Zen

Ambient sound over any page, nothing blocked

Rain, forest, fire, city — layered into a soundscape of your own. Zen does not shut anything down; it just makes the browser a calmer place to be.

Everything you meant to do
…and the tab that ate the hour
wikipedia.org

This site is blocked

You asked to keep this one closed until 18:00.

25:00

Focus session

Distracting sites stay shut while the timer runs.

Counted on your device

Nothing about this visit left your browser.

Time to wind down

Breathe with the circle until the screen lets go.

Rain over the page

Ambient sound, nothing blocked.

Look 20 feet away

Twenty seconds. Your eyes have been at this screen for two hours.

Three things today

Written this morning, still waiting.

Today you are the Learner

Every tab is a vote for who you are becoming.

Dark, without the mess

Images keep their colours. Already-dark sites are left alone.

25 on, 5 off

The rhythm runs itself; you stop watching the clock.

Warm after sunset

The page warms up in the evening instead of glowing at you.

Two minutes

In, hold, out — follow the circle and go back to work.

click the toggle — this is the real interface, not a screenshot

Sometimes you do not need to be stopped. You need the room to be quieter.

How it works

Sound without a spare tab

The usual answer is a YouTube rain video you have to keep alive. This is not that.

01

Pick your sounds

Nature is free. Water, Fire, Animals, City, Places and Transport come with Pro.

02

Mix them

Several sounds at once, each at its own level, until it sounds like the place you want to be in.

03

Keep working

Zen blocks nothing. You carry on browsing with the sound underneath.

What you get

What zen mode gives you

Seven categories

Nature free; Water, Fire, Animals, City, Places and Transport with Pro.

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Mixable

Rain and a fireplace together, at levels you choose.

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Breathing exercises

The same animated guide as in sleep mode, when you want to slow down for a minute.

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Nothing is blocked

A calmer browser, not a locked one.

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No spare tab

The player is inside the extension, so nothing gets closed by accident.

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Common cases

What people use ambient sound for

White noise while working

Nature is free; water, fire, animals, city, places and transport come with Pro.

Rain sounds without a YouTube tab

The player lives in the extension, so nothing autoplays after it and nothing gets closed by accident.

Building your own soundscape

Layer several sounds, each at its own level, until the room sounds right.

Calm without blocking anything

Zen restricts nothing. It is the soft mode on purpose.

A minute of breathing between tasks

The same animated guide as bedtime mode, available any time.

What zen mode records

How long the mode ran, stored in your browser. Sound files are streamed, so they are fetched from our server — the request carries nothing about which page you are on.

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Questions

About Zen

Does zen mode block anything?

No. It is deliberately the soft mode: sound and breathing, no restrictions. Use Block Sites when you need something firmer.

Which sounds are free?

Nature. The other six categories are part of Pro.

Can I play several sounds at once?

Yes, and each one has its own volume, so you can build a mix.

Does the sound stop if I switch tabs?

No. It runs from the extension, not from a page, so moving between tabs does not interrupt it.

Zen is the soft one of twelve

When soft is not enough, the same extension blocks, times and tracks — free.

Add to Chrome — free