015 STEPS · 5 MINUTES
Guided practice
The app guides you through each step and keeps time, so you don't have to watch the clock.
5 · Peace Practice
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Five one-minute steps: stop, see a living being, wish someone well, reduce harm, make a choice. Or a timer for a practice of your own.
Two ways to begin.
Both modes are in the same app. Choose one on the home screen.
02OPEN TIMER · AS LONG AS YOU LIKE
Free practice
For a practice you already know — breath awareness, meditation, prayer or goodwill. Pause or finish whenever you like.
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The five steps
Choose a step to read the full exercise, just as it appears in the app.
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Остановись
Найди то, на чём легко сосредоточиться: дыхание, предмет, звук или ощущение в теле. В течение минуты спокойно удерживай на этом внимание. Если отвлечёшься, мягко возвращайся к выбранному.
One minute at a time.
かたつぶりそろそろ登れ富士の山
Kobayashi Issa · Japanese original Source
О, улитка,взойди на гору Фудзи —потихоньку, помаленьку.
Перевод — Даниил Че
Little snail,climb Mount Fuji —slowly, little by little.
English adaptation — Peaceful World
минут
There it is — the summit. The snail made it.
Добавь условную минуту и посмотри, как понемногу растёт число.
Peace is not just an idea. It is a skill.
It's easy to agree that humiliating people is wrong. Harder to remember when you're the one who's been hurt. The five steps let you practise beforehand.
The five steps are a secular exercise. Meditation and prayer have their own traditions; the open timer also makes room for those practices.
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Not the goal
Calm down at any cost.
Anger, anxiety, or tension may still be there.
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Not required
Feel the “right” way.
You do not need to force yourself to feel a particular way.
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The task
Make room for a choice.
A little space between an automatic reaction and what you do next.
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The screen is only a temporary aid
At first, the screen guides you through the five steps. Over time, try recalling them without your phone — especially in a difficult conversation.
Skill matters more than screen time. If one day you can complete the five steps without the app, it has done its job.
A cue you already carry
Five steps, five fingers. Your hand may help you remember the sequence even when your phone isn't nearby.
In everyday life
Ordinary moments, not heroic ones.
It isn't emergency help and doesn't ask you to work through your hardest conflict. It's a short rehearsal for an ordinary day.
Morning
Before the day speeds up.
Try the five steps before your day begins.
After friction
When autopilot kicks in.
You're already wound up, and you notice it. The five steps can give you back a pause — and with it, a choice.
Before action
Before you reply.
The message is ready. Your finger is over Send. Read it once more: what needs saying, and what was written in the heat of the moment?
Five minutes can make it easier to start.
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What we know — and what we’re testing
We are testing a simple hypothesis: a familiar sequence may be easier to recall in real situations. We do not yet have evidence that these exact five steps change real-world behaviour.
What we can say
The practice gives you a short, repeatable structure for attention, goodwill, harm reduction, and a concrete next choice.
What we do not claim
Five minutes do not make a person peaceful, replace therapy, or solve structural causes of violence.
Safety first
Nonviolence does not mean tolerating harm. In danger, distance, protection, help, and accountability come first. You can also stop the practice if it causes strong discomfort.
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Early feedback
From the app feedback form. Names are not shown.
“A short but high-quality practice to start the day — something I had been looking for for a long time.”
“Time flew by... I want to keep practising.”
“It felt very unusual and unfamiliar to think about things this way.”
Practice, not promise
Try it once. After that, it's up to you.
5 is a peace education project by Peaceful World, a nonprofit developing practical approaches to nonviolence.
Intellectual foundations A peaceful world — by peaceful means.