Forget the image of hours in a cave. Start with two minutes, then three, four, five, building like cardio, until ten minutes with your breath is a daily act of self-respect. Parents can trade off with a partner to get their ten minutes.
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- Daily No-Agenda Sitting
Set a timer for 35 to 45 minutes daily, with no phone and no agenda, and simply sit (not necessarily meditate), exploring what is happening in your internal experience. Ian sits on a…
More practices from this episode
- Die Complete Tonight
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- Daily No-Agenda Sitting
Set a timer for 35 to 45 minutes daily, with no phone and no agenda, and simply sit (not necessarily meditate), exploring what is happening in your internal experience. Ian sits on a…
- Get curious about body signals
When you notice fear or contraction, look up and ask, 'Huh, I wonder what my body is trying to tell me right now', instead of making the feeling a problem. Sometimes the answer is as simple…
- Reframe pain mid-effort
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- Social media fast
Delete Instagram from your phone for a weekend or a few days to notice how habitually the brain 'hunts' for it.