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Learn to meditate
Ten minutes a day, for five days, by email. One short thing to read, one thing to try. Then it stops — no drip sequence, no app, no subscription.
Day one, in ninety seconds
If you never read another word on this site, this is enough to start:
- Sit on something that puts your hips above your knees. A firm cushion on the floor, or the front third of a chair with both feet flat. This one change solves most beginner discomfort.
- Set a timer for ten minutes. Not five — five is over before anything happens. Not twenty — twenty is a promise you'll break by Thursday.
- Close your eyes and feel your feet. Weight, temperature, the floor pushing back.
- When you notice you've been thinking, come back to your feet. That noticing is not an interruption of the practice. It is the practice.
- When the timer goes, stop. Don't grade it.
You will do this and think nothing happened. Correct. Something happening is not the point; the repetition is.
The free 5-day course
One email a day for five days, then a fortnightly note you can leave whenever you like. We don't share your address, and there is an unsubscribe link in every message.
The sign-up form goes live with the course. Until then, use the contact form and we'll add you by hand.
| Day | What you'll read | What you'll try |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sit down badly, on purpose | Ten minutes, feet only |
| 2 | Your ten minutes, and where to put them | Pick a fixed slot and defend it |
| 3 | What a wandering mind actually means | Count the returns instead of resisting them |
| 4 | Guided or silent — choosing your lane | One of each, back to back |
| 5 | Building the corner you'll come back to | Set up one square metre properly |
The four weeks nobody warns you about
Where to go next
- Meditation posture — fix the body before you blame the mind.
- What is guided meditation? — if silence feels like too much too soon.
- The meditation garden — the place, once the habit is real.
- What it's actually good for — before you expect the wrong thing.
One caution. If you are currently in acute distress — depression, panic, PTSD, an eating disorder, psychosis — please speak to a health professional before starting a daily practice, and tell them what you're planning. Meditation is not a treatment and occasionally makes things harder before it makes them easier.