The exercises in Naori and where they come from

Under “Exercises”, in the bottom bar, the exercises sit on four shelves. You open them only when you look for them. They were designed by a psychotherapist. They are not therapy and do not replace it.

Breathe. “A few breaths”: four breaths, following a circle that breathes. “Here”: what you see, what you can touch, what you hear, what you feel in your body, an anchoring in the senses. “A quiet place”: a place of your own, in your imagination, from guided imagery and Ericksonian hypnosis.

Let it pass. “The wave”: you name an urge and watch it for a minute, without following it, as in urge surfing, from mindfulness-based relapse prevention. “Leaves on a river”: you put your thoughts on leaves and let them float away, an exercise from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Both come from mindfulness.

See it differently, three writing exercises, on today’s page. “I want to understand something”: what happened, what went through your mind, what you felt and where, in your body. It starts from the thought record in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and the body map comes from art therapy. “Look at it with kind eyes”: what you would say to someone going through this, from compassion-focused therapy. “One good thing, however small”: just one, from your day, from positive psychology.

Listen. “Stories”, in Romanian, for the evening, for the road or for a break. “What you hear”: the sea, the rain, the fire, the river, birds.

What you write in the exercises stays on the page of the day, locked on your phone. Naori doesn’t read what you write.

Open today’s page