Meditation for everyone
Making meditation accessible and personal for everyone. That is our mission.
Making meditation accessible and personal for everyone. That is our mission.
The substantive line that we at 30NOW following stems from a contemporary approach to Buddhist meditation. Central is the practice of mindfulness or attention. An acknowledging awareness of physical and mental experiences. Although there are differences in meditation style, all meditations follow the principle of mindfulness. Meditations are also offered that are complementary and develop other qualities such as calmness, kindness and compassion.
30NOW was founded by Dirk Wolbers and Joost van den Heuvel Rijnders and started on January 10, 2019.
It started with an online 30 Day Series that allowed you to experience the power of meditation in an accessible and personal way. It has been growing ever since 30NOW with more guides, offerings and styles to a personal online meditation platform for everyone.
The “30” stands for the 30 Day Series in which you will explore and experience meditation step by step. “NOW” stands for the present, the here and now. Of 30NOW train your mind to live in the present moment and avoid being overly concerned with the past and future. As a result, stressful emotions such as fear, hope, fear and expectations have less of a hold on you. When you live fully in the moment, you experience peace, acceptance, freedom, or happiness.
Embracing the richness and diversity of Buddhist traditions with their proven methods and styles.
The practical application of Buddhist meditation styles and their integration into everyday life. This requires an open and investigative approach.
Facilitating meditations and trying to make them accessible to everyone. This concerns young, old, newcomers and more experienced participants.
Creating an environment where participants can practice together, exchange experiences and thus support each other.
Together with a growing number of participants and supervisors, we create a more accessible and versatile meditation platform every day. We learn from the user experiences and with the financial contributions from the Membership we can further develop and grow the platform.
With a voluntary contribution you support our pursuit of 'Meditation for everyone'. In this way you enable investments in technology, support, communication and the expansion of our offering. Do you prefer to transfer manually? This can be done to bank account number NL11BUNQ2067341758 30NOW
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Most of the offerings are in Dutch, but we regularly offer Live Lectures in English. In addition, some Live Courses, In-Depth Series and Live Retreats are also largely in English. See 30NOW.nl/courses-series and use the language filter.
Good to know: The translation option in the menu bar is a feature that allows you to easily translate the content of 30NOW.nl from Dutch to English. The button, when clicked, activates a translation tool that automatically converts the text on the page from Dutch to English, making it more accessible for users who speak English but not Dutch.
With 30NOW.nl/donate you can transfer a donation for the supervisors.
The team of guides provides live meditations and lectures based on a donation (dana). You have the option to transfer an amount of your own choice; this will be distributed among the supervisors. Any amount you give is good – give what makes you happy: Donation for all supervisors.
Thank you in advance!
Do you always want to have specific meditations at hand, without having to look for them?
A Membership allows you to save meditations to your own profile, an easy way to keep your favorite meditations and readings together and easily find them when you need them.
The save button can be found with every recorded live meditation or lecture.
On average, a Day Meditation lasts 15 minutes with a maximum duration of 18 minutes. You can find more information about Day Meditations here.
The duration of a Live Lecture is usually 75 minutes, but the exact duration may differ slightly per lecture and supervisor. Most lectures start with a short meditation, followed by the lecture and conclude with a question and answer moment.
The duration of a Live Meditation is usually 30 minutes. The Live Meditation on Monday evening will also be concluded with a question and answer moment.
Check out the screenshot below to see how to post and delete a message.
At 30NOW we make, during the Live Courses and Live Sangha evenings, using Zoom Meetings.
At the daily Live Meditations and Live Lectures on Sunday, we use Zoom Webinar. The explanation below is about Zoom Meetings and therefore relates to the Live Courses and Sangha Live evenings.
Zoom Meetings is a video platform that makes it possible to organize online sessions/meetings where participants can see and hear each other live.
A handy video manual on how to participate in a (Live) Zoom meeting can be found below.
During a Zoom meeting, participants can use reactions by clicking on the “Reactions” icon in the bottom bar. This opens a pop-up menu with different emoticons to select. After selecting an emoticon, it will be displayed on the participant's screen and visible to the facilitator and other participants of the live session. Reactions can be used to communicate quickly and non-disruptively with other participants during the live session, for example to indicate that you would like to respond by saying something.
Before participating in a Zoom Meeting, it can be nice to gain some experience with Zoom Meetings. For this you can:
When participating in a Zoom Meeting, you should pay attention to the following:
Do you have any questions? Then please contact Team Support.
By subscribing to the (free) email announcements you don't have to miss a Live session.
You will receive a message in your mailbox 12 hours before each Live session with the participation link.
