You can do this Burst for free in the Bearmore app. It walks you through each activity, step by step. Pick a time and we'll get it ready for you.
Mantra
Nick writes about church as a kind of liberation and treats prayer as practice, not performance. Take a few quiet minutes holding a single phrase or intention. If prayer isn't yours, repeat one steadying line instead.
Reflection
Nick reads widely and seriously, from Trakl's poems to Pinocchio to scripture. Choose one short passage you can sit inside rather than a feed. A poem, a psalm, or a few pages of a novel all do the job.
Creative writing
This is the engine of The Red Hand Files: Nick sits at the desk in office hours and answers one real question properly, trusting that order is what lets the work come. Pick a question that matters to you and write until it is answered.
This can help because music-making can express any insights and emotions from writing in a different way.
Creating music
In his 'Describe your day' file Nick ends up at the piano singing old religious songs with his son Earl and an Omnichord. Close the morning with sound rather than words, playing or humming a few chords with no audience required.