Solvance 101
Everything you need to get the most from Solvance: how each feature works, why it's there, and small habits that make a practice stick. Start at the beginning, or jump to what you need.
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Start with Welcome to SolvanceStart here
What Solvance is, and your home base.
Welcome to Solvance
A quiet place to practice, remember what happened, and see how it's changing you. Here's the whole map in five minutes.
Read guide 1.21 minYour Dashboard, at a glance
Where every day starts: your streak, today's minutes, your inbox of loose thoughts and everything you're working on.
Read guidePractice
The Timer, its sounds, and the moment after a sit.
Your first sit with the Timer
A distraction-free timer that gets out of your way: pick a practice, set a time (or don't) and begin.
Read guide 2.21 minSounds for sitting
Nature, ambient pads, music and heart coherence: how to find the sound that suits today's sit.
Read guide 2.31 minThe moment after: reflecting
Thirty seconds after a sit are the most valuable in Solvance. Here's how to use them.
Read guide 2.41 minLogging a sit by hand
Sat at a retreat, a class or with another app? Add it with Manual practice entry so your history stays whole.
Read guideRemember
The Meditation Journal, profound sits and the Daily Log.
The Meditation Journal
Every sit you've ever logged, with its reflection, searchable in seconds.
Read guide 3.21 minProfound sits, marked with ✦
Some sits change something. Mark them, and Solvance keeps them close and learns what led to them.
Read guide 3.31 minThe Daily Log: your evening check-in
One minute each evening that makes your sits make sense: sliders, day tags and a line about the day.
Read guideDirection
Intentions: what you're practicing toward.
Understand
Insights, and the tags and sliders that feed them.
Reading your Insights
Your practice, in charts and plain language: what works, when, and how it's changing your days.
Read guide 5.21 minTags, sliders and the + / · / − signs
Make Solvance speak your language: your own practice types, feelings and daily measures, and what each one means.
Read guideWrite
The Notebook, templates, Quick Log and search.
The Notebook
Everything you've written, in one place and in folders, plus room for your own notes.
Read guide 6.21 minTemplates and writing tools
Bold, bullets, fonts and reusable prompts, so writing after a sit is effortless.
Read guide 6.31 minQuick Log & the Buffer
Catch a thought in two seconds, and decide where it belongs later.
Read guide 6.41 minFinding anything
One search box on the Dashboard for your whole practice, plus focused searches on every page.
Read guideYour account
Plans, privacy and your data.
Solace and Advance
Solvance is free to practice with, for as long as you like. Advance unlocks the full picture.
Read guide 7.21 minPrivacy and your data
What's protected, who can see it (only you), and how to take everything with you.
Read guide 7.31 minGive a month, get a month
Invite a friend: their first month of Advance is free, and you earn a free month when they subscribe.
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