MEDITATION JOURNAL
Sharpening the mind differently.
Each day TheOneJake uses the Calm app.
Each day TheOneJake writes what stuck.
Not guru energy.
Not enlightenment cosplay.
Just:
What was noticed.
What was resisted.
What shifted.
Awareness is edge.
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SIT #312-2026 Mar 04 – Unfixate you Flow and Support
Another office day trucking away. Today the DC was about heart. This practice strengthened you ability to get in to the flow and not only calm the mind but tune in to the heart and quiet any noise you feel there. I always like practices that center around being centered. Although my mind was distracted
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SIT #311-2026 Mar 03 – Training Broke
It’s another office day. Woke up with only 4.5 hours of 72% sleep and feel great. Who would have thunk. Today the DC was about riding the wave, going with the flow. Using this practice as a away to observe what’s going on from a safe distance which gives you the flexibility to go with
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SIT #310-2026 Mar 02 – Shoshin Begins with Gorillas in Tail Spins
Monday funday. Back to the grind – had a best sleep I’ve had all week at 93% quality. Today the DC was about repetition and the benefits of it. I subscribe to the lifestyle of daily consistency, no matter how small, brings on glorious results. This practice ties in to that. It talks about how
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SIT #309-2026 Mar 01 – Chitta Chitta Battery
A sleepy Sunday with sunshine. Today the DC was all about the Sanskrit word Chitta. This practice talks about not just the mind but the heart and how both are what drive our reactions and actions. Chitta is the idea that mind and heart are one. They do not work independently, they work as one.
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SIT #308-2026 Feb 28 – Humility Hits Hard with Sunshine
A beautiful quiet Saturday morning. Today the DC was about the acceptance of humility. This practice allows for you to observe your own humility and accepting it with resulting growth to follow. We must practice humility in order to move forward and grow. This is an excellent meditation that strengthens your current awareness of the
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SIT #307-2026 Feb 27
Another home day. Sleep was good but didn’t record as a great sleep. Today the DC was about Karma. Something we last spoke about in the sit on #85-2025 Mar 1. It’s the practice of taking the awareness of our actions and other peoples action under the idea that we have a universal bank and
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SIT #306-2026 Feb 26 – Elephants and Space Caves
Home day yay! Early morning felt good with an immediate quick high intensity work out. Today the DC was all about body image and how we see ourselves and how that can impact us. This practice helps you center and hit flow and from there you look at yourself from a distance. You can see
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SIT #305-2026 Feb 25 – Aversion, Protection, Pain
Office day number two for the week – the routine was a little easier today than it was yesterday. The DC today was about Aversion and our human habit of avoiding suffering and pain. This practice teaches us that aversion is the source of the pain and not the pain itself. When facing stress, pain,
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SIT #304-2026 Feb 24 – Conflict, Story Telling, Wiggles
Office day today so early shift in the morning routines to adjust for the office day. Today the DC was about how to deal with conflict and how meditation can work to give you the skills to reduce or eliminate your reactionary responses off the mat then faced with conflict. The practice allows you to
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SIT #303-2026 Feb 23 – Awareness, Equanimity, Scream
Back to the grind. Today the DC was about stretching your skills to new heights when it comes to awareness. This practice uses breathwork as your base in awareness and then stretches out the continued awareness by counting breaths before distraction sets in. Then doing it again but trying for longer than the last time.
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SIT #302-2026 Feb 22 – Self-Esteem
Today was a recovery day with lots of sleep. I only did the DC today and it was all about self-esteem. The practice is used to highlight the items that might impact your self-esteem and view them without reaction and from a safe space with the intent to accept them and move on from them.
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SIT #301-2026 Feb 21 – Listen Here & Check In
It’s a early Saturday morning and the birds are chirping. Today the DC was about active listening and the respect that is given when you are present and aware and involved in the listening of others. It shares a feeling of involvement and interest to the active communicator. This practice strengthens your skills off the
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SIT #300-2026 Feb 20 – Integrate and Never Stop Being Bigger
Habits are hard to form but easy to keep once you have them. Today the DC was Integration and using practice to do exactly that – practice. But then using the skills you learn in practice to your life off the mat. For instance if you are stuck in traffic and you feel the frustration
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SIT #299-2026 Feb 19 – Intimacy, Negativity, Criticism
Home day. Woke up tired and I feel it’s because of my big workout from a couple days ago. I feel my muscles are looking for more recovery time. Today the DC was about observing negativity from a safe space with the idea that you can recognize it, accept it and let it move on