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Waking Up by Sam Harris
Mind · Courses & programs

Waking Up
Introductory Course

by Sam Harris

Thirty days, one short lesson a day, no incense.

The Introductory Course runs one short lesson and one guided practice a day for thirty days. The instruction is plain and secular: what to do with attention, and what to do when attention goes. There is a seven-day free trial, and the app gives a free membership to anyone who says they cannot afford it — no questions asked.

30-day course 7-day trial Free if you cannot pay No ads
~$130 / year Where to find it

App Store listing, checked August 2026. Seven-day free trial.

Honest by nature

What is inside — and what is never

What is inside

  • ✦ A thirty-day guided introductory course
  • ✦ One short lesson plus one practice each day
  • ✦ A daily meditation after the course ends
  • ✦ A scholarship for anyone who asks

What is never

  • — Streak pressure and push notifications
  • — Ads inside the practice
  • — Health claims stapled to the sessions
  • — A paywall for people who cannot pay
What we cannot claim

This is a subscription, and subscriptions renew whether you open them or not. Use the seven-day trial properly, and set a reminder before it ends. If the price is the obstacle, take the free membership — it exists precisely for that.

Read: What a singing bowl actually does →
How to use it

How to start

i.

Pick a time

The same ten minutes every day. Morning works because nothing has happened yet.

ii.

Do day one

Then do day two. The course is built so that you cannot get behind.

iii.

Miss a day

Then start again the next morning. Missing a day is part of the practice, not a failure of it.

Medina
“This is the one I send to people who have told me meditation is not for them. It explains itself, and it never once asks you to believe anything.”
— Medina, founder of ETHOS
Where to find it

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Start with the trial before you decide anything. We do not sell it, hold stock, or handle your order.

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We have no affiliate agreement with Sam Harris. This is a plain link and we earn nothing from it.

Where these facts come from

Every price, ingredient and certification on this page was read from these pages on the date noted above.

  1. Waking Up — official site (trial length, course length, scholarship policy)
  2. App Store — Waking Up: Meditation & Wisdom
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