“Not-thinking?" you might be asking. “Why would I want to do that?” Of course, we need to think. If you and I weren’t thinkers, I couldn’t have written this piece and you wouldn’t be able to read it.

It's an act of self-care to take a break from discursive thinking now and then, even during our waking hours. The practice of not-thinking is restful, calming, and restorative. In the words of Ayya ...