By Jamie Graber, the voice of our ORA Meditations and ORA’s Mental Health Advisor

Remembering Who We Are

Many of you know me as Organically, Jamie or as the voice behind the meditations at ORA. For nearly a decade, I have guided people through nervous system work and helped create rituals that support their real lives, not some idealized version they feel they must chase. I am not here to teach people how to become someone they are not. I am here to help them remember who they already are and build practices that truly support that remembering.

The Balance of Multitasking with Presence

I love a good multitask, but only the kind that allows me to be fully present in each layer of what I am doing. I want the experience to remain powerful, not watered down. That’s always the balance I look for in my own life, especially now, as we leave summer behind and step into the structure and expectations that September always brings.

The Shift Into Fall and Routine

As a working mother, a partner, a friend, and a human who wears many hats, I know the feeling of being pulled in multiple directions. Fall comes in fast. It asks us to get back into routine and hold space for all the parts of ourselves that summer allowed to stretch out. That return can feel grounding, but it can also feel like a lot. Which is why rituals and routines matter more than ever right now. They don’t need to be elaborate, but they do need to be true to us. Not something we do because we saw it posted on Instagram, but something that meets us where we are and reminds us who we are.

Morning Rituals with Family

You might assume I wake up and meditate, but that’s not how my day starts. My morning begins with a glass of water mixed with an alkalizing green powder and a splash of cold water on my face to wake me up. Then I walk my 4 and a half year old son to school with my husband. That walk takes about forty five minutes round trip and is one of the most important parts of my day. It is uninterrupted time with my family, and it anchors all three of us before the day really begins. It’s also my favorite kind of multitask. Movement, connection, fresh air, and presence come together and become a sacred ritual that never feels forced.

Carving Out Space in the Afternoon

Once I get home, I make a coffee and begin my workday, usually starting with client calls and sessions, followed by recording talks and meditations for my app. I give a lot of energy during the day, and I have learned that I can only do that when I am also giving something back to myself. In the afternoons, I carve out space. Sometimes it’s a walk while listening to something that fills me up. Sometimes it’s quiet. And once a week, without fail, I go to ORA for acupuncture.

The Power of Acupuncture, Red Light, and Meditation

That hour at ORA is the most powerful multitask I know. I make the time because it resets me in every way. The acupuncture grounds me, moves my energy, and brings me back into my body. The red light works on a cellular level while calming my nervous system, and the meditation often takes me into deep trance states where some of my clearest aha moments land. My body drops in, my mind softens, and I leave feeling clearer, lighter, and more able to hold the fullness of everything I do. It is not just self-care, it is repair.

Evenings Grounded in Connection

Afterwards, I return to my family and shift back into the rhythm of our evening. We hang out, I check in on anything my son needs, and we all eat dinner together. That time is just as important to me as the quiet time. After dinner, we play or unwind, and then my husband usually puts our son to bed. That gives me a little space to drop back into my own body. I often do a Melissa Wood Health workout, move slowly, and then take a quick shower. Then I sit for a longer meditation and sometimes journal before joining my husband on the couch to connect before bed.

Living Rituals, Not Perfect Routines

None of this is perfect, and it doesn’t need to be. It is a living routine that shifts with me. But the bones of it are solid. Because I know that when my rituals are honest, when they are built to support the life I actually live, everything flows more easily. Even when things are full, I can return to the practices that return me to myself.