Ten Minutes, Twice a Day
Two short sits are usually more sustainable than one long one, and for most people they are also more useful.
Morning sets the tone
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Meditation Cards: A Way Past the Blank-Page Problem
A card deck removes one small decision — what to focus on today — and that decision is the one that quietly ends a lot of practices.
Ho...
Reading Marcus Aurelius Without a Philosophy Degree
Meditations was never written for publication. It is a private notebook, which is exactly why it reads unevenly and why it survives.
Do...
What a Breathing Light Actually Does
A breathing light is a small lamp that brightens and dims on a fixed cycle. You match your breath to the light. That is the whole mecha...
Starting a Meditation Practice You Will Actually Keep
Most abandoned meditation practices fail for practical reasons rather than philosophical ones. The sessions were too long, at the wrong...