EIGHT GATES
Body · Breath · Awareness
Select a gate to begin
Welcome to Eight Gates
A meditation practice based on body awareness and breath circulation.
🎯 How to Practice
- Choose a gate — Each represents a different focus
- Follow the guidance — Instructions appear on screen
- Use the 3D model — Visualize energy flow through your body
- Practice regularly — Build your awareness over time
☯️ The Eight Gates
- Earth — Surface awareness of your body
- Mountain — Go deeper inward
- Air — Breathing techniques
- Wind — External awareness
- Fire — Upward energy circulation
- Thunder — Tension and release
- Water — Downward calming flow
- Lake — Complete stillness
💡 Tips
- Find a quiet, comfortable space
- Start with Earth to build body awareness
- Use Air when feeling anxious
- Enable Google Translate in settings for other languages
💚 Support
Eight Gates is completely free. If you find it helpful, consider supporting the creator to help develop more mindful apps!
Support the Creator
Eight Gates is completely free. If it's helped you, consider supporting its development!
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📚 Study
Surface Awareness
Feel your body's surface
Scan every inch of skin, building your inner map
Introspective
Go deeper inward
Move awareness beneath the surface, stay with what you find
Breathing
Control your breath
In through nose, out through mouth. Count and slow your heart.
Outrospective
Expand outward
Listen to everything around you. Walk as a ghost through space.
Energizing Flow
Rise with energy
Circulate awareness upward. Build readiness and focus.
Tension & Release
Contract and release
Tense and release muscles. Learn your physical structure.
Calming Flow
Settle into stillness
Circulate awareness downward, release tension and anxiety
Stillness & Release
Let go of awareness itself
Release your hold on body, mind, and perception
Void
Nothing
Release body, mind, the world around you, and the world inside you