No problem. Go to the page https://www.30now.nl/wachtwoord-vergeten/. Enter your email address and click 'Send'.
You will then receive an email with your username and a personal link with which you can create a new password.
Please note that this email may end up in your spam box.
With your new password you can then log in to https://www.30now.nl/inloggen/.
Is your question not listed? Please contact Team Support, we are happy to help you!
When you are signed up for the Live Announcements If you don't receive any participation links by e-mail, then they are probably blocked by your spam/advertising filter.
The solution: To make sure the e-mail announcements are delivered to you, you can add info(at sign)30NOW.nl to your address book, contacts or safe senders list.
Of course. When participating, only the facilitator/speaker is visible on the screen. In addition, you do not have to register any data for participation.
Do you have another question about your privacy? Share it with us?
Yes. With a (paid) Membership do you have the option to use the daily Live Meditations and Lectures look back when it suits you.
You get access to all existing 1000+ recordings and new meditations and (weekly) new lectures are added to this daily.
To the 30NOW Live sessions can be enjoyed by anyone, with or without 30NOW account, join live.
De 30NOW Live sessions that you can watch with the Membership you can also freely share with anyone. For this you use the share buttons that are visible on every review page.
The meditations from the 30 Day Series and other courses and in-depth series you can't share.
30NOW can now only be visited as a website and for that you must have an internet connection. As we grow in membership, we may consider launching an app so you 30NOW can listen to meditations offline.
30NOW meditations can currently only be listened to with an internet connection. Saving a meditation is not (yet) possible.
This depends on your access. Immediately courses account you can during the 30 Day Series only listen to the Day Meditation of today and yesterday. You can also participate in Live Meditations but don't listen back.
With the Membership you can listen back / watch back all Day Meditations, Live Meditations and Live Lectures when it suits you.
Yes, please! During the live sessions you have the option to respond via the chat.
You will find a comment field at the bottom of the page for the recordings. You must have one for this 30NOW Membership.
also look at this comparison of the different accounts.
During the daily live meditations and lectures you can now benefit from live subtitles. This way you can follow everything that is said in text form. This makes participation even more accessible! Simply activate the subtitles with a click or press 'CC' during the session. Please note that automatic subtitling is not always error-free, but we believe it is a valuable addition to enrich your experience. We hope you're excited about this new addition.
You can read the latest news on the public News page or on you Meditation page (behind login).
One of the biggest obstacles people face when they first start meditating is the time it takes. There is no definite answer to the question of how long one should meditate to experience the benefits of this practice. The length of the meditation is important, but so is the quality of the meditation. Meditating for 30 minutes with constant interruptions and distractions can have the same effect as meditating for 10 minutes without distractions.
With 30NOW we choose 15 minutes because this offers enough time to take you along quietly into the topic of the day, to introduce the meditation, to experience the power of meditation yourself and to close it quietly. In addition, 15 minutes reasonably fits into any agenda.
Reactions during Live Lectures and Live Meditations are limited visibility.
If you have a Membership, you have the option, among other things, to respond to Live sessions with images afterwards.
More information about the Membership can be found here.
The option to respond to Live Sessions is available to everyone during the Live Stream.
Members with a Membership also have the option to:
With a Membership you can watch and share the Live Meditations and Live Lectures from 2 days onwards (but often earlier).
Good to mention in advance: With one Membership you can listen to all meditations from the 30 Day Series indefinitely.
De 30 Day Series is structured in such a way that you gradually deepen your knowledge and experience. Every day there is something different in content. To avoid missing out on valuable information and techniques, we recommend that you participate every day. If, despite your determination, you have had to miss a Day Meditation, we recommend that you listen to the Day Meditation the following day. Every Day meditation is during the 30 Day Series Available for 48 hours.
Here you will find information about Day Meditations. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW Day Meditations? Please contact Team Support.
Here find information about 30NOW First aid. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW First aid? Please contact Team Support.
DNS cache is like a phone book for the internet. It keeps track of websites and their associated IP addresses so that your computer can quickly find the website you want to visit. Sometimes the cached information can become outdated, which can cause problems when trying to access certain websites. For example, if a website's IP address changes, your computer may still try to connect to the old IP address, preventing the website from loading.
Clearing the DNS cache clears out all old information and allows your computer to get the most up-to-date information from the Internet. This can help resolve issues such as not being able to access a particular website or redirecting to the wrong page.
In summary, clearing the DNS cache can help resolve Internet connectivity issues by clearing old information and renewing the IP addresses of the cached websites. This way your computer can connect to the correct IP address and load the desired website.
