ATTENTION 101
reclaim your agency for change
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CLASS HAS ALREADY BEGUN!
If you'd like to squeeze in (& join our discord)
you can email me to start!
every tuesday in January
[01/06, 01/13, 01/20, 01/27]
$150
sign up includes:
1.) a community discord server
2.) a ZINE we will send to you in the mail!
(USA only, a digital version will be shared for int'l students!)t
3.) the recordings if you can't make it live
full details below
The course for people who want their minds back
You already know your relationship with screens is a problem.
You feel it in your nervous system.
You see it in your attention span.
You notice it every time you scroll long past the point of enjoyment and into a numb, out-of-body, existential fog.
You’re tired of feeling hijacked by the very thing you use to stay informed and connected.
You have lost days to doomscrolling, absorbing emotions that aren’t even yours.
And you know you aren’t alone in your experience.
You’re concerned for the world we’re building.
You can FEEL that a distracted population can’t show up well— politically, spiritually, relationally.
You want to pay attention
…to think deeply
…to act intentionally.
You want your life to mirror your values.
But right now, your attention is scattered.
Your imagination is fleeting.
Your agency is leaking.
You’re ready to reclaim your most valuable resource: your time.
This course is for you if you want:
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To beat your phone addiction sustainably.
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To sharpen your attention so change is actually possible
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To be online consciously, creatively, and ethically
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To use the internet to support your life instead of swallow it
ATTENTION 101 is your intervention.
We’re not here to moralize screens.
But to master the way they engage your
mind, attention, creativity, and behavior.
💾 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
ATTENTION 101 is a four-week exploration of the internet, your nervous system, your emotional landscape, and your spiritual agency.
By the end of this course, you will:
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Be a force against big corporations' manipulation and illusions
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Rebuild your imagination through creative attention practices
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Develop personal ethics and boundaries around your consumption habits
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Slow down into conscious choice to reclaim your agency again and again
Attention is not just a personal experience.
It’s a civic responsibility,
a spiritual discipline.
& the foundation of meaningful change in the world, and within yourself.
💾 THE COURSE
BASIC FOUR WEEK STRUCTURE -
FIRST TWO WEEKS: social media detox. to the best of your ability, you'll either totally eliminate your social media use, or drastically reduce it (we know some of y'all have to be there for work.) you will use this time to study yourself and bring wakefulness to your life without the emotional outlet you consistently turn toward to numb your experience or uselessly seek a solution. you'll enter the detox with tools (and a discord server) to discuss your experience, struggles, and findings.
LAST TWO WEEKS: return to social media with new eyes. you'll study your experience of returning to socials like a scientist. and you'll probably get stuck in the phone zone again. the goal isn't to eliminate doom-scrolling entirely. the goal is a re-newed, conscious relationship with algorithmic media. upon your return after detox, you'll have a new level of awareness and tools to help you to bring consciousness and intention into your experience of screens.
INDIVIDUAL SESSION DESCRIPTIONS-
SESSION ONE — GET REAL ABOUT YOUR DIGITAL LIFE
To kick off your screen detox, we’ll explore the idea of digital responsibility being a form of civic responsibility, do a real-time somatic exercise while scrolling on your phone, discuss the spiritual root of what causes you to fixate on screens, imagine a better digital world, & remember how freaking sacred of an experience it is to be bored.
You'll also be introduced to some easy, accessible "sitting practices." Don't worry, you're not expected to meditate on the pulsation of Consciousness that permeates your entire being (that can come later.) We really just need you to get comfortable doing nothing.
SESSION TWO — EMOTION, MOVEMENT & ACTION
If you’re not moving your emotions, the internet is moving them for you.
Social media artificially pumps your nervous system full of feeling — outrage, fear, longing, envy, excitement. In this session, we'll go deeper into the somatics of device usage.
& we'll return you to the heart of the internet: Creation, community, & expression.
SESSION THREE — INTERNET ETHICS & SPIRITUAL HYGIENE
If you want a better digital world, you have to participate ethically in creating it.
And do so for generations.
So how do we bring our values into the present and the future? It starts with understanding the machinery of the attention economy, developing a personal research/creative practice, and sitting very very deeply with the fact that your out of control screen usage is making Saturn, the governor of your evolution, very upset.
SESSION FOUR — REBUILDING THE ALTAR TO YOUR ATTENTION
Your attention is sacred. It's time to start honoring it.
This final session is about building a long-term relationship with your attention — not just detoxing for a couple of weeks. We need to start seeing social media & screens in a new way: as a source of inspiration, community building, and social awareness. But not in a way that further divides us; in a way that genuinely uplifts our spirit to create or take action.
You'll learn a bit about human design (a similar system to astrology) and where to look in your chart to see how your mind is or isn't influenced by external stimuli. We'll inspire you to get off screen and into the hobbies that are collecting dust in your living room. And finish off with: how to participate in a decentralized, creator-supported internet.
Each session has homework assignments that you can (optionally) share in our discord server. We will be encouraging you to MAKE THINGS and share what you've done (including the possibility of making a free website/blog to start expressing freely again.)
💾 by the end of ATTENTION 101...
You’ll have:
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A steadier nervous system and a healthier emotional + creative life.
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A relationship with technology rooted in choice, not compulsion.
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Tools that make you less distractible and more alive.
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A digital practice aligned with your values and a clear vision for how your attention shapes the world.
Reclaiming attention isn’t just about willpower.
It’s about strategy, discernment, and remembering your own agency.
Your attention is one of the last sacred resources you control.
It's time to triumphantly reclaim it.
A distracted world cannot heal itself
Dates & Times:
Session 1: January 6th, 6pm-8pm MST
Session 2: January 13th, 6pm-8pm MST
Session 3: January 20th, 6pm-8pm MST
Session 4: January 27th, 6pm-8pm MST
$150
(scroll to bottom of page for a payment plan)
Sign up for USA residents includes the ATTENTION AS DEVOTION ZINE! (so be sure to include your address during registration!)
About the Zine:
Attention as Devotion is a zine about returning to the vivid, breathing world right in front of us. A gentle nudge toward reclaiming your agency, one small, sacred shift at a time.
Take this zine with you as a pocket-compass for change — a reminder that looking up is the first step back to yourself. Attention as Devotion invites you to step back from the noise of media, and remember that how you use your focus shapes not only your life, but the world you’re participating in. Small acts of conscious choice become the building blocks of the future we want to live in.
Every moment you reclaim your attention is a contribution, a gesture, toward the world you want to create.
(Zines will be sent to USA students only, but international students will get a digital copy!)
About your instructors:
Monica Alanna is a communication wizard, conflict alchemist, and grief mentor who teaches people how to reclaim their autonomy in a world designed to steal their attention and resources. Through her group work and 1:1 sessions, she empowers individuals to participate in their lives and communities in ways that deepen relationships and contribute to the world we all daydream about creating.
She writes extensively about the altars we’ve built to screens — and how dismantling them opens the door to emotional intelligence, fortified boundaries, and a life you actually enjoy living. She teaches that technologies are tools for creation and care, and that they become dangerous when turned into weapons bolstering corporate interests.
Blending peace education, somatic practices, relational skill-building, and dreams-as-action work, Monica helps people reorient toward agency and build IRL and digital lives that support rather than swallow their humanity.
Known as the “What Should I Say?” Witch, she offers both language and courage for navigating the hard stuff with heart — so that a better world can be more than built, but refined and sustained through generations
(Monica is a 5/1 splenic projector) 😉
Hanna Williams is a devoted student and initiate in a classical Shakta (Goddess) Tantric lineage rooted in the teachings of Abhinavagupta, the founder of Kashmir Shaivism. For the past decade, she has practiced within a tradition that treats attention itself as sacred—the primary gateway through which Grace is recognized, invoked, and embodied.
In her lineage, what you place your attention on becomes your reality. Attention is the first act of worship, the first movement of devotion, and the first gesture of liberation. This view has shaped Hanna’s deep interest in how modern life—especially social media—scatters the very faculty required for spiritual clarity and meaningful human connection.
ATTENTION 101 is shaped by her spiritual devotion, her study of human behavior, and her belief that reclaiming your attention is both a personal and collective act of evolution—one that prepares us for a more truthful, grounded, and imaginative future. And... as the child of an early internet nerd, the original spirit of being online (open source sharing of information & cooperative discussion) is DEEPLY important for her personally. She can't wait to YAP YOUR EARS OFF about this topic!
(Hanna is a 2/4 splenic projector) 😉
