What3words is an app that uses your phone’s GPS signal to provide accurate location, a map system, and navigation assistance no matter where you are in the world. On the app, the planet is split into 57 trillion squares, and each 3 metres by 3 metres square has a different three-word location, allowing us a window into constant change around us. For example, part of Llandudno Pier is at /// treaties.overhear.walked. and part of Sydney opera house is at ///slim.soda.zooms.
What if we could borrow this idea for our inner landscape?
Just as your phone can pinpoint where you are externally, you might choose three words that describe your internal location in this moment. Something like tired.pain.sleep might feel familiar. Because of our natural negativity bias, these words can easily become the headline of the day, shaping our energy, our patience, and how reactive we feel.
But what if movement could gently shift that inner address?
A few steps outdoors, a change of scenery, or the simple act of moving your body might invite a different set of words. Perhaps tired.pain.sleep softens into stretch.breathe.notice, or mountain.space.freedom. Not because the first set needs to be replaced, but because movement can create just enough space for another perspective to emerge alongside it.
On an average walk, four or five steps cover roughly three metres, meaning you’re only a few steps away from a different internal location. During a 60‑minute yoga class, moving across a standard mat might take