Choose an exercise.

Start with the breath if you're wound up. Then pick the one that fits how you arrived — and just do the one.

The breath

Start here — for settling the body before anything else.

A circle that breathes at a slow, steady pace, with an optional voice and soft background sound. Follow it for a few minutes; let your shoulders drop and the volume come down.

~5 minjust follow the circle

A crowded head

For when there's too much in there — loops, tasks, half-thoughts.

Empty your head onto the page, then sort what's a thing to do from what's a thing to feel. Both need attention — but different kinds.

~15 minfive short rounds

Three pages

For when something's stuck but you can't quite name it.

Write three pages of whatever comes — no editing, no rereading, no aim. The writing past the obvious is where the rest tends to surface. Text is discarded when you're done.

~20 minjust keep typing

A body scan

For when the head is foggy, but something else is talking.

A slow walk of attention from head to toe — just noticing, no fixing. Often the body knows what the mind hasn't found words for yet.

~12 minsit or lie down

Nothing is saved. Nothing leaves your browser. When you're done, leave the screen — take a walk, do the dishes. The exercise was the work.