The Steady Mind Method

Calm your body. Focus your mind. Rebuild your days.

You do not need to be spiritual, flexible or good at sitting still. You need about ten minutes a day and a willingness to be a beginner.

The Steady Mind Method is a simple, practical meditation course for working professionals. It teaches ten short practices, one at a time, in the order that works best. It starts with the breath, because a calmer body makes a calmer mind possible.

Inside you will find:

• Ten ideas, in plain words, on how stress, attention and habit work


• Ten practices, from slow breathing and the body scan to open awareness, loving-kindness, mental rehearsal and walking meditation


• Ready-to-use scripts that you can read aloud or record in your own voice


• A ten-week Full Path with a day-by-day schedule, and a 30-day Starter if you are short of time


• Help with building a daily routine that fits a busy working life


• Light references to the yoga tradition of Patanjali, with a short guide to the eight limbs


• More than twenty diagrams, a glossary and a list of sources

An honest approach. Every idea is labelled as well supported, promising, or tradition and model, so you know what the research shows and what is only a useful map. Every breathing practice is gentle. There are no cure claims, and this is a guide to self-care, not a substitute for medical advice.

If you are tired of feeling scattered, tense or always behind, begin with one practice this week.