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This is a two-part series. In the first part of the interview, I’m talking to the CEO of Insight Timer, Christopher Plowman, about their amazing App, what it does, what it is going to do, and what those behind Insight Timer are driven by.
>> to download the App, search “Insight Timer” in the App Store.
If you’re not familiar with it, Insight Timer is the biggest little meditation app you’ve never heard of [as the CEO puts it himself in this interview]. More people meditate on Insight Timer than do on Headspace, but it’s all been organic, word of mouth growth. It’s that awesome product that you can’t help but share with everyone once you know about it. Hence the reason I’m talking to you about it!
Insight Timer is different in that it is a community platform. They provide the platform, and teachers upload their content. What that means is that you can find every type of mediation imaginable, and it’s all > FREE! <
But why are they, the people behind the Insight Timer platform, invested in this objective – of providing to free meditation to all – anyway? how do they intend to remain sustainable? What does growth at Insight Timer look like?
This the behind-the-scenes peek into the biggest little mediation app or as I like to say, the Behind the Scenes low-down.
If you’ve ever contemplated meditating, you should start here. If you’re a seasoned meditator, you’ll absolutely appreciate the timer and the breath of meditations you can access for free on the app. And if you’re a meditation teacher (or aspire to be one day!) this could be an amazing platform to help share your work.
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Christopher Plowman is the CEO at Insight Timer. He, however, is not after any attention. He’d rather let the app speak for itself. BUT I got him talking. I wanted to know about the CEO behind the App, so I asked him a bunch of deep and meaningful questions to get to know him better – cause well, that’s what I like to do.
Here I talk to Christopher about:
- How he struggles with a daily meditation practice (and understands if you do to)
- How he believes strongly in the conscious businesses, but how many that claim to be conscious get into a tension with commercialism
- What Christopher has to say to those who don’t have time to meditate
- How one of their hopes is to get 1% of the population mediating at the same time, and hit the Maharishi threshold.
- His thoughts on the importance of mediation and education in dismantling ignorance
- How some of his greatest growth came from his biggest business failure
- What his hope is for Insight Timer
- And his moving yet simple statement on how we can all contribute to a better world
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Hi. I’m Kate Snowise. I’m a Life Coach and host of the Here to Thrive Podcast. I help people get clear on what they want, need and crave, and then helps them take the steps to move towards that.
I believe life is about more than surviving and being good enough. Each of us truly has the ability to thrive and live a beautiful, aligned life where we remember and connect with our authentic selves. I have an MSc in Psychology (the positive kind that concentrates on what is right with you). To read more about my signature coaching program The Thriving Life Project click here. 