Explore Instacalm: Your Instant Peaceful Meditation Experience

Explore Instacalm: Your Instant Peaceful Meditation ExperienceExplore Instacalm: Your Instant Peaceful Meditation Experience

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Carolyn Marie

max

• Mar 3

SaaS = Software as a Self-soothing Instacalm -- because there's always things we cannot control in life. Within just a few hours using Figma Make I was able to spin up an app to instantly create a calming meditation practice through the one thing we can control: our breath.

I wanted to create something that was immediately usable and had zero learning curve so anyone could pick it up and chill-the-F-out in a matter of seconds. Features:

- animated color theme and particles - animated breath pacer for inhale & exhale cycles - ambient background music - optional affirmations

60 versions, 5 breath modes, 5 dark & light color themes, 5 soundscapes, and 80 affirmations later, there's a v1.0 Instacalm app. 😌 Enjoy.

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Abhiram Tinguria

• Mar 3

Software as self-soothing’ is a powerful framing. Designing for nervous system regulation instead of productivity feels like a meaningful shift. The breath pacing + ambient layering makes it feel intentional rather than ornamental.

Carolyn Marie

max

• Mar 3

Thanks Abhiram 🙏🏼 All the details are indeed intentional.

Abhiram Tinguria

• Mar 3

It shows. When intention is consistent across micro-interactions, the experience feels cohesive rather than decorative

Carolyn Marie

max

• Mar 3

I would have liked to spent more time on all the details, but I always get my hackathon ideas w/in 24h of the deadline and only manage to find a few hours to work them out. ☺️ Appreciate your kind words. 💛

Akin Gundogan

• Mar 3

As an ASMR fan, liked it!

Carolyn Marie

max

• Mar 3

happy to share some soothing tingles 🎧😊

Aditya Pandey

pro

• Mar 3

SaaS = Software as a Self-soothing is the best rebrand of an acronym I've seen 😄 The zero learning curve approach is exactly what meditation apps need. Really lovely work! 🧘

Carolyn Marie

max

• Mar 3

thank you 🙏🏼 Speed and simplicity, in this case, was my top priority (and I started late enough I didn't have time to start adding complexity ☺️).

Simply7 Studio

pro

• Mar 4

ok just tried this is really cool

Carolyn Marie

max

• Mar 4

thanks! It's something I feel like I want to keep working on. I seem to end up starting on the last day and just focus 90% on UX and getting a post ready. ☺️