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Letting go meditation for brain fog (7 min), at night
Slow, spoken guidance for brain fog. A letting go session you can do at night.
Begin →15-minute breathing meditation for falling asleep, after a conflict
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 15 minutes of breathing for falling asleep, after a conflict.
Begin →A lighthouse at the end of a long day (a sleep story), if you have five quiet minutes — for a racing mind
One light turning, a kettle, and weather you are on the right side of.
Settle in →A 25-minute block for decluttering, with plain quiet, if you are fitting this around other people
A single 25-minute block for decluttering — one surface at a time.
Start the block →3-5-7 breathing for travel days, if you are tired of apps
A 3 · 5 · 7 rhythm — a staircase down: three, five, seven.
Breathe →Meditation for perfectionism: 12-minute gratitude session, at 3am
Slow, spoken guidance for perfectionism. A gratitude session you can do at 3am.
Begin →Meditation for low energy: 3-minute grounding session, after bad news
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 3 minutes of grounding for low energy, after bad news.
Begin →Sleep story: a bus at night, if you are tired of apps — for a restless night
Upper deck, front seat, a city going past that you do not have to join.
Settle in →A 50-minute block for admin and email, with a train carriage, when you have more time than usual
A single 50-minute block for admin and email — in one pass, without opening new tabs.
Start the block →Physiological sigh for jet lag, if you have done this a hundred times
A 2 · 6 rhythm — a second short sip of air on top of the first, then a long release.
Breathe →Body scan for back pain and tension: 20 minutes, in the office
Slow, spoken guidance for back pain and tension. A body scan session you can do in the office.
Begin →Self-compassion for appreciation: 7 minutes, when nothing went right
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 7 minutes of self-compassion for appreciation, when nothing went right.
Begin →A field under snow — a slow story for the end of the day, when your attention is scattered — for winding down
Everything muffled, everything white, and no tracks but yours.
Settle in →A 90-minute block for portfolio work, with birds at dawn, when you have been putting it off
A single 90-minute block for portfolio work — the last ten percent.
Start the block →Gentle box breathing: 8 rounds for deep focus, when you have already had a long week
A 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 rhythm — a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →5-minute guided softening practice for overthinking — on the train
5 minutes to meet overthinking with less of a fight. A softening practice, on the train.
Begin →Noting meditation for anxiety (12 min), as sleep prep
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 12 minutes of noting for anxiety, as sleep prep.
Begin →A fire dying down (a sleep story), if you are doing this instead of scrolling — for an overtired night
The last hour of a fire, when it stops being a fire and becomes warmth.
Settle in →45-minute focus session for problem solving with white noise, when you have been on screens all day
45 minutes on problem solving — before looking anything up. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →4-7-8 breathing: 8 rounds for a hard week, on a low-energy afternoon
A 4 · 7 · 8 rhythm — in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →Anger: 10-minute self-compassion meditation, before a busy day
10 minutes to meet anger with less of a fight. A self-compassion practice, before a busy day.
Begin →Meditation for loneliness: 20-minute body scan session, on a rest day
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 20 minutes of body scan for loneliness, on a rest day.
Begin →Sleep story: a library at closing time, when you have been putting it off — for jet lag
The last hour, when the lights go down row by row.
Settle in →50-minute focus session for coding with distant thunder, when you have woken up too early
50 minutes on coding — one function at a time, not the whole system. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →Quick 2-1-2-1 breath (2 · 1 · 2 · 1) for the hours after people leave, when you have already had a long week
Rounds of 2 · 1 · 2 · 1, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →5-7 breathing: 8 rounds for days when everything is too much, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
Rounds of 5 · 7, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →15-minute noting meditation for concentration, in the late afternoon
15 minutes to meet concentration with less of a fight. A noting practice, in the late afternoon.
Begin →7-minute softening meditation for sleep, early on
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 7 minutes of softening for sleep, early on.
Begin →A boat at anchor — a slow story for the end of the day, when you are too tired to try hard — for a night when you do not want to think
A small harbour, a rope that creaks, and a boat that moves about a metre in the night.
Settle in →Deep work timer: 25 minutes of practising an instrument (rain on a window), when the day has been loud
One block of practising an instrument with rain on a window underneath. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
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