You can delete the DNS cache on individual devices with a few short steps. If you find these (below) steps too complex, you can choose to simply unplug your internet modem for about 30 seconds and then plug it back in. This will also refresh the DNS.
Keep in mind that it can take up to 5 minutes before your internet connection is available again.
On Windows:
– Open the command prompt/command prompt application as an administrator.
– Type the command “ipconfig /flushdns” and press Enter.
– You should see a message that says “The DNS resolver cache has been flushed” or “Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.”
On Mac:
– Open the 'Terminal' application.
– Type the command “sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder” and press Enter.
– You will be prompted to enter your administrator password.
– After entering the password, the DNS cache will be flushed.
On iPhone or iPad:
On an iPhone or iPad it is not possible to delete the DNS cache directly like on a computer. This is because the DNS cache on an iPhone is managed by the operating system and is not directly accessible to users. But there are a number of steps you can take to “reset” the DNS cache on an iPhone:
By following the steps above, the iPhone or iPad will reconnect to the WiFi network and set up a new DNS server, removing the old DNS information from the cache. This can help with internet connectivity issues or loading specific websites.
Keep in mind that this solution only applies to problems with WiFi connections.
Op 30NOW.nl/accounts-compare you will find the differences per account.
In addition, it is good to know that you do not need an account to participate in the daily live meditations and lectures.
In many cases you can solve it yourself by deleting your browser cache.
The browser cache is the temporary storage space on your computer where your browser stores information about websites you visit, such as images and text. This allows your browser to load the website faster on your next visit, because it does not have to download all the information again.
However, sometimes the cache can become outdated or corrupted and cause problems when trying to access certain websites. In this case, you need to clear your browser's cache.
Below are some general easy steps to clear your browser's cache.
If you prefer an explanation specific to your browser. Then follow the steps this page >
When you have cleared the cache, the problem is often solved. If not, send a message to Team Support.
View Frequently Asked Questions of send us a message.
Here find information about 30NOW reactions. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW First aid? Please contact Team Support.
With Live Lectures, facilitators can bring even more depth to important themes. Live Lectures means to you:
Here you will find all information about 30NOW Live and Live Meditations. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW Live? Please contact Team Support.
View the equation of the different accounts to see which account applies to you.
The facilitator determines in advance which topic/theme will be discussed during the Live session. There is always an opportunity to share experiences and ask questions.
The facilitator chooses the topic/theme for the Live session. Topics can also be suggested by members.
Op 30NOW.nl/live you will find an overview of the planned live sessions of various supervisors and speakers.
Op 30NOW.nl/supervisors you can see which permanent supervisors regularly give a live meditation or lecture.
Tip: Use the (free) Live Announcements and receive the announcement in your mailbox 12 hours before each Live session.
Op 30NOW.nl/live you will find an overview of the planned live sessions of various supervisors and speakers.
Op 30NOW.nl/supervisors you can see which permanent supervisors regularly give a live meditation or lecture.
Tip: Use the (free) Live Announcements and receive the announcement in your mailbox 12 hours before each Live session.
Comments can be read and posted in different parts of our platform, depending on the type of content and your account status:
Yes that's right. Live sessions will be offered from December 2019 with image/video and sound/audio.
Most of the offerings are in Dutch, but we regularly offer Live Lectures in English. In addition, some Live Courses, In-Depth Series and Live Retreats are also largely in English. See 30NOW.nl/courses-series and use the language filter.
Good to know: The translation option in the menu bar is a feature that allows you to easily translate the content of 30NOW.nl from Dutch to English. The button, when clicked, activates a translation tool that automatically converts the text on the page from Dutch to English, making it more accessible for users who speak English but not Dutch.
With 30NOW.nl/donate you can transfer a donation for the supervisors.
The team of guides provides live meditations and lectures based on a donation (dana). You have the option to transfer an amount of your own choice; this will be distributed among the supervisors. Any amount you give is good – give what makes you happy: Donation for all supervisors.
Thank you in advance!
Do you always want to have specific meditations at hand, without having to look for them?
A Membership allows you to save meditations to your own profile, an easy way to keep your favorite meditations and readings together and easily find them when you need them.
The save button can be found with every recorded live meditation or lecture.
On average, a Day Meditation lasts 15 minutes with a maximum duration of 18 minutes. You can find more information about Day Meditations here.
The duration of a Live Lecture is usually 75 minutes, but the exact duration may differ slightly per lecture and supervisor. Most lectures start with a short meditation, followed by the lecture and conclude with a question and answer moment.
