Practice from the very first breath. No long sittings, no difficult postures — just start.
Typing dots, a kettle of boiling water, a tight row of motorbikes, the electricity bill. Six ordinary moments many people hold their breath, and one small thing to do when you catch it.
Oct 27, 2026 · 7 min read
Learn how to count each breath from one to ten to anchor your mind when chest tightens and thoughts race, reclaiming calm right where you sit.
Oct 26, 2026 · 6 min read
Five minutes sitting, the timer goes off, and there is nothing. Not calm, not bright, not peaceful. This is about those empty sits, and why they may not be the failure they feel like.
Oct 24, 2026 · 7 min read
You were listening to the guide and then it's one in the morning, earphones slipped onto the pillow. Four myths about dozing off in evening meditation, each with something to try tonight.
Oct 24, 2026 · 7 min read
A letter written at 10:40 p.m. to the person who will wake up tomorrow, about three minutes when nobody needs you yet, and about how this letter will not be angry if you sleep through them.
Oct 22, 2026 · 3 min read
A diary of one Thursday, day nine of learning to meditate: the times I remembered, the times I forgot, and a few minutes of sitting once it was dark.
Oct 21, 2026 · 3 min read
Slick tiles, fogged mirrors, laundry still damp after three days. The humid nồm mornings of northern Vietnam make you want to skip your sit. Ways to sit with the damp instead of waiting it out.
Oct 18, 2026 · 7 min read
The phone is face down and the light is off, yet my ears keep guarding a buzz that has not come. An online seller on his nights of waiting, and one small job for the ears.
Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min read
On the day I moved out of my rented room I tried counting what I was taking with me. A poem about the one thing that needs no cardboard box and climbs every flight of stairs.
Oct 15, 2026 · 2 min read
Three weeks of meditating with a voice in my earphones, one night the internet died and I had to sit in silence, and what I noticed when I finally switched the voice off myself.
Oct 14, 2026 · 10 min read
A guided three-minute meditation for someone who has never sat before. No cushion needed, no perfect silence, and no need to feel anything special when the time is up.
Oct 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Leaving the breath alone is not the higher path, and guiding it is not just for beginners. Two ways of looking at one breath, when to use which, and three minutes to try both.
Oct 12, 2026 · 11 min read
A ten-minute guide to listen to lying down, moving through shoulders, neck, calves and feet by attention alone. No massage, no promise the aches go, and no promise of good sleep.
Oct 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Two voices lie in bed together near midnight: one reminds me of unpacked orders, the other only wants to lie down. Neither is right or wrong, and this does not promise good sleep.
Oct 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Everything is fine until you notice your breath, and then it feels heavy, as if you have to do every beat yourself. What this is like for me, two lighter ways to look, and when to stop.
Oct 10, 2026 · 6 min read
Three weeks of trying one thing: letting the out-breath run a little longer than the in-breath. Week one felt forced, week two it lengthened by itself, week three brought sleepy and restless days.
Oct 3, 2026 · 12 min read
Awake in the middle of the night, staring at the ceiling: stay in bed or get up, check the time or not, what to do with a racing mind, and when to see a doctor.
Oct 3, 2026 · 8 min read
A chair, a cushion, the edge of the bed, even lying down — all of them work for meditation. Only one way of sitting is worth dropping, and it is not the one beginners worry about.
Oct 2, 2026 · 10 min read