Learn how to create a joy mindfulness practice
WHEN STILLNESS IS SUFFOCATING
A 5-day online learning community for those sick of trying to be calm all the damn time and crave a path towards clarity, expression, and nervous system regulation that actually feels good.
Learn our Expansive Mindfulness Framework and discover the joy that exists in your mindfulness.
The reality is meditation doesn't work for everyone.
Well, at least meditation in how it’s prescribed by Western society.
You begin a 20-minute recording of a person guiding your breath and visualization that promises regulation. You hope it will calm the cycle of to do’s in your brain, ease the flare of annoyance you feel, or slow the vibrations you feel pulsing through your body.
And while you can understand in theory how this should work, the lived reality is much different.
😵💫A work email notification dings…now the to-do list is back.
😠Your partner accidentally interrupts you…now the annoyance is back.
💓Your knee won’t stop bouncing…the vibrations never actually left.
Please hear us when we say: THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU
This is nothing against meditation as a practice, because many find it fulfilling, orienting, and foundational to their daily lives.
But the truth is, meditation isn’t for everyone. And by prescribing it to everyone, we’re erasing our core needs for expression, movement, and stimulation.
Regulation ≠ Calm
Somewhere along the way, calm became the goal of mindfulness practices. But your nervous system does not just need calm. You deserve a mindfulness practice that:
Supports not just mental regulation but full body alignment of the mind, heart, body, and spirit.
Isn’t one-size-fits-all but rather is shaped and tailored to who you are at the core of your being.
Adapts to the full expansiveness of your life, you don’t adapt to the meditation, the practices meet you where you are.
Gives you paths to express your rage, anxiety, sadness, and grief in libratory and aligned ways, rather than suppressing it.
What's in the Course?
Over the course of five days, you'll learn our expansive mindfulness framework that will transform your relationship with mindfulness, provide more clarity in your daily life, and provide paths of expression and release.
The course consists of a daily lesson that is 15 to 25 minutes and a daily integration session that helps you experience expansive mindfulness for yourself.
Day 1: Why Meditation doesn't Work
Learn the truth behind why meditation isn't the fix it's promised to be.
✅ Identify the cultural limitations of meditation.
✅ Explore the Why behind your wellness.
✅ Connect to your desires + how you rebel in meditation.
Day 2: What's the Opposite of Stillness?
Our culture loves getting us calm and still, but what if that's not all we need?
✅ Learn how to practice the opposite of stillness.
✅ Explore our 5-part expansive mindfulness framework.
✅ Connect mindfulness states to your everyday life.
Day 3: Deepening the Playful Mind
The parts of you that hate stillness and meditation need to be nurtured, not shut down.
✅ Explore three different styles of play mindfulness
✅ Integrate curiosity + openness in your wellness work.
✅ Start a mindfulness practice that honors all the parts of you.
Day 4: Troubleshooting (for when s**t hits the fan)
Learn how our expansive mindfulness framework will help your engage hard feelings, not suppress them.
✅ What to do with intense and overwhelming feelings.
✅ Break down your day and identify where you need energy and alignment shifts.
✅ Practice a 4-step emergency mindfulness practice.
Day 5: Liberating a New Way Forward
This isn't temporary, it's a lifelong shift towards your joy.
✅ Practice joy exploration.
✅ Build your mindfulness practice for the everyday.
✅ Identify your protected practices across the expansive mindfulness spectrum.
By joining When Stillness is Suffocating, you will:
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Learn the truth behind the modern construct of meditation and why it doesn’t work for you
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Release the shame and pressure that comes from restrictive meditation practices.
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Practice the opposite of stillness and understand how to harness it to feel clarity, grounding, and alignment.
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Develop regulation skills and mindfulness practices that actually feel good to your mind, heart, body, and spirit.
What is The Playful Revolution?
The Playful Revolution is on a mission to help adults rediscover play as a path to liberation, greater belonging, and happiness.
Reclaiming your play is a revolutionary act. One that centers your joy and values your experience—rather than what you produce, how much money you make, or how many likes your latest Instagram post receives.
At The Playful Revolution, we teach you the tangible steps to reintegrate joy into your everyday life. By understanding the role play has on your mind and body, you can form new patterns and transform your life. Play empowers our work to shift from coping and surviving to liberation and systemic change that’s based on your joy.
The Playful Revolution is a creation of TJ Matton and Bailey Jacobs. Through embodied play education, our podcast The Play Rebels, and a playful community, we’re on a mission to reignite play in the world.
TJ Matton, Trauma Therapist, Play Educator, Joy Liberator
Before play? I was burnt out, drowning in the “mindfulness” culture. Stillness, breathwork, sure, it had its place—but no one was talking about what I was craving: letting go. Where was the silliness? Where was the space to just laugh, be ridiculous, and free?
I didn’t need more coping skills—I needed living skills. I wanted to stretch my limits—not for suffering, but for joy, for laughter, for all the wild, stupid, beautiful things that make life worth living. Everywhere I turned, it was all about performance, control, and perfection. But I wanted community, I wanted liberation. I wanted a revolution of joy.
As a teacher, I bring 20 years of experience helping people reconnect to their core humanness, navigate complex trauma, and reorient to their joy. My career as a clinical trauma therapist touches every aspect of my work as a speaker and educator. Incorporating mindful play into healing and mental health has been instrumental in shaping The Playful Revolution’s social justice, relationship-first,
choice-driven framework.
Reclaiming play flipped my world upside down—and for the better. Now, it’s my mission to help you do the same. This isn’t just about mindfulness—it’s about playfulness and it’s going to change everything. Get ready for a transformation you never saw coming.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What happens after I sign-up?
You'll receive an email with access to the full course which includes the pre-recorded lessons and integration sessions as well as the companion workbook.
Will this course always be available?
Yes! If you sign-up to join you'll have lifetime access to the pre-recorded lessons as well as the archive of the live sessions.
I'm a mental-health professional, should I join?
Yes! This will give a 5-part expansive mindfulness framework that you can immediately use with your clients. We will also provide exercises to try and questions to deepen both you and your clients understanding of mindfulness.
How long are the sessions?
The pre-recorded videos are 15-25 minutes and will be released each morning at 9 am ET.
The live sessions are between 30 - 45 mins and will be held at 3 pm ET
Who should sign up for this course?
This is ideal for any human that has ever felt bored by meditation or stillness practices. Who has ever thought they were "doing it wrong" or "just needed to try harder." This is for people who want to feel more aliveness in their being and more joy in their everyday.
I work full-time during the day, should I still sign-up?
Absolutely! Both the recorded sessions and the live integrations will be available for you to access when works for you. You'll also be able to ask your questions and participate in our private Facebook community at any time of the day!
This is for you if...
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You practice meditation but don’t actually feel better.
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You’re a mental health professional and want new tools for practicing mindfulness with your clients.
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You’re bored by traditional meditation and wellness culture.
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You’ve felt shame that meditation “didn’t work for you” or that you were "doing it wrong."
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You crave deeper connection to self and others, you want to feel more joy in your everyday, but aren’t sure how.
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You’re curious about how mindfulness and play intersect.
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You’re neuro-spicy and want a path that works for you rather than being prescribed only one way of being.
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Join When Stillness is Suffocating
Over five sessions you'll discover the opposite of stillness, reawaken your desires, and transform your relationship to mindfulness in the everyday.
By signing up you'll receive:
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Access to the complete When Stillness is Suffocating Course
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Five recorded Q&A and practice sessions led by TJ + Bailey of The Playful Revolution
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Step by Step Guide and workbook for how to integrate mindful play into the everyday
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