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When couples struggle with mindful technology use during shared meditation

My partner and I started doing digital meditation retreats together but we keep getting distracted by notifications and each other's screens and we can't figure out how to create genuine contemplative space when our whole practice is mediated through devices.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very tools meant to support contemplative practice become obstacles to presence when shared between people with different relationships to digital distraction.

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