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Gratitude for anxiety: 15 minutes, between meetings
Slow, spoken guidance for anxiety. A gratitude session you can do between meetings.
Begin →Focus session for applications and forms: 45 minutes, a fan or air conditioner, when you have just finished work
45 minutes of applications and forms, with a fan or air conditioner and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →Beginner box breathing exercise for being unwell — when you need to stop thinking about work
A 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 rhythm — the easiest version of the square.
Breathe →10-minute guided letting go practice for anger — after a fight
For the times after a fight when anger takes up more room than you would like — 10 minutes, letting go.
Begin →3-minute guided breathing practice for loneliness — on the way in
Slow, spoken guidance for loneliness. A breathing session you can do on the way in.
Begin →Focus session for planning: 50 minutes, a washing machine, before you go back to something hard
50 minutes of planning, with a washing machine and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →How to use Soft 4-7-8 breathing for a ten-minute window, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A 4 · 4 · 8 rhythm — the hold cut short, the long exhale kept.
Breathe →Concentration: 15-minute gratitude meditation, after a shock
For the times after a shock when concentration takes up more room than you would like — 15 minutes, gratitude.
Begin →Sleep: 7-minute grounding meditation, before work
7 minutes to meet sleep with less of a fight. A grounding practice, before work.
Begin →25-minute writing session with brown noise and a timer, when you want to be left alone
Sit down, press start, and get words down for 25 minutes. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →How to use 7-11 breathing for the early months, when you need something unremarkable
A 7 · 11 rhythm — a long, slow ratio for when you have time.
Breathe →Breathing meditation for perfectionism (3 min), after a bad day
For the times after a bad day when perfectionism takes up more room than you would like — 3 minutes, breathing.
Begin →12-minute letting go meditation for morning energy, after a long day
12 minutes to meet morning energy with less of a fight. A letting go practice, after a long day.
Begin →steady breath for quiet night
Use this before bed when the house is still.
Begin →A library at closing time — a slow story for the end of the day, after a long day — for the hours after a late shift
The last hour, when the lights go down row by row.
Settle in →45-minute language practice session with a library and a timer, if you are new to this
Sit down, press start, and practise out loud for 45 minutes. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →Tight box breathing: 8 rounds for a study session, after a long day
Rounds of 4 · 1 · 4 · 1, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →20-minute guided noting practice for gratitude — on a Sunday
20 minutes to meet gratitude with less of a fight. A noting practice, on a Sunday.
Begin →10-minute guided grounding practice for self-criticism — on a lunch break
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 10 minutes of grounding for self-criticism, on a lunch break.
Begin →A boat at anchor (a sleep story), when you want something simple — for a racing mind
A small harbour, a rope that creaks, and a boat that moves about a metre in the night.
Settle in →50-minute studying session with plain quiet and a timer, when your attention is scattered
Sit down, press start, and take in the material for 50 minutes. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →3-6 breathing: 8 rounds for a night shift, when you are waiting for something
Rounds of 3 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Body scan for anxiety: 5 minutes, in the air
5 minutes to meet anxiety with less of a fight. A body scan practice, in the air.
Begin →A mindful pause: 15-minute self-compassion meditation, in the afternoon slump
For the times in the afternoon slump when a mindful pause takes up more room than you would like — 15 minutes, self-compassion.
Begin →Sleep story: a hotel room somewhere, when you feel restless rather than tired — for a restless night
A room you did not choose, in a city you do not have to know.
Settle in →A 25-minute block for drawing, with forest at dusk, when you have been meaning to start
A single 25-minute block for drawing — without correcting anything yet.
Start the block →3-5-7 breathing exercise for a break at work — when you are too tired to try hard
Rounds of 3 · 5 · 7, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Softening meditation for sadness (10 min), on a train
10 minutes to meet sadness with less of a fight. A softening practice, on a train.
Begin →Noting meditation for social anxiety (3 min), during the evening wind-down
For the times during the evening wind-down when social anxiety takes up more room than you would like — 3 minutes, noting.
Begin →A garden in the rain — a slow story for the end of the day, if you are new to this — for winding down
Steady rain on leaves, and a chair under an awning that stays dry.
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