Asaf Shamir

Building Dojo, an adaptive system for training relaxation, focus, and visualization. Exploring how technology can help us understand and improve the mind.

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

@anishgiri It isn’t easy letting go of habits and conditioning we’ve spent a lifetime developing. However, like any skill, with the right practice, it gets easier over time.

[Medidojo @medidojo]

Headphones on. Follow this breath for 2 minutes.

Inhale 4 · hold 7 · exhale 8.

Guided by Amaya with Rain Forest, Peaceful Transient and 6 Hz binaural beats.

Personalize your meditation with Dojo:
https://t.co/GAXagvbw8l

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

In chess the mind is the entire sport.

Welcome to the team, @anishgiri.

[Anish Giri @anishgiri]

At my level you take every advantage you can get. How relaxed you are at the board. How fast you recover after a mistake. Whether you can stay focused for 8 hours. Thats a big part of the game. Sometimes it's the whole game.

Thats why I am joining @medidojo as a founding member of their High Performance Team. Personalized meditation that fits my schedule, and measured outcomes so I can see what actually works.

https://t.co/1m3nBrVuga

[Medidojo @medidojo]

take a 2-minute break from scrolling.

your nervous system will thank you.

2 min · perfect breath · 10 Hz
headphones on · gentle bell at the start and end

guided by Amaya
try it in the Dojo app → link in comments

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

Full meditaiton: https://t.co/TV4153lMme

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

I injured my knee, so I’m forced to rest for a while.

I’m using techniques I’ve learned and developed over the years to reach a deeply restful state, and Dojo to see how my body responds.

Feels good. I hope this can help more people.

Link to meditation in first comment.

[Zuk @ihackbanme]

Not bad!! Just hit a personal best in my meditation today. Try the same 25-minute meditation: https://t.co/6KUS3pnaXc

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

@MatthewSacchet Yes! A skill-based definition of meditation feels far more appropriate than measuring how long someone has practiced.

Someone could sit for hours and make very little progress, just as someone could go to the gym every day and spend most of the time hanging around the water cooler.

The next question is: is there a way to actually understand whether someone is progressing?

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

@anishgiri @FIDE_chess I wonder whether short-form content is the reflection... or the cause. Either way, our ability to sustain attention seems to be paying the price.

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

Meditation has always had a feedback problem.

You practice, but it's hard to know whether you're improving.

Wearables are starting to change that. Being able to see how your heart responds to different meditation techniques could make meditation far more approachable for beginners.

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

Press release via Yahoo Finance:
https://t.co/bXl0bwEJqE
Full research post and PDFs:
https://t.co/tbDzdlVkHZ

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

Meditation is completely subjective and can’t be measured.

That’s a limiting belief.

At Dojo, we analyzed qualified meditation sessions with second-by-second heart-rate data.

What we found:

76.8% of sessions lowered heart rate
Avg drop: 6.5 BPM
Avg time to lowest HR: 7.6 min

Heart rate is not a “score” for meditation.
But meditation doesn’t have to stay a black box.

Subjective experience matters.
Physiological response matters too.

Press release + full study link in first comment.

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

I also wrote a deeper article about why the mind gets louder at night, why the nervous system matters, and why I believe 25 minutes is the sweet spot for sleep meditation:

https://t.co/UMOzsBiDp5

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

At night, the world gets quieter, but for many people the mind gets louder.

Difficulty sleeping is one of the clearest problems meditation can help with. The trick is not to force the mind to become silent, but to help the nervous system finally let go.

I created this 25-minute guided sleep meditation using Dojo’s engine in seconds. Prompt, tap, and it’s ready.

Hope you enjoy it.

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

Dojo v4 is out

We’ve filed our patent, so we can finally be public about something core to Dojo: we don’t just guide meditation, we measure it. We’re starting with heart rate, showing in real time how your inner state affects your body. Simple, powerful.
https://t.co/2UqiMmm1Nq

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

@ihackbanme

[Zuk @ihackbanme]

100 days meditation streak! Glad I found an app that works for me

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

@danabarlev אני רוצה!!

[Alex Volkov @altryne]

I just had to create sam hAIrris 😅

2023 is going to be so so weird!

Sam, I'm a long time fan, please don't sue me 🫥

cc @justLV for the idea, audio and the TTS, I just had to see this visually and give it some subtitles!

[Asaf Shamir @asifox911]

@EdoCeder @AdamBlacker25 @chrissyfarr @Apptopia Agreed. People have distinct needs and generic meditations are just not good enough.