The Mirror Reset | Shanti Lleone
Reflection

Pillar 7: Reflection

The Mirror Reset

A 16-day mirror practice that softens the judgment loop, quiets reactivity, and restores the kind of seeing that changes how you move through your life.

16 days · 5–7 min/day · gentle · cumulative

Not content to consume. A practice to live through.

The Mirror of Shared Being

You know this feeling—

When your mind is tight, your heart is guarded, and everything feels personal.

  • The loop of judgment you can't seem to break
  • The person you resent living rent-free in your mind
  • The urge to replay the conversation one more time
  • The inner tightness that won't release, even when you're "right"

A Practice, Not a Lesson

Built to shift what reading about it never could

The Mirror Reset uses your own reflection as the instrument. Over 16 days, you move through four phases designed to recalibrate how you relate to yourself at the nervous system level. Each day asks for a few minutes in front of a mirror and one line in a private journal. That's it. The practice is simple. What it surfaces is not.

16
days
4
phases
5–7
min / day

What Shifts

Not a concept. A felt change that shows up in your day.

Nervous System
Softens without force
Reactivity
Loosens its grip
Self-Recognition
Deepens into honesty
Projection
Loses its hold
Inner Clarity
Returns without force
How You See Others
Widens into spaciousness

Grounded in Research

This practice is built on peer-reviewed science, not wishful thinking

Mirror Gazing
Students who looked at themselves in silence for 10 minutes a day reported better stress management and more self-compassion after just two weeks.
Dr. Tara Well, Barnard College / Columbia University
Self-Directed Compassion
Practicing forgiveness and self-compassion reduced blood pressure, heart rate, and cortisol production. Adults who scored higher in forgiveness were 25–50% more likely to still be living three years later.
Witvliet (Hope College), Lawler et al., Toussaint (Luther College)
Neuroplasticity
Practices used in this course activate the medial prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex, with mental health benefits that increased rather than decreased over time.
Indiana University, Scientific Reports (fMRI studies)

How It Works

Simple structure. Real depth.

1
A mirror interrupts the story your mind tells and reveals what is actually active in your nervous system.
2
Four phases build on each other across 16 days, each one recalibrating a different layer of how you relate to yourself.
3
A private journal catches what the mirror loosens. One line each morning. One line each evening.
4
Your daily life becomes the feedback loop. You start noticing how the practice shows up in your conversations, reactions, and relationships.

What You Receive

Video teachings to frame and guide each phase
Complete 16-day practice with daily journal prompts
Research module: the neuroscience behind why this works
Integration guide for life after the reset
Boundary framework: compassion without collapse
Begin the Practice

16 days · 5–7 min/day · one-time purchase · lifetime access

This is not forgiveness work.

This practice does not excuse harm or ask you to stay in unsafe relationships. What dissolves here is projection, superiority, and unconscious dehumanization. Compassion emerges after recognition, not before.

You don't have to feel spiritual to do this. You only have to be willing to look.

$27

One-time purchase · Stream anytime · Lifetime access

Begin the Practice

One practice. Sixteen days. Yours to return to whenever you need a reset.

Designed for the Reflection growth edge. Also powerful when: resentment spikes · you're stuck in a mental loop · you feel hardened · you want to return to clear seeing.

No. This practice does not ask for forgiveness or require you to drop your boundaries. It dissolves projection and dehumanization, which are different from protection. You can hold clear limits while releasing the inner hardness that drains you.

That is normal and welcome. Each day is only 5–7 minutes, and the practice is designed to be gentle. You can pause or stop anytime. Emotion moving is often the sign that something is actually shifting.

Consistency matters more than perfection. If you miss a day, pick up where you left off. The four phases create a natural rhythm that builds on itself. What weakens the practice is not a skipped day but doing it mechanically.

This course is designed for the Reflection growth edge, but it is also a standalone practice that anyone can use. If you are drawn to it, trust that. The mirror will meet you wherever you are.

"When separation stops making sense, devotion naturally reorients toward truth."

— Shanti Lleone