Between the Waves
A free guided-meditation web app. Six sessions for stillness and grounding. No sign-up, no subscription, just press play.
Context
Between the Waves came out of a long mindfulness practice and counselling training. The aim was a meditation app with nothing in the way: no account to create, no subscription to weigh up, no tracking running quietly underneath. You open it and you press play.
What I built
A free guided-meditation web app, installable as a progressive web app, offering six sessions for stillness, grounding and everyday wellbeing:
- Turning Inward (24 min)
- Grounding, 5·4·3·2·1 (8 min)
- Sleep, Yoga Nidra (17 min)
- Letting Go (7 min)
- Releasing (6 min)
- Acceptance (7 min)
Companion poems from Liminal Light and Northumberland coast photography run throughout, so the app draws the writing, the images and the practice into one place.
Role
Designer, developer and narrator.
Privacy and safeguarding
The app collects no personal data: no accounts, no tracking, no analytics. The sessions are free to stream; the full set can be downloaded through Ko-fi on a pay-what-you-want basis. The site also carries a clear note that the meditations are not a substitute for therapy or medical support, with crisis numbers. That responsible framing is part of the work, not an afterthought.
Outcome
Live at waves.calibratedideas.com.
What it shows
Calm, accessible web design and careful audio handling, held to a no-accounts, no-tracking ethos. It is the clearest single example of precision, care, writing and photography meeting in one project.