Practices · 18
ten practices
from the water.
Short meditation practices, distilled from years of sitting at the bay. Breath work, walking meditation, body scans, morning pages. Free to read. Free to practice. Return to them when you need to.
01
Box Breathing
Four corners, one still center.
4 minutes
02
The Sunrise Sit
A twenty-minute practice for the edge of the day.
20 minutes
03
The Body Scan
Fifteen minutes of listening to yourself from the inside out.
15 minutes
04
The Three-Breath Reset
A pocket-sized practice for when everything is too much.
30 seconds
05
Ocean Walking Meditation
Barefoot on the firm sand, moving at the pace of the waves.
30 minutes
06
The Evening Unwind
Ten minutes to end the day with fewer edges.
10 minutes
07
Wave Gazing
The oldest known tranquilizer, free and always available at the coast.
10 minutes
08
Morning Pages
Three pages of unfiltered writing, first thing.
20 minutes
09
The 4-7-8 Breath
Dr. Weil's two-minute sleep trick.
2 minutes
10
The Sand Mandala Practice
Making something beautiful, then letting the tide take it.
45 minutes
11
Morning Salt
A five-minute sensory grounding before the sun clears the horizon.
5 minutes
12
Horizon Holding
Watch the line between water and sky for ten uninterrupted minutes.
10 minutes
13
The Long Exhale
Exhales twice as long as inhales, for eight cycles.
4 minutes
14
First Footprints
Walk thirty slow steps down the beach before you let yourself think about the day.
5 minutes
15
One Minute Cold
A single intentional minute of cold exposure, as dosed by the bay itself.
1 minute
16
The Loose List
Write six items you notice in the sky, without editing.
3 minutes
17
The Camera As Bell
Use a single photograph as the entire sit.
8 minutes
18
Tide Counting
Count waves until you lose count, then start again.
6 minutes