
Start Here · Day 7
On your own
Very little guidance and long silences, then how to keep practicing a few minutes a day.
- 10 min
- Voice and captions
Spinn Originals play softly under the voice and step back while it speaks. If a workout is playing its soundtrack, that carries on instead.
Read the words
- Welcome to day seven, the last day of Start Here. Today there is very little guidance. Mostly, it is you and the quiet.
- Settle into a position you can hold. Sitting, standing or lying down.
- Close your eyes, or let them rest low.
- Take a slow breath in through your nose.
- And out through your mouth.
- Choose one anchor for today. The breath, the body or sounds. Whichever feels easiest.
- When your mind wanders, you know what to do. Notice, and come back. Counting or naming thinking can help.
- I will be quiet now, and check in now and then.
- If you have drifted, come back to your anchor.
- Just this breath.
- Nothing to fix. Keep coming back.
- Notice the body, the sounds, the breath. Then rest again on your anchor.
- A few more minutes. Keep going.
- Begin to let your attention widen. Notice the whole body, and the room around you.
- Take one deeper breath in.
- And let it go slowly.
- Open your eyes if they were closed. Move a little.
- You have finished Start Here. You now have a few simple tools. The breath, the body, sounds, counting, kind words and watching thoughts.
- To keep going, a few minutes a day is plenty. Pick a regular moment, like after your morning coffee, before a workout or before bed.
- Some days will feel settled and some will feel busy. Both count. What matters is showing up.
- You can repeat any of these sessions, or try another series next. Thank you for practicing.