• No. These are practices for education and general well-being. I'm a clinical social worker; I do my clinical work at a nonprofit in San Francisco under supervision, and nothing here is treatment or a substitute for it. If you're in crisis, please reach out to someone.

  • Not privately, not yet. I'm a Registered Associate Clinical Social Worker (#105191), which means I practice under supervision through my employer until I'm fully licensed. When that changes, this page will too.

  • No. Most of these practices start with eyes open, and the ones that offer closing them say so and offer a way back.

  • Then you stop, open your eyes, look around the room, and count that as a successful practice. This happens to a lot of people, and it's studied; it isn't a sign that you're doing it wrong. Try a shorter practice, or one that uses sound or touch instead of the breath. If it keeps happening, that's worth talking it over with someone you trust.

  • No. I'm a Zen practitioner and that shapes how I teach, but nothing here asks you to believe anything. I say what we're doing and why, in English.

  • A chair. Optionally a wall and a blanket. Phones off. That's it.

  • Three to ten minutes, mostly. The live class is thirty.

  • The practices on Insight Timer are free. If you find them useful, the app lets you leave a donation, and the live class is free too.

  • Yes, please do. Share the links freely. If you want to use a recording inside a program you charge for, email me first.

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