finding your still point

The practices in the Take 20 series are offered as a place to pause.

During the pandemic, in partnership with Wendy Bedborough, Caroline Hall and Lizzie Bentley Bowers, we hosted a series of free weekly sessions called Take20. They were simple by design. Twenty minutes. A quiet virtual room. No expectation to speak, share or perform. Cameras on or off. Just time, held carefully.

The sessions gave us a creative focus each week. A way of noticing what might be emerging for us, and what we needed. Sometimes that was clarity. Sometimes calm. Sometimes simply rest. What mattered was creating the conditions to pause and listen, rather than pushing for answers.

What surprised us was how enduring the practices proved to be.

Long after that period eased, people continued to return to the exercises. They spoke about feeling more resourced, more grounded, more able to think clearly about what mattered. Not because anything had been solved, but because they had taken a few minutes to meet themselves where they were.

Still Point Practices are an evolution of that work.

They are self-guided reflections you can do on your own, in your own time. Some involve writing, some imagination, some paying close attention to your inner or outer landscape. None require preparation or performance. A pen, some paper, and a willingness to slow down is enough.

You don’t need to do them all. You don’t need to do them in order. You might return to the same practice more than once, at different moments, for different reasons.

Whilst The Still Point is also offered as a deeper, facilitated experience, these practices stand alone.

They are here as a companionable resource. A way of creating the conditions for clearer thinking, renewed energy, clearer decisions, and a more honest relationship with yourself.

Here’s the invitation:

Take twenty minutes.

Or five.

Or simply read, and notice what shifts.