Nalu | 28-day mind-the-flow journey
Get in the flow with a simple, supported mindful practice in ten minutes a day.
Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month in the US, join Nalu on their 28-day journey.
Mon 6 May to Sun 2 June 2024.
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During our journey, we follow our protagonist, Nalu*, as they learn to mind the flow.
Whether new to mindfulness or with existing practice, ten minutes a day for 28 days helps us build our insight practices, learn better how to “mind our flow,” and live more peace.
Image credit: isarthurgrau. data visualization explained below §. Get a copy in our shop!
Build continuity into any practice
Be part of a global community
Explore your own mind and flow
The links below open on Insight Timer, where you can listen for free. No download is needed.
Week One
For the first week of Nalu’s journey, we explore the breath and how observing it can serve as a valuable tool to mind the flow.
Day 1 Of 28 – Observing Breathing
Day 2 of 28 – Sounds of Breathing
Day 3 of 28 – Touch of the Breath
Week Two
In the second week, we join Nalu in exploring taking control of the breath and through body observation.
Day 10 of 28 – Circular Breathing
Day 11 of 28 – Touch of the Breath
Week Three
For the third week of Nalu’s journey, we explore the self and other, noticing how what’s inside can influence what’s outside.
Day 17 of 28 – Return to the Breath
Day 18 of 28 – Observing Other
Day 19 of 28 – Observing Other
Day 20 of 28 – Understanding Other
Day 21 of 28 – Intentions for Others
Week Four
During the fourth week, we join Nalu in exploring ineer and outer connections and the experience of gratitude.
Day 22 of 28 – Setting Intentions
Day 23 of 28 – Setting Intentions
Unlike a mindfulness “challenge,” Nalu aims for continuity of practice supported by ourselves and each other. We frame our journey as cooperation and collaboration, in contrast to competition.
*Nalu is Hawaiian for wave. Also, mindful observation.** Science and tradition view matter and energy as made fundamentally of vibrations or waves. As such, our lived experience comes in flow.
**We use the Hawaiian ‘Nalu’ to honor indigenous wisdom everywhere and elude inferences that arise from words in the world’s principal languages.
Nalu| Mind the Flow was created live during the usual @2:50 meetups. We captured the recordings and offer them for free playback here, so you can mind the flow anytime from anywhere. During our journey, we followed our protagonist, Nalu*, as they learned to mind the flow. We practiced what we learned for a few minutes each day.
Whether new to mindfulness or with an existing practice, our open @2:50 community welcomed people from all walks of life and worldwide for more than 11,390 person/minutes together. Ten minutes a day for 28 days helped us build our insight practices, learn better how to “mind our flow,” and live more peace.
§ Participants contributed to our collective mood board with a one-click color poll daily. The wheel of colors records more than 500 poll entries. The image at the top of the page illustrates the frequency of each color chosen on each day. Participants received a poster visualization that shows the daily totals over time.
The visualization is available for purchase in our shop.
Registration is not required. 🙂 Free 10-minute events open daily from our home page.
Nalu music written, produced, and recorded by Mika Mimura Erickson (Instagram)
Your hosts
Multiple Time Zones
Hosted by V.K
Europa@2:50 (UTC+2)
Hosted by Partha
Atlantica@2:50 (UTC -4)
Hosted by Arthur
Pacifica@2:50 (UTC-7)
Hosted by Billy
In addition to this recorded journey, we continue to meet live daily for a ten-minute reboot. Use the buttons below to join the live webinar at 2:50 p.m. in your chosen time zone. No registration is needed.
Live@2:50 pm EET
Helsinki (UTC+2)
Live@2:50 pm EDT
New York (UTC-4)
Live@2:50 pm PDT
Vancouver (UTC-7)
Practitioners and interested groups are welcome to host additional time zones. Please reach art (at) at250.org to chat about it!
Nalu@2:50 across time zones
| EUROPA@2:50 Helsinki |
ATLANTICA@2:50 New York |
PACIFICA@2:50 Vancouver |
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| Sydney | 9:50 pm | 4:50 am | 7:50 am |
| Tokyo | 8:50 pm | 3:50 am | 6:50 am |
| Delhi | 5:20 pm | 12:20 am | 3:20 am |
| Yekaterinburg | 4:50 pm | 11:50 pm | 2:50 am |
| Helsinki | @2:50 pm | 9:50 pm | 12:50 am |
| London | 12:50 pm | 7:50 pm | 10:50 pm |
| Rio de Janeiro | 8:50 am | 3:50 pm | 6:50 pm |
| New York | 7:50 am | @2:50 pm | 5:50 pm |
| Mexico City | 5:50 am | 12:50 pm | 3:50 pm |
| Vancouver | 4:50 am | 11:50 am | @2:50 pm |
| Honolulu | 1:50 am | 8:50 am | 11:50 am |
We usually have a light arm, shoulder, or neck stretch if you join a few minutes early. 🙂
Groups joining the flow: Mindful Boston, Pelekai Coffee, Still and Moving Center, Intellibridge, MIT CTL, billflemming.com, Mika Aloha Vibes, Peculiar Produce, UCSC, MassArt,