Artwork for the course One thing at a time
Course · 8 lessons

One thing at a time

For a mind that jumps at every little thing.

8lessons
7–7minutes per lesson
56minutes in total

Eight sessions for attention you can move on purpose: aim it, notice it wandering, come back calmly, and switch deliberately between narrow, wide and a new task.

The lessons

  1. 01

    Attention comes and goes

    You get to know the full arc of attention: aiming, drifting, noticing and coming back.

    Meditation · 7 min
  2. 02

    Noticing that you were gone

    You spot the moment a thought has turned into a small journey.

    Meditation · 7 min
  3. 03

    Coming back without the telling-off

    You practise a short, friendly return with no extra commentary.

    Meditation · 7 min
  4. 04

    One single point

    You gather your attention onto one small, clear sensation.

    Meditation · 7 min
  5. 05

    The pull to do something else

    You notice an urge to switch before it turns into an action by itself.

    Meditation · 7 min
  6. 06

    Wide instead of narrow

    You move from a narrow focus into wide, open awareness, without having to hold everything at once.

    Meditation · 7 min
  7. 07

    Between two tasks

    You practise a clean transition, so unfinished business doesn't quietly steer the next task.

    Everyday practice · 7 min
  8. 08

    One thing at a time

    You bring aiming, noticing, returning and deliberate switching together into your own way of working.

    Meditation · 7 min

The length is calculated, not estimated: it follows from the spoken text and the pauses inside it. What it says here is how long it takes.

How the course works

The lessons build on each other — lesson two knows what happened in lesson one and picks it up. You listen and follow; between the sentences there is silence, where nothing has to happen. You choose the voice and the background sound yourself, and if you play a lesson a second time you get a different welcome than the first time.

The first lesson is free, with no time limit. Everything else is part of Gentle Plus at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, cancellable any time.

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