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A year, in four elements

Fire, air, earth, water. Each element gets three months. Each week gives you a theme, something to do with your body, and something to sit with. About fifteen minutes a day.

The four cycles

Fire

Months 1–3 · Weeks 1–13

  • Exploring old and new dreams
  • Finding your passion
  • Burning and transmuting what no longer serves
Childhood dreamsResistanceBreathworkDream activation

Air

Months 4–6 · Weeks 14–26

  • Finding and using your voice
  • Speaking into your dreams
  • Sharing them with others
VulnerabilityBeing heardAbandonment woundsReleasing fear

Earth

Months 7–9 · Weeks 27–39

  • Grounding into your dreams
  • Centering
  • Balancing passion with real planning
ConsistencyRelationshipsLand and natureWork-life balance

Water

Months 10–12 · Weeks 40–52

  • Receiving support, love, and compliments
  • Healthy reflection to others
  • Flowing into your dreams
Life pivot-pointsPost-traumatic growthRedefining successAuthenticity

The program is finite and infinite both — you can revisit modules annually, or work a single element as needed.

What one day looks like

Week 7 · Day 3 · Air

Before you write

Step outside and find the wind. Watch one thing move in it for two minutes. Can’t get out? Open a window and do the same.

Sit with this

What have you been waiting for permission to say?

Copy to my notes

We never see a word of it

The app hands you the prompt. You write in your own notes app, on your own phone. Nothing you write is sent to us, stored by us, or read by anyone.

That isn’t a setting you have to go find. It’s how the thing is built. We hold your name and email and which week you’re on. That’s the whole list.

Every practice has an indoor version. Weather, night shift, a body that hurts, nowhere safe to stand outside — none of that should end your week.

Three ways to start

Free, and it stays free. Use whichever you already know how to use.

No app store? Create an account on the web and it works in any browser. Add it to your home screen and it opens like an app.

Join free on the web

1 · Get the app

App Store, Google Play, or straight through your browser.

2 · Make an account

Name and email. Nothing else. It exists so you keep your place if you change phones.

3 · Pick where to begin

Week one with fire, or the element you need most right now. Plenty of people start with water.

4 · Come back tomorrow

Miss a week and nothing is lost. We count the days you showed up, never the ones you didn’t.

Free things to listen to

Guided meditation, breathwork, and quiet music — all free, no subscription needed.

Your library card

Free access to hoopla and Libby — audiobooks, meditation collections, and music, at no cost. Ask at the desk; it takes about five minutes.

YouTube

The largest free library of guided meditation there is. Search for what you actually need — “10 minute body scan,” “breathing for anxiety,” “sleep meditation.”

Start here

Ask for a playlist

Most music apps will build one from a phrase. Try “calm focus,” “grounded acoustic,” or “gentle piano for reflection” — and something with more energy on the days that call for it.

Insight Timer

Tens of thousands of free guided meditations. The free tier is genuinely usable, not a trial.

insighttimer.com

UCLA Mindful

Free guided meditations from UCLA Health, in English and Spanish. Short, plain, no upsell.

uclahealth.org

No headphones needed

Silence works too. So does one song you already love, birdsong through an open window, or the sound of your own breathing. None of this requires an app.

Who it’s for

People in recovery

Whatever you are recovering from. The reclaimed twelve steps sit inside the curriculum, without the language that shuts people out.

People carrying something heavy

Built on post-traumatic growth research, with particular attention to religious and spiritual wounding.

Anyone doing the work

You don’t need a diagnosis or a reason you can explain. Plenty of people are simply ready for something different.

This curriculum is educational material for personal use. It is not medical advice and is not a substitute for professional mental health or addiction care.

Read the full disclaimer

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