Quick-Start Guide

How the Journey Works

This experience is built around the Ramadan Journey app, with the blog as the deeper companion.

• The app is your daily touchpoint: the Name, Qur’anic anchor, journaling prompts, du‘ā, and a simple action step.

• The blog is where we slow down, go deeper, and connect the spiritual meaning to what is happening in the heart, the mind, and the nervous system.

You will be guided gently, but with honesty. You will be held, and you will be challenged in the right order.

The Three Core Practices

1. The Somatic Opening

Regulation before reflection

Before you read or pray, settle.

Each day includes a 5–10 minute meditation to help your nervous system soften out of survival mode.

The goal: When the body feels under threat, the heart struggles to receive. Regulation creates safety, and safety makes growth possible.

2. The Cognitive Bridge

Reflection as an anchor, not a lecture

Engage with the daily Name of Allah not only as information, but as a psychological anchor.

The goal: Move from self-correction to self-connection. You are not trying to shame yourself into change. You are learning to return with clarity, steadiness, and a cleaner heart.

3. The Behavioural Experiment

Small actions that retrain the heart

Insight without action often keeps a cycle alive.

Each day ends with a small, low-pressure Action Prompt.

The goal: Build new capacity. Increase distress tolerance. Interrupt old loops. Prove, gently and consistently, that change is possible.

The Three Arcs of the Month

This journey follows the traditional arc of Ramadan.

1. Mercy

Ar-Raḥmān and the Names of mercy help you establish safety and gentleness. We begin by being held.

2. Forgiveness

Al-Ghafūr and the Names of forgiveness help you practise moral clarity, accountability, repair, and conscious change. We begin releasing what keeps us heavy.

3. Liberation

Al-Qawiyy and the Names of strength help you release over-control and cultivate trust. We begin walking forward with steadiness.

Your Simple Daily Routine

1. Ground: Listen to the meditation (morning or pre-iftār).

2. Read: Read the daily write-up on the blog, or in the app if you are using it as your main touchpoint.

3. Journal: Use the app’s journaling prompts. Write honestly, even if it is brief.

4. Carry the du‘ā: Keep the du‘ā prompt in your notes, or as your lock screen reminder.

5. Practise one action: Complete the Action Prompt before the day ends.

Small steps done consistently change a life.

Clinical Reminders for the Road

Safety before demand

If you feel overwhelmed, return to the early days of mercy. You cannot grow when your system feels threatened.

Commitment over perfection

You may miss a day. You may slip. That does not cancel the journey. It is part of being human. Sincerity is shown in returning.

Responsibility without isolation

Taking accountability does not mean carrying everything alone. Use structure, support, and boundaries. You must walk back, but you are not walking alone.

Wisdom over impulse

We are not only feeling sorry. We are learning to choose differently.

"You are not calling out into emptiness. You are speaking within proximity". Hauwa Bello

Ready to Begin?

Start here: https://www.hauwabello.com/ramadan-day-1
Open the app: https://ramadan.hauwabello.com/

May Allah make this your best Ramadan yet, not because you were flawless, but because you kept returning with sincerity.

Warmly,
Hauwa Bello