THE PRACTICES
If you feel overwhelmed at any point during a practice, please don't continue. Open your eyes and look around. Take a few deep breaths. Stand up and walk around the room.
Day 7
Amy Lane guides this beautiful 10-minute practice that cultivates a sense of timeless presence -- setting aside the past and the future to simply be.
Day 6
How often, as we go about each day, do we pause and notice that we're breathing? The simple act of breathing offers unlimited opportunities for noticing -- the air moving through your nostrils, expansion and contraction of the belly, extraneous thoughts that arise, body sensations. Brittany Belisle draws our attention to these details and many more during this simple 9-minute breath practice.
Day 5
What shifts in our well-being when we spend 10 minutes noticing every detail of our experince -- sensations of the body, sounds, moments when the mind starts to wander...? Eventually it should feel deeply restful. Join Sara for 10 minutes of guided practice to rest in the noticing.
Day 4
Set aside 10 minutes in a quiet spot. We suggest you try lying down for this meditation -- wherever is comfortable -- and enjoy teacher Deidre Norman's guidance to visualize a beautiful lake.
Day 3
Sleep is so important to well-being, and this is an ideal practice to save for just before bedtime (or a well-deserved nap). Join Sue Mason for a 12-minute meditation called ‘Sleep Appreciation.’
Day 2
As you engage this practice, ‘Breathing Anchor’ led by Brittany Belisle, you'll probably find that you mind wanders off. That's not a problem. It's in noticing that your attention has drifted that you're practicing mindfulness.
Day 1
We'll begin this 21-Day Challenge with an introduction from Sara Flitner, founder of Becoming Jackson Whole, followed by a 7-minute practice called Minding the Gap. There is a tiny gap that exists between the inhale and exhale — the momentary pause at the bottom of the exhale, the top of the inhale. It's a wonderful place to focus attention and find a moment of rest.
Meet the Teachers
CLICK HERE to learn more about the talented Jackson practitioners who are guiding us through each day’s practice.
