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45-minute problem solving session with plain quiet and a timer, on a low-energy afternoon
Sit down, press start, and stay with the difficulty for 45 minutes. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →3-6 breathing exercise for a noisy room — when you are cold and want to be warm
The pattern is 3 · 6, which is a gentle two-to-one ratio.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing — 6 · 2 · 6 · 2 — for Monday morning, if you have done this a hundred times
The pattern is 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, which is even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides.
Breathe →Body scan meditation for health anxiety (7 min), before work
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 7 minutes of body scan for health anxiety, before work.
Begin →15-minute self-compassion meditation for jaw tension, as sleep prep
When jaw tension shows up as sleep prep, this 15-minute self-compassion session gives you somewhere to put it down.
Begin →The house after everyone is asleep (a sleep story), when you want to be left alone — for a night when you do not want to think
The hour when the house belongs to nobody and nothing needs doing.
Settle in →90-minute coding session with a train carriage and a timer, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
Sit down, press start, and work through the problem for 90 minutes. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →3-5-7 breathing exercise for being unwell — when you only have a few minutes
3 · 5 · 7 breathing: a staircase down: three, five, seven.
Breathe →Meditation for stress: 12-minute softening session, after a long day
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 12 minutes of softening for stress, after a long day.
Begin →Meditation for fear of flying: 5-minute noting session, in the morning
When fear of flying shows up in the morning, this 5-minute noting session gives you somewhere to put it down.
Begin →The night train — a slow story for the end of the day, when you cannot concentrate on anything else — for waking too early
Somewhere between two cities, in the dark, where nobody needs anything from you.
Settle in →A 25-minute block for practising an instrument, with birds at dawn, when you have been on screens all day
A single 25-minute block for practising an instrument — slowly, with the metronome.
Start the block →How to use Physiological sigh for a ten-minute window, when you want something simple
2 · 6 breathing: a second short sip of air on top of the first, then a long release.
Breathe →Self-compassion for insomnia: 20 minutes, on a Sunday
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 20 minutes of self-compassion for insomnia, on a Sunday.
Begin →Body scan for anger: 10 minutes, on a lunch break
Slow, spoken guidance for anger. A body scan session you can do on a lunch break.
Begin →A caravan by the sea, if you are fitting this around other people — for jet lag
Thin walls, wind outside, and the sound of shingle about fifty metres away.
Settle in →A 50-minute block for exam revision, with white noise, when you have woken up too early
A single 50-minute block for exam revision — recall rather than re-reading.
Start the block →How to use Gentle box breathing for a night shift, when you want to finish something
3 · 3 · 3 · 3 breathing: a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →5-minute guided noting practice for fatigue — during a break
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 5 minutes of noting for fatigue, during a break.
Begin →Softening meditation for concentration (15 min), in the afternoon slump
Slow, spoken guidance for concentration. A softening session you can do in the afternoon slump.
Begin →An attic room (a sleep story), after a long day — for a night when you do not want to think
Sloping ceiling, rain on the roof a foot above your head.
Settle in →A 90-minute block for data work, with a stream, when the day has been loud
A single 90-minute block for data work — checking as you go.
Start the block →4-7-8 breath (4 · 7 · 8) for a break at work, when you are doing this for the first time
4 · 7 · 8 breathing: in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →Mindfulness: 10-minute grounding meditation, on a plane
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 10 minutes of grounding for mindfulness, on a plane.
Begin →Self-doubt: 3-minute self-compassion meditation, after work
Slow, spoken guidance for self-doubt. A self-compassion session you can do after work.
Begin →A lighthouse at the end of a long day — a slow story for the end of the day, when you want something simple — for waking too early
One light turning, a kettle, and weather you are on the right side of.
Settle in →45-minute focus session for editing with rain on a window, after a difficult conversation
45 minutes on editing — the boring pass that makes it readable. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →5-7 breath (5 · 7) for Sunday evening, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
5 · 7 breathing: five in, seven out.
Breathe →15-minute letting go meditation for a racing mind, in the queue
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 15 minutes of letting go for a racing mind, in the queue.
Begin →7-minute breathing meditation for jaw tension, during the evening wind-down
Slow, spoken guidance for jaw tension. A breathing session you can do during the evening wind-down.
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