Dawn
The first breath
The house is still asleep. You turn the ring once, and for a few minutes the day has not started asking anything of you.
First edition · made in small numbers
Come back
to the one.
A ring that keeps your practice and asks nothing of you. Count your japa, hold a sit, follow your breath. The world can wait a few minutes.
Pay nothing today. No app, no account.
The Ekantik ring
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एकांतिकekāntikadevoted to the one · turned inward · single-pointed
186
times a day.
That is how often the average American checks their phone.1 Each check is a small leaving. Ekantik is something to reach for that brings you back instead.
Everything you carry was built to call you away.
It counts your steps, your sleep, your heartbeat.
It has never once asked you to be still.
Ekantik counts the moments you return.
ब्रह्म
मुहूर्त
Brahma muhurta
The hour before sunrise, carried into any hour.
Many traditions keep the ninety-six minutes before dawn for practice. The air is still, the house is asleep, and the day has not started asking for anything yet.
Ekantik is made to carry that hour with you, into a crowded train, a long afternoon, the minute before a hard conversation.
04:24 to 06:00 · two muhurtas of 48 minutes
A day, held lightly.
Three moments from a day with Ekantik. None of them need a screen bigger than a grain of rice.
Midday
The pause between
Between two meetings, eleven slow breaths with your thumb on the ring. Nobody notices. You do.
Night
Nothing else
No messages arrive here. No streaks to protect. When you are done it goes completely dark, and so can you.
Four practices.
One touch.
जप
Japa
One touch, one bead. The ring holds the count to 108, so your mind can let go of it.
ध्यान
Dhyan
Set a sit and close your eyes. One soft pulse tells you when it is time to come back.
प्राणायाम
Pranayam
A light that widens and narrows. Follow it until your breath follows you.
स्मरण
Smaran
A quiet record of every round and every sit, kept on the ring and nowhere else.
Take one breath with us.
Thirty-six seconds. In for four, hold for two, out for six. Turn the sound on if you like.
For a moment, you were here.
Ekantik keeps that door open.
Craft · Made in India
Made by India,
for India.
Drawn here first. Every curve was sketched by an Indian team, around Indian hands and the way a mala is held.
Shaped here, prototype after prototype, and tested on fingers that already know the count of 108.
Made here by Indian makers, piece by piece, for the people who will wear it every morning.
The ring, from drawing to finished piece
Why it matters here.
India gave the world the quiet hour. Today most of us start the day somewhere else.
84%
of Indian smartphone users check their phone within fifteen minutes of waking up.2
5 hrs
a day is how long the average Indian spends on a smartphone.3
1 in 10
Indian adults lives with a mental health condition, and most never receive care.4
6×
is how much India’s electronics production grew in a decade. Ekantik is part of what it makes next.5
Sandal
Your Ekantik
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Questions
Do I need my phone or an app?
No. Ekantik has no Bluetooth, no Wi-Fi and no app. Everything happens on the ring, and nothing leaves it.
I have never meditated. Is it for me?
Yes. Start with one breath practice a day. Each practice is one screen deep, so there is nothing to learn before you begin.
How do I charge it?
Over USB-C. Battery life will be confirmed on the production ring before you pay anything.
How do I find my size?
Choose a size from the list if you know it, or choose Help me choose. We will guide you before anything ships.
When does it ship?
The first edition is being made in small numbers. We will write with a date before you are charged.
Is Ekantik a medical device?
No. It is a companion for your practice and is not intended to diagnose or treat any condition.