How to Meditate with Jeff Warren on the Calm App

This is a summary of the 30-day introductory How to Meditate course on the Calm App. The instructor is Jeff Warren. He also appears on another meditation app, Ten Percent Happier.

I have to say Jeff has an amazing voice as far as a teacher is concerned.

This course introduces four major mediation techniques, concentration, clarity, equanimity, and friendliness. Concentration, clarity and equanimity are the essence of meditation according to Shinzen Young. Shinzen is Jeff’s teacher.

Day 1: The Big Idea

Day 2: Homebase

Day 3: Pop Out of Your Thoughts

Day 4: Inner Smoothness

Day 5: A Habit You Actually Want

Day 6: The Concentration Gym

Day 7: The Sweet Spot

Day 8: Even Flow

Day 9: Into the Stillpoint

Day 10: Eye of the Hurricane

Day 11: Electric Clarity

Day 12: Sanity Day

Day 13: Body Wisdom

Day 14: A Space Odyssey

Up to this point, we have explored many meditation techniques, working with thoughts in Sanity Day, working with body in Body Wisdom, and working with space and sound in A Space Odyssey. They build up our core muscles of clarity, concentration, and equanimity.

Day 15: Roller Coaster

Day 16: Free and Clear

Day 17: The Waxy Buildup

Day 18: Welcome to the Party

Day 19: Slow Motion

Day 20: Better at Everything

Day 21: The Happiness Hit

Day 22: Strong Compassion

Day 23: Self Love Bomb

Day 24: Connected from the Inside

Day 25: Meditation Muscle Groups

In the next four lessons, we un-learn everything and explore an alternative way of meditation, effortless meditation. In Jeff’s teaching, there is always a short element of effortless meditation, i.e., doing nothing, at the end of each session.

Day 26: The Do Nothing Project

Day 27: No Agenda

Day 28: The Answer

Day 29: Cosmic Burpee

Day 30: Take the Power Back