What if Your Practice Arrived in the Mail?
When the Practice is Written
A Café Méditatif episode on the quiet power of handwritten meditations
9 minutes · Recorded in Paris
Pour yourself a coffee.
Press pause on the world.
This is your moment — a meditative café ritual from Paris, with stories, sounds, and soft invitations.
In this second episode of Café Méditatif, we open a new door: what if your meditation could be held in your hands?
This is the story of written meditations — not scripts to be read aloud, but living letters. Personal, poetic, intimate. A meditation you return to with your eyes, again and again. A letter that listens back.
What This Episode Is About
Not everyone connects to spoken words. Sometimes, the stillness we need is found between sentences — in the pauses our eyes take, or the way our fingers trace a line of ink.
This episode invites you to explore:
The difference between “writing about meditation” and “writing as meditation”
Why I created handwritten meditation letters, and how they’re meant to be received
A poetic reflection on memory, paper, and presence
How you can begin a written practice of your own — or simply let one arrive by post
What to Expect in This Episode
This isn’t a rebellion against guidance. It’s a return to self-trust.
In this 14-minute meditation moment, I share:
Why you might feel stuck with guided meditations.
How to tell when your practice is asking for more spaciousness.
What it looks like to meditate like an artist — instinctively, elegantly, without a rulebook.
A handwritten meditation letter from Place Dauphine to gently hold your transition from guidance to intuition.
This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt like meditation was something to “achieve,” instead of something to receive.
Timestamps
00:00 – A coffee, a page, a moment
Welcoming you into a different kind of practice — one you don’t need to close your eyes for.
01:40 – The tension with guided meditations
Why even the gentlest audio can sometimes feel too crowded.
03:00 – Writing as a meditative act
How writing (and reading) slowly can become a form of ritual.
04:50 – Why I began writing meditation letters
A personal story of trying to hold stillness while living in motion — and how letters from Paris became an answer.
06:30 – The art of receiving a letter
Tips for turning a simple envelope into an altar of presence.
08:10 – What’s next, and how to begin your own
An encouragement to pause… and perhaps pick up a pen.
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Take as much time as you need, I’ll meet you at the next one.
Love, Evi for Evaco Paris.