Coaching practices for In Vivo Noticing
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Noting has become second nature and now I’m curious about the one doing the noticing itself
- I live so far up in my head that I only notice my body once it’s screaming
- I catch myself scanning everyone around me for what’s wrong with them, and I want to flip that lens
- My attention is permanently snagged on whatever might go wrong, so the small good moments slide right past me unnoticed
- An itch or an ache flares while I’m sitting and it instantly owns me
Practices that may help
- Advanced noting — noting the act of noting itself
Turn attention to the process of noting itself, observing who is doing the labeling and whether the "noter" is also a mental event.
Noting Practice, Made Practical - Reading the body as a self-knowledge instrument
Treat physical sensations in the moment as data about what is actually happening inside you.
Svadhyaya: Self-Study as a Daily Practice - Spot and name character strengths in others
Notice and explicitly name the character strengths you observe in people around you.
VIA Character Strengths, Made Practical - Glimmer hunting
Deliberately scan your environment for small sensory cues that feel safe or pleasant.
Glimmers: Micro-Moments That Cue Safety - Noting physical sensations — "pressure," "heat," "itching," "pain"
Label body sensations in real time as they arise, giving each a single-word category before returning to the breath.
Noting Practice, Made Practical - Create micro-mattering moments every day
Look people in the eye, use their name, and acknowledge them specifically — in the small encounters of your day.
Mattering: Feeling Like You Count - Find the felt sense
Locate the unclear, whole-body sense of a situation before you name it.
Focusing and the Felt Sense, Made Practical - Gratitude for the ordinary as a beginner’s-mind restoration
Practice noticing something you take entirely for granted and dwelling on it as if encountering it for the first time.
Beginner's Mind (Shoshin), Made Practical - Continuous noting — extending the practice into daily activity
Maintain a running background note on mental events throughout ordinary tasks, sustaining the observer stance informally.
Noting Practice, Made Practical - Notice the noticer
Find the part of you that is observing the thought — and recognize it is not the thought.
Self-as-Context (Observing Self), Made Practical
Related concerns
- Observe And Describe
Turn attention to the process of noting itself, observing who is doing the labeling and whether the "noter" is also a mental event.
Advanced noting — noting the act of noting itself
- Act Observing Self Meditation
In meditation, observe the stream of experience directly and notice that "I" is a label for the stream, not a separate observer of it.
Experiencing the self as a process, not a thing
- Body Sensation Awareness
Follow raw physical sensation with curiosity — tingling, warmth, pressure — rather than the storyline.
Track body sensation (the felt sense)
- Continuous Noting Meditation
Maintain a running background note on mental events throughout ordinary tasks, sustaining the observer stance informally.
Continuous noting — extending the practice into daily activity
- How To Note In Meditation
Maintain a running background note on mental events throughout ordinary tasks, sustaining the observer stance informally.
- Informal Noting Practice
Turn attention to the process of noting itself, observing who is doing the labeling and whether the "noter" is also a mental event.
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