Meditative Warm-Up

🌿 Rookery Meditative Warm-Up (≈5 minutes)

Purpose: shift from doing to noticing — from production to presence.

1. Arrival (1 minute)

• Sit wherever you are.

• Place one hand on the desk, one on your chest.

• Take three slow breaths.

• On each exhale, silently say:
  “I am entering the Rookery.”

2. Sensory Inventory (2 minutes)

Without judging or fixing, note:

• One sound you can hear (even if faint)

• One texture under your fingers

• One light source in the room

• One weight in your body (shoulders, jaw, hands)

This is the archivist’s stance: attention before action.

3. The Rookery Question (2 minutes)

Ask yourself quietly — no answer needed yet:

“What wants to be remembered tonight?”

Let whatever arises be enough: an image, a word, resistance, nothing at all.