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Free Courses

Choose a short practice for the moment you are in. Explore the I AWAKE practices from Sensual Hero’s Journey™ or the Motherhole courses on desire, care and change.

18 free practices

Sensual Hero’s Journey™

Try a free practice from the world of Sensual Hero’s Journey™. Each one is connected to a book in the series, and you can try it without buying the book.

The Pet Peeve Mirror

The Pet Peeve Mirror

Does it bother you when someone asks for help, takes a break or says no? Start with one everyday irritation and explore what it says about the rules you live by. You’ll look at what’s a fair objection and where you might want to give yourself more freedom.

What you’ll practise

  • Notice what you expect of yourself
  • Question old rules about what you’re allowed to do
  • Make room for your own preferences
The Almost Test

The Almost Test

A kind message or a moment of closeness can feel lovely and still leave you wanting more. Look at one recent experience and separate what happened from what you hoped it meant. You’ll explore what you need and whether the care you’re receiving is enough for you.

What you’ll practise

  • Put words to the care you need
  • Notice whether care goes both ways
  • Decide what you need from a relationship
The Present Check

The Present Check

Sometimes you react before you’ve had time to work out why. This practice helps you slow down one familiar reaction and look at what set it off. You’ll compare what you expected with what’s happening now, then consider how you want to respond.

What you’ll practise

  • Notice what sets off a familiar reaction
  • Check what is happening in this situation
  • Find another way to respond
The Receiving Test

The Receiving Test

You can want a hug and still want it softer. Start with an offer of help, care or touch and take a moment to notice what feels welcome. Practise saying yes, saying no, or explaining how you’d like it to be different.

What you’ll practise

  • Notice what feels comfortable and what doesn’t
  • Recognise a yes, a no or a need for a change
  • Ask for the kind of care or touch you want
The Hijack Sentence

The Hijack Sentence

One thought can take over your whole evening, especially when it feels urgent or certain. Write it down and look at what you know, what you’re assuming and what you don’t know yet. Then choose a next step based on what the situation actually tells you.

What you’ll practise

  • Notice a thought without immediately acting on it
  • Separate facts from your interpretation
  • Check a conclusion before treating it as true
The Replay Test

The Replay Test

Still going over a conversation long after it ended? Take one moment from it and look at what you felt, what you remember and what you’ve decided it means. You’ll explore what still needs your attention and how you might care for yourself now.

What you’ll practise

  • Put words to feelings that are mixed together
  • Notice what keeps bringing you back to the conversation
  • Choose how to care for yourself now
The Five Minutes Later Map

The Five Minutes Later Map

You say yes, then realise you’re tired, uncertain or already stretched. This practice gives you a way to consider what you want alongside your feelings, energy and practical limits. Use it to explore a decision when different needs are pulling you in different directions.

What you’ll practise

  • Notice what you want and what you have energy for
  • Take mixed feelings seriously
  • Make a choice that accounts for your needs and limits
The Pleasure Aftertest

The Pleasure Aftertest

Something felt good — but how did you feel afterwards? Look at an ordinary pleasure before, during and after it happens. You’ll explore what leaves you satisfied, what you’d like to carry into the rest of your day and what you may still be longing for.

What you’ll practise

  • Notice what you enjoy and how it affects you
  • Recognise the feeling of having enough
  • Understand what you still need afterwards
The State Beneath the Want

The State Beneath the Want

What do you hope a new home, a different job or a relationship would bring into your everyday life? Imagine an ordinary day with something you want. Explore how you’d like to feel, what matters most to you and one realistic step you could take now.

What you’ll practise

  • Find what you’re hoping to feel or experience
  • Choose a next step that matters to you
  • Make plans that fit your everyday life

The Motherhole

Desire, care and change deserve room in an ordinary day. Choose a short course, try something specific, and keep what helps. Each course is free, with twelve short sections and optional saved reflections. Register or sign in to enrol and keep your progress.

Det första nejet

The Motherhole · Eros · Free · 15 minutes

The First No

Find a pause before your usual yes. Notice a signal, check the situation, and choose a response you can stand behind.

När lusten tystnar

The Motherhole · Eros · Free · 20 minutes

When Desire Goes Quiet

Explore what surrounds a quiet desire: fatigue, obligation, expectation and preference. Make room for an honest answer without prescribing what you should want.

Eros möter Ananke

The Motherhole · Eros · Free · 20 minutes

Eros Meets Ananke

Put what calls you beside what life requires. Find one honest movement that respects both desire and real responsibility.

Anknytning i praktiken: hitta tillbaka

The Motherhole · Mother · Free · 20 minutes

Attachment in Practice: The Small Repair

Meet a small disconnection without making it the whole relationship. Notice what happened, own your part, and offer a reachable way back.

Kärlek och bitterhet kan rymmas i samma kropp

The Motherhole · Mother · Free · 15 minutes

Love and Resentment Can Share a Body

Make room for devotion and strain in the same experience. Name an unmet need and turn it into a concrete request.

Vems behov bär du redan på?

The Motherhole · Mother · Free · 20 minutes

Whose Needs Are You Already Carrying?

Make the anticipating, remembering and organising visible. Choose one responsibility to share, renegotiate or safely delay.

En känsla är ingen dom

The Motherhole · Crone · Free · 15 minutes

A Feeling Is Not a Verdict

Separate what you feel, the story attached to it, and the next choice available. Make room for a difficult state without turning it into your whole identity.

Tillgänglig när du väljer det

The Motherhole · Crone · Free · 15 minutes

Available by Choice

Practise short sentences for delaying, declining and changing an agreement. Let your availability become something you decide and communicate.

Möta kroppen i förändring

The Motherhole · Crone · Free · 20 minutes

Meeting the Changing Body

Notice change without demanding a lesson from it. Make an observation, try a practical adjustment and identify when professional care belongs in the picture.