Everyday Practices
Looking At, Not From
For Watching the Mind Without Being Pulled In
Welcome. These practices are here for when the mind is busy and you’d like to watch it for a while, instead of being pulled in. Start with whichever one you like, and use the shorter versions when time is tight. Tap play to listen, or download any track to keep.
Hands as Thoughts
For when your thoughts are blocking your view. You hold your hands open like a book, then raise them slowly until they cover your eyes, and look at the world through the gaps. This is how it is when we’re caught up in our thoughts. Then you lower them, very slowly, and notice how much more you can see. A letter to your mind follows, and the affirmation ‘when I observe them, I set myself free.’ The shorter versions give you the letter or the exercise, each with the affirmation.
11 min · fullDownload
The Theatre of My Mind
For when you’re lost in the drama in your head. Your mind is a grand old theatre and your thoughts are the actors, like the critic pointing out your flaws, or the worrier pacing the stage, forecasting disaster. You step off the stage and take a seat in the audience, far enough back to see they’re playing roles. A few questions follow, then a letter to your mind and the affirmation ‘I sit in the audience, granting them space.’ The shorter version leaves out the letter.
10 min · fullDownload
I Am Not My Thoughts
For when a thought feels like who you are. It starts with the words ‘I am not my thoughts unless I choose them.’ I talk you through the difference between looking from a thought, where it becomes your whole view, and looking at it, where it’s something passing through. Thoughts grow stronger when we feed them, whether we dwell on them or fight them. It ends with you as the one who sees them, and gets to choose. The shorter version covers looking from and looking at, then finishes.
7 min · fullDownload
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