‍things to try transcripts

‍Transcriptions of the Things to Try series of talks.


‍The main audio page for the series can be found here. (There are some general introductory comments on that page.) Each individual transcript also has a link to the audio episode at the bottom of its page.


‍The suggestions can be tried in any order (here they are presented alphabetically). Those shown in red are lifestyle suggestions requiring some prolonged discipline.

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‍try baptising yourself

‍try being a pilgrim

‍try being alone

‍try being compassionate with yourself

‍try being naked

‍try being part of a banyan tree

‍try being vegetarian

‍try breathing from the belly

‍try bringing your awareness to your centre point

‍try bringing awareness to tension in the body

‍try bringing the awareness to the third eye

‍try catharsis in the ocean

‍try comparing sensations

‍try eating less

‍try feeling the breeze

‍try floating down a river

‍try floating face down

‍try floating in the ocean

‍try gazing into an open fire

‍try going for a long walk

‍try going into a desert

‍try going into the mountains

‍try jumping from a cliff into the sea

‍try kicking through some fallen leaves

‍try leaning against a standing stone

‍try lifting water

‍try listening to a babbling brook

‍try listening to a bird singing

‍try listening to bamboo

‍try looking at a dead leaf

‍try looking at the stars

‍try looking up at a tree

‍try lying down in a meadow

‍try lying on a hot rock

‍try making love with eye contact

‍try making more eye contact

‍try making space for stillness

‍try micro meditation

‍try not wearing underwear

‍try playing in the waves

‍try rewarding your mind

‍try riding a bicycle no hands

‍try sensing your heartbeat

‍try simplifying your life

‍try sitting by a mountain stream

‍try sitting with a problem

‍try spending time by the ocean

‍try spending time in the forests

‍try standing on a tree stump

‍try sunbathing

‍try sunbathing on your sides

‍try swimming in the rain

‍try taking the plunge

‍try talking less

‍try talking to a tree

‍try tossing a coin to make decisions

‍try touching a tree

‍try visualising the inside of your head

‍try walking barefoot

‍try watching a leaf fall

‍try watching a river flow

‍try watching a sunrise

‍try watching a sunset

‍try watching a wild animal

‍try watching clouds

‍try watching waves breaking

‍try wearing natural fibres