Your Personal Practice Morning
Designed by Bearmore
Inspired by Elena BrowerSome mornings need more than a routine. They need a way in.
A quiet morning practice for when the hour keeps getting away, inspired by Elena Brower’s long-standing work with contemplative practice, movement, creativity and journaling.
The runsheet
Settle and breathe
Elena's work begins with some conscious breathing work and then a mantra meditation. Ten minutes, sitting upright with eyes closed. Optional headphones.
10 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing mantra before yoga
This can help because breathing awareness and any calm state can enhance the meditative quality of yoga practice.
Practice
A self-led flow, slow and aware. Elena teaches you to work with where your body is at rather than what you planned to do. Half an hour is enough; you can go shorter on harder days.
30 min activityBearmore’s thoughts on doing yoga before journaling
These go especially well together because a clearer mind can make reflection easier before the noise of the day returns.
‘One word’ journaling
Elena's journal prompts use one word as a doorway. Pick one ('curious', 'angry', 'willing') and write on it for fifteen minutes, just whatever comes to mind.
15 min activityTime well spent.
1h 14m that belonged to you — not the inbox, not anyone else.
The breakdown
Burst evaluation
Wellbeing focus
About this Burst
Elena Brower is an American yoga and meditation teacher, author of Practice You and Art of Attention, and host of the Practice You podcast. She has taught yoga since 1999, lives in upstate New York, and runs ongoing meditation, journaling and yoga programmes online.