The duration of a Live Meditation is usually 30 minutes. The Live Meditation on Monday evening will also be concluded with a question and answer moment.
Check out the screenshot below to see how to post and delete a message.
At 30NOW we make, during the Live Courses and Live Sangha evenings, using Zoom Meetings.
At the daily Live Meditations and Live Lectures on Sunday, we use Zoom Webinar. The explanation below is about Zoom Meetings and therefore relates to the Live Courses and Sangha Live evenings.
Zoom Meetings is a video platform that makes it possible to organize online sessions/meetings where participants can see and hear each other live.
A handy video manual on how to participate in a (Live) Zoom meeting can be found below.
During a Zoom meeting, participants can use reactions by clicking on the “Reactions” icon in the bottom bar. This opens a pop-up menu with different emoticons to select. After selecting an emoticon, it will be displayed on the participant's screen and visible to the facilitator and other participants of the live session. Reactions can be used to communicate quickly and non-disruptively with other participants during the live session, for example to indicate that you would like to respond by saying something.
Before participating in a Zoom Meeting, it can be nice to gain some experience with Zoom Meetings. For this you can:
When participating in a Zoom Meeting, you should pay attention to the following:
Do you have any questions? Then please contact Team Support.
By subscribing to the (free) email announcements you don't have to miss a Live session.
You will receive a message in your mailbox 12 hours before each Live session with the participation link.
No problem. Go to the page https://www.30now.nl/wachtwoord-vergeten/. Enter your email address and click 'Send'.
You will then receive an email with your username and a personal link with which you can create a new password.
Please note that this email may end up in your spam box.
With your new password you can then log in to https://www.30now.nl/inloggen/.
Is your question not listed? Please contact Team Support, we are happy to help you!
When you are signed up for the Live Announcements If you don't receive any participation links by e-mail, then they are probably blocked by your spam/advertising filter.
The solution: To make sure the e-mail announcements are delivered to you, you can add info(at sign)30NOW.nl to your address book, contacts or safe senders list.
Of course. When participating, only the facilitator/speaker is visible on the screen. In addition, you do not have to register any data for participation.
Do you have another question about your privacy? Share it with us?
Yes. With a (paid) Membership do you have the option to use the daily Live Meditations and Lectures look back when it suits you.
You get access to all existing 1000+ recordings and new meditations and (weekly) new lectures are added to this daily.
To the 30NOW Live sessions can be enjoyed by anyone, with or without 30NOW account, join live.
De 30NOW Live sessions that you can watch with the Membership you can also freely share with anyone. For this you use the share buttons that are visible on every review page.
The meditations from the 30 Day Series and other courses and in-depth series you can't share.
30NOW can now only be visited as a website and for that you must have an internet connection. As we grow in membership, we may consider launching an app so you 30NOW can listen to meditations offline.
30NOW meditations can currently only be listened to with an internet connection. Saving a meditation is not (yet) possible.
This depends on your access. Immediately courses account you can during the 30 Day Series only listen to the Day Meditation of today and yesterday. You can also participate in Live Meditations but don't listen back.
With the Membership you can listen back / watch back all Day Meditations, Live Meditations and Live Lectures when it suits you.
Yes, please! During the live sessions you have the option to respond via the chat.
You will find a comment field at the bottom of the page for the recordings. You must have one for this 30NOW Membership.
also look at this comparison of the different accounts.
During the daily live meditations and lectures you can now benefit from live subtitles. This way you can follow everything that is said in text form. This makes participation even more accessible! Simply activate the subtitles with a click or press 'CC' during the session. Please note that automatic subtitling is not always error-free, but we believe it is a valuable addition to enrich your experience. We hope you're excited about this new addition.
You can read the latest news on the public News page or on you Meditation page (behind login).
One of the biggest obstacles people face when they first start meditating is the time it takes. There is no definite answer to the question of how long one should meditate to experience the benefits of this practice. The length of the meditation is important, but so is the quality of the meditation. Meditating for 30 minutes with constant interruptions and distractions can have the same effect as meditating for 10 minutes without distractions.
With 30NOW we choose 15 minutes because this offers enough time to take you along quietly into the topic of the day, to introduce the meditation, to experience the power of meditation yourself and to close it quietly. In addition, 15 minutes reasonably fits into any agenda.
Reactions during Live Lectures and Live Meditations are limited visibility.
If you have a Membership, you have the option, among other things, to respond to Live sessions with images afterwards.
More information about the Membership can be found here.
The option to respond to Live Sessions is available to everyone during the Live Stream.
Members with a Membership also have the option to:
With a Membership you can watch and share the Live Meditations and Live Lectures from 2 days onwards (but often earlier).
Good to mention in advance: With one Membership you can listen to all meditations from the 30 Day Series indefinitely.
De 30 Day Series is structured in such a way that you gradually deepen your knowledge and experience. Every day there is something different in content. To avoid missing out on valuable information and techniques, we recommend that you participate every day. If, despite your determination, you have had to miss a Day Meditation, we recommend that you listen to the Day Meditation the following day. Every Day meditation is during the 30 Day Series Available for 48 hours.
Here you will find information about Day Meditations. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW Day Meditations? Please contact Team Support.
Here find information about 30NOW First aid. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW First aid? Please contact Team Support.
DNS cache is like a phone book for the internet. It keeps track of websites and their associated IP addresses so that your computer can quickly find the website you want to visit. Sometimes the cached information can become outdated, which can cause problems when trying to access certain websites. For example, if a website's IP address changes, your computer may still try to connect to the old IP address, preventing the website from loading.
Clearing the DNS cache clears out all old information and allows your computer to get the most up-to-date information from the Internet. This can help resolve issues such as not being able to access a particular website or redirecting to the wrong page.
In summary, clearing the DNS cache can help resolve Internet connectivity issues by clearing old information and renewing the IP addresses of the cached websites. This way your computer can connect to the correct IP address and load the desired website.
You can delete the DNS cache on individual devices with a few short steps. If you find these (below) steps too complex, you can choose to simply unplug your internet modem for about 30 seconds and then plug it back in. This will also refresh the DNS.
Keep in mind that it can take up to 5 minutes before your internet connection is available again.
On Windows:
– Open the command prompt/command prompt application as an administrator.
– Type the command “ipconfig /flushdns” and press Enter.
– You should see a message that says “The DNS resolver cache has been flushed” or “Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.”
On Mac:
– Open the 'Terminal' application.
– Type the command “sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder” and press Enter.
– You will be prompted to enter your administrator password.
– After entering the password, the DNS cache will be flushed.
On iPhone or iPad:
On an iPhone or iPad it is not possible to delete the DNS cache directly like on a computer. This is because the DNS cache on an iPhone is managed by the operating system and is not directly accessible to users. But there are a number of steps you can take to “reset” the DNS cache on an iPhone:
By following the steps above, the iPhone or iPad will reconnect to the WiFi network and set up a new DNS server, removing the old DNS information from the cache. This can help with internet connectivity issues or loading specific websites.
Keep in mind that this solution only applies to problems with WiFi connections.
Op 30NOW.nl/accounts-compare you will find the differences per account.
In addition, it is good to know that you do not need an account to participate in the daily live meditations and lectures.
In many cases you can solve it yourself by deleting your browser cache.
The browser cache is the temporary storage space on your computer where your browser stores information about websites you visit, such as images and text. This allows your browser to load the website faster on your next visit, because it does not have to download all the information again.
However, sometimes the cache can become outdated or corrupted and cause problems when trying to access certain websites. In this case, you need to clear your browser's cache.
Below are some general easy steps to clear your browser's cache.
If you prefer an explanation specific to your browser. Then follow the steps this page >
When you have cleared the cache, the problem is often solved. If not, send a message to Team Support.
View Frequently Asked Questions of send us a message.
Here find information about 30NOW reactions. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW First aid? Please contact Team Support.
With Live Lectures, facilitators can bring even more depth to important themes. Live Lectures means to you:
Here you will find all information about 30NOW Live and Live Meditations. Do you have any other questions or comments about 30NOW Live? Please contact Team Support.
View the equation of the different accounts to see which account applies to you.
The facilitator determines in advance which topic/theme will be discussed during the Live session. There is always an opportunity to share experiences and ask questions.
The facilitator chooses the topic/theme for the Live session. Topics can also be suggested by members.
Op 30NOW.nl/live you will find an overview of the planned live sessions of various supervisors and speakers.
Op 30NOW.nl/supervisors you can see which permanent supervisors regularly give a live meditation or lecture.
Tip: Use the (free) Live Announcements and receive the announcement in your mailbox 12 hours before each Live session.
Op 30NOW.nl/live you will find an overview of the planned live sessions of various supervisors and speakers.
Op 30NOW.nl/supervisors you can see which permanent supervisors regularly give a live meditation or lecture.
Tip: Use the (free) Live Announcements and receive the announcement in your mailbox 12 hours before each Live session.
Comments can be read and posted in different parts of our platform, depending on the type of content and your account status:
Yes that's right. Live sessions will be offered from December 2019 with image/video and sound/audio.
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