Practice

Practice is something you return to doing so you can learn through participation, not only through explanation.

Practice is something you return to doing so you can learn through participation, not only through explanation.

Repetition matters, but repetition alone isn’t the whole point. Attention, circumstances and what you notice can change the experience each time.

You don’t need to become good at looking as though you’ve practised.

A private page doesn’t have to be wise. A movement doesn’t have to look beautiful. An honest pause before answering may be more useful than a perfectly delivered sentence you don’t mean.

I AWAKE’s guided practices give you a structure for exploring thoughts, feelings, bodily responses and imagination. You follow the book’s guidance and notice what is actually available, rather than perform the response you believe the author wants.

The result may be quieter than a breakthrough. You recognise the urge to explain yourself away and give the original sentence another moment.

That is something you can use.

Guided practice explains the role of instructions. Everyday practice takes the learning into the next conversation, decision or act of making.