI-generated content? Does it challenge your assumptions about what makes an experience "human"? # Looking forward As we continue exploring this fascinating intersection of AI and meditation, I'm excited to see how the community uses the new instant meditation player. Will you create daily personalized practices? Will you experiment with different styles or techniques? I'm curious to hear about your experiences! I'd love to hear your thoughts, experiences, and any ideas you have for future developments. Feel free to share in the comments, join us on Reddit, or reach out directly. Thank you for being part of this growing community. May your practice be nourishing, whether AI-assisted or not! 🙏

u/shipithollaaa•4 days ago

Meditation tool for personalized meditations

>I’m building a calm little meditation tool: you tell it what you’re feeling or looking for, and it gives you a personalized audio meditation. If I say so myself, it's pretty neat compared to current offerings. >Looking for \~10 people to test it (free) and give 1min of feedback. >the webapp is at [https://shavas.ai](https://shavas.ai) and I would really appreciate it if you can write some feedback below this post.

Articles

April 21, 2025

Meditation reader, multilingual practices, and a 7-day challenge: week two updates.

A preview of the Instant Meditation Reader is ready. Discussing multi-lingual meditations, using the reader for private meditations, and a 7-day AI meditation challenge.

April 14, 2025

100 meditators, becoming-animal, and Shinzen Young: what a week!

r/AIMeditationLab reached 100 users! Members created new meditations like 'Becoming-Animal' and 'The Detective of You.' New features include meditation descriptions and cover images.

March 30, 2025

Creative ways to generate meditations using AI

An inspiring list of creative ways to generate meditations

March 27, 2025

How to create meditations using AIM Lab

A step-by-step guide on creating custom guided meditations by using AI chatbots, adding pause markers, and synthesizing them with the Meditation Studio.

March 26, 2025

Welcome to AIM Lab: who, what and why

A personal intro to AIMlab: what is it, why I've created it, and where to start.