meditation practice

Rest for the Long Work

10 · 15 min4 steps

Before you begin

For people doing long work — care, campaigning, community. Lie or recline if you can.

The practice, step by step — read it all first if you like

  1. Put the cause down

    Set the cause beside you, respectfully, for these minutes. It will be there when you return.

    about 90 seconds

  2. Receive

    Let yourself receive rather than give: the chair holds you, the air feeds you, time is not billing you.

    about 240 seconds

  3. Bless the companions

    Bring to mind others doing the work. You are a river, not a solo cup of water.

    about 120 seconds

  4. Return resourced

    Choose one way you will rejoin the work rested rather than ragged.

    about 60 seconds

Accessibility

Designed for the exhausted; zero performance required.

How long do you have?

Or read through it quietly above, at your own pace.