The analog platform for mindful creators

The phone
is the problem.
We built the
alternative.

Rast brings the voices of teachers you trust into your home. A small handcrafted object that helps you arrive: calm, focused and present. No app. No subscription. No notifications.

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The problem

Millions downloaded
the apps.
Most stopped.

5 min
of daily practice produces measurable reductions in anxiety and stress within 30 days. Dr. Richard Davidson, University of Wisconsin

Not because the content was wrong. Because the phone itself is the problem.

Research from the University of Texas shows that the mere presence of your phone reduces cognitive capacity, even face-down, even silent.

Opening a meditation app means unlocking your phone. Which means seeing a notification. Which means the moment is already gone.

Nobody has solved this. Until now.

2 weeks
Most people stop using meditation apps within two weeks of downloading them
Journal of Medical Internet Research
10%
Reduction in cognitive capacity from having your phone on the desk, even face-down, even silent
University of Texas, 2017
5 min
A single brief mindfulness session measurably reduces cortisol and improves sustained attention
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Rast device
What it is

A small handcrafted object.
Fully offline.
Completely yours.

Rast opens like a book. Inside: a sand-coloured device and a leather envelope holding a small collection of cards.

You choose a card, place it in the slot, and a teacher's real voice begins to guide you. When you're done, you remove the card. The audio fades. You close it.

No screen. No login. No cloud. The device works independently, forever.

Soft LED feedback
Volume knob
Headphone jack
USB-C charging
20 sessions per charge

Rast is for the
moments between things.

07:15
Before the laptop opens. Shine card. Three minutes. Then the day begins.
14:50
Before a difficult meeting. Focus card. Two minutes in an empty room. Then you walk in.
18:30
Transition from work to family. Recovery card. Four minutes in the car. Then the door opens.
22:30
Too tired to read. Good Night card. Five minutes. Sleep comes easier than with a screen.
The cards

Each card is
a state of mind.

Sessions adapt slowly over time, becoming quieter, simpler, more familiar as you return to them. Like a path you've walked many times.

shine
rising
good night
settling
recovery
settling
let go
settling
focus
centered
clarity
centered
ground
centered
gong
tool
"If you do it just five minutes a day for thirty days, you will see significant reductions in anxiety, depression, and stress."
Dr. Richard Davidson · Center for Healthy Minds · University of Wisconsin
The science

Five minutes a day.
Proven to matter.

Rast sessions start at five minutes. Every session is enough to count.

As Dr. Davidson's research shows, states repeated over time become traits. The ritual gets easier. The calm becomes your baseline. Rast getting quieter over months mirrors exactly what's happening in your brain.

For teachers, retreats & studios

Your voice,
in their hands.

Rast is a platform for mindful creators. You record your own practices, we turn them into your own Rast edition. Your students and guests use it at home, without a screen, and you earn on every unit.

Real voices only. We never clone a voice and never let an AI speak as you.

Talk to us about a pilot
RecordYour practices in your own voice. A phone in a quiet room is enough to start.
Your editionWe process the audio and make your cards, device and packaging in your name.
Share and earnFor your space, your courses and your followers. Royalty on every unit.
Already runningOur first retreat partner is preparing their own edition.
The team

We've built hardware
people love before.

Rast is built by a small team with deep experience in hardware product design, business and software, from Y Combinator-backed startups to award-winning consumer devices.

We know how to take a product from prototype to living rooms. Rast is the most personal thing we've ever built.

Felix Christmann
Hardware, Design & Product
Industrial designer, 4x Red Dot, German Design Award, Deeptech Award. Co-founded Senic (Y Combinator), acquired by ISE/Gira. Several successful Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns.
Dr. Nikolas Schöll
CEO - Business & Partnerships
Behavioural scientist, PhD in economics (LSE, UPF). Ran the original market validation. Leads strategy, partnerships and user research.
Shantanu Choudhary
Software Engineering
Systems engineer building the Rast firmware and the offline session engine behind every card interaction.
Where we are

Working prototype.
First partner on board.

We have a working prototype with real cards, real voices and real sessions, tested with people in Berlin. Our first retreat partner is on board.

First small series planned for 2027. Press, investor and creator enquiries welcome now.

Working prototypeFully offline, NFC cards, real voice sessions
User researchIn-depth interviews in Berlin and remote
First retreat partnerTest unit shipping this autumn
ElectronicsCustom board with our embedded partner
Small seriesFirst production run and pre-sale, 2027

Press. Investors. Creators.
Curious humans.

We're at an early stage and selectively sharing what we're building with people who get it. If that's you, write to us.

Thank you. We'll be in touch.