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>but I think it would help if a session had a short guided portion but transitioned into no talking.
In the later programs (From take 20 onward) there is definitely a lot less talking...
>I think there is a lack of good ambient sounds in meditation apps
I recently tried One Giant Mind and enjoyed their ambient sounds, maybe check it out https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.onegiantmind&hl=en
>I get the clearest of minds when I am able to focus on something
Focus on your breath :P If that doesn't cut it, One gaint mind teaches you to use a mantra as your object of meditation.
Anyway check out One Giant Mind... Use it for a while, maybe you can get a few ideas there to improve upon. At the end of the day, I wouldn't rely on guided meditation apps for too long. Sitting down in silence with your own environment's ambient sounds is the way to go once you get the hang of it.
A few days ago someone linked to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.onegiantmind and I'm on day 4. I'm enjoying it so far. It's a mantra based meditation with a short lesson about the meditation, then soft music while you say the mantra in your head quietly until a bell chimes to bring you back. Then a list of possible feelings you might have had and a video explaining it to you, and a space to journal your meditation experiences.
Try "one giant mind". They teach what basically is transcendental meditation for free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.onegiantmind
I've never practiced TM, but I have practiced other forms of mantra meditation from the vedic tradition. I think it's important to note that the longer the mantra, the more difficult to enter samadhi. This is why vedic meditation uses 'seed' syllables rather than complete mantras.
Typically, the earliest TM mantra for example was 'Ram', which you would repeat gently in your mind, so it became a pulse, while the mind enters a natural state of rest. Other vedic meditations use other mantras, typically no longer than two syllables long
f you're curious about this type of meditation, here are some resources:
Surya Ram (free) https://www.mountsoma.org/meditation/
Natural stress relief ($25) http://www.natural-stress-relief.com/
1 Giant Mind (free phone app) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.onegiantmind