Turi guide
How to turn a meditation routine from a book, PDF or video into timed steps
Read the routine for its parts, how many rounds each has, which steps are optional and how long each lasts, then write them as steps in order. Or hand the page to an app that finds that shape for you.
Turi does this on your iPhone, and you check every step before anything is saved.
By hand
- List the parts in the order the page gives them.
- Next to each part, write its length and how many rounds it repeats.
- Mark the steps the page calls optional.
- Write breath patterns as numbers, for example in 4, hold 4, out 6.
- Keep the instructions apart from the steps, to read before you begin.
With Turi
- Scan the pages of a book or handout, choose photos or a PDF, paste your notes, or share a link to a web page or a video.
- For a video, Turi reads its chapters, description or captions. For a post, paste its caption.
- Turi reads it on your iPhone and finds its sections, rounds, optional steps, how long each step lasts and breath patterns written in numbers.
- Instructions are kept apart, to read or hear before you begin.
Before anything is saved, you see every step Turi found, with any time it had to guess marked for you. Change a name, a time or the order, or untick what you won't do. What you bring never leaves your iPhone.
How Turi does it
- Sections, rounds, optional steps and times found for you, and checked by you.
- On iPad and iPhone Duo, the page sits beside the steps it became.
- Your Watch then taps each step, so your eyes can stay closed.
- Importing needs Turi Plus; the 14 days free include it.
Turi: Silent Meditation is on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Free to download, with 14 days of everything free.
Questions
Does Turi teach the practice?
No. Turi doesn't teach a practice and isn't medical advice. It keeps the time for the one you choose.
Does the page leave my iPhone?
No. What you bring never leaves your iPhone.
What if Turi guesses a time wrong?
Any time it had to guess is marked for you, and you can change it before saving.
Related
Updated 25 October 2026. Turi doesn't teach a practice and isn't medical advice. It keeps the time for the one you choose. Questions about Turi? Email vishal@zephystudio.com.