What is ‘combat training?’ I’ve actually been in combat. and I’ve been through the US Army Boot Camp (Basic Training). But I haven’t the slightest idea of what your combat training is. Is it for veterans that suffer with PTSD and other mental conditions? Is it triggering for combat vets? If not, I’d like to try it.
Hi Julius. Thank you for asking this, and also for your service. 
The “Combat Training” module has nothing to do with military combat or physical training. The name is metaphorical. It refers to learning how to work skillfully with difficult thoughts and emotions rather than fighting them or being overwhelmed by them.
The practices in that module are based largely on what’s known as the Sedona Method, which is a structured approach to emotional release. In simple terms, it teaches you how to:
• Notice what you’re feeling
• Allow it to be there without suppressing it
• Gently inquire whether you’re willing to let it go
It’s about dropping internal resistance, not reliving traumatic memories or pushing through distress.
That said, for veterans or anyone with PTSD, responses can be very individual. The training is not designed to expose you to trauma or walk you through past events. There is no forced visualization or revisiting of combat experiences. However, because it works with real emotions in the present moment, strong material can sometimes surface naturally.
Many people find it stabilizing rather than triggering because it emphasizes choice, agency, and gradual release. But if someone has active PTSD symptoms, we always recommend working alongside a qualified mental health professional when engaging in deeper emotional practices.
If you’d like to try it, you can start slowly. Do shorter sessions. Stay with mild-to-moderate emotions at first rather than the most intense material. And of course, you can stop at any time.
I hope you feel up to giving it a go! It’s a very powerful method suited for everyday use.
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Hi FitMind club, I’m Angie joining from Melbourne, Australia. I’ve been using FitMind for the past 5 years and introduced it to many people.
I find the content to be so valuable and thought provoking. For me consistency everyday is such a powerful way to build on my meditation practice.
I work as a massage therapist and often refer to the four R’s to help me stay grounded and be present for others.
It’s great to be here with you all 
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Hi, David here. From NZ but have lived in Barcelona for the last 25 years or so. Did a meditation course as part of my recovery - been in addiction therapy (alcohol, drugs etc) for 8 years - and found fit mind soon after. thanks for the invite, really happy to be here
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Hey Ashley, I couldn’t find your tagging mentioned here 
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Welcome, Angie! I love that you use the four R’s in your massage therapy. I know I can certainly tell when a massage therapist is present with me or just phoning it in (haha) so I bet you are wonderful at your work. The FitMind podcast host @joshricha is from the Melbourne area, so I’m just tagging him here in case he’s in the market for what I bet would be a really excellent massage! 
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Hello! Here’s a link to it: Transcendental Meditation course 
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Hi David, welcome. So glad you’re here.
Eight years in recovery is no small thing! That says a lot about your commitment to your wellbeing. It’s great that meditation became part of that process for you, and that you found FitMind along the way. Looking forward to hearing more about what’s been helpful in your practice and what you’re exploring these days.
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Hello, Ben here from the UK. I hope everybody is well!
I just wanted to share that the 30 Days of Meditation lifestyle course has noticeably changed my life. I find myself returning to it again and again, and this time I am doing the Foundations course alongside the 30 Days program.
My question is: once the 30 days is complete, is there a recommended structure to follow going forward? I tend to work well with courses and frameworks, and even a simple daily 10 minute meditation would satisfy my desire to stay consistent without having to decide what to do each day.
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Welcome, Ben! I love hearing this. The 30 Days course has a way of quietly weaving itself into life.
And I completely relate to wanting structure. I’m the same. If I have to decide from scratch every day, I’m much less consistent.
After you finish 30 Days, there isn’t one required path, but you can create a simple framework. Some options:
• Repeat 30 Days. It often lands differently the second or third time.
• Continue Foundations alongside a shorter daily sit.
• Choose one style that resonated most and make that your steady 10-minute anchor.
Another approach I’ve used is creating a very light structure like:
Weekdays: one consistent 10–15 min practice to go deeper into
Weekends: explore something longer or different
You might also try using the Workout feature in the app to personalize your practice. You can build custom sequences that fit your preferred length and styles, so you’re not deciding each day, you’re just pressing play. That’s been helpful for me when I want both structure and flexibility.
The biggest thing is reducing decision fatigue. If the container is set, the practice tends to take care of itself. Keep us updated with the direction you go in! I imagine a lot us have a similar question.
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Hi! I’m Garrett and I am from a the southwest region of Missouri, USA. I’m fairly new to meditation, having been using the FitMind intermittently for the past year. I’ve been circling around meditation for much longer, but have always struggled to connect with a practice, often wondering if I’m doing it the right way and struggling to feel engaged and confident with the practice. The courses in the FitMind app have helped me, though, and I’m enjoying the process of learning.
Remember, mistakes must be made to learn anything worth of value in this life. So, yeah, you’re doing just fine. Just don’t tell people, or people who wouldn’t be open to the idea of mindfulness, meditation and material-needs-audit (releasing material needs). Remember, we’re all byproducts of our environments, therefore the culture that we belong in are tied to many things that will work against you —namely building a healthy habit in a eastern philosophical way of thinking —way of life! Other combat veterans (I’m a veteran) would be dissing it because it’s Asian. Or academics don’t have the patience abstract critical thinking. Or older generations are stuck on intergenerational traditions that they willed it to still exist— it’s something they simply just don’t do, and won’t say why. Or even worst, they believe it so much so that they fetishized the many foundational and fundamental lessons that are intentionally “plain.” We all have work to do. And there’s only one in the driver seat. No luggage required. It’s just you. And it only takes one effort to try.