The Noticing Institute heart and brain markThe Noticing Institute

Welcome.

You’re in a place for getting curious about being human.

We explore what happens inside us — what we think, what we feel, what we notice, what we believe, and how we make sense of being here.

You don’t need to know where to start.

Curiosity

What are you curious about?

Explore the doorways

Where do you want to look?

Not sure where to begin with noticing? Start with the Doorway — ten ordinary moments — then carry what you find into AWAKE.

Explore and learn

What are we interested in?

Thoughts.
Feelings.
Bodies.
Patterns.
Stories.
Beliefs.
Attention.
Awareness.
Consciousness.
Reality.
Meaning.

Basically… being human.

We keep what we can observe separate from what people have proposed, and both separate from what you actually experience.

Everything inside

Pick a door. There isn’t a correct one.

The collection

Everything in here is connected to everything else.

Touch one. See what it says.

Notice

Take a look around

ThoughtsFeelingsBodiesPatternsStoriesBeliefs

Or start from where you are

Where are you right now?

These aren’t categories. They’re doors.

From the Lab · Experiment 001

Sixty seconds. No goal.

60 seconds

When you're ready.

A thing to try

The situation

Someone hasn’t texted you back.

Tap everything your brain offered. Be honest.

The Lifetime Movie

Aha

A drawer of small ideas

Open the drawer.

A drawer full of small realizations.

Also inside

Four small things to poke

How certain are you?

About the last thing you decided about someone.

No idea.Absolutely certain.

Your brain is doing a thing right now.

Or maybe something else.

Go deeper
An illustrated horizon: coral hills, a low sun, and a winding path

Notice → Recognize → Understand → Choose → Recalibrate

Being human is weird. We’re interested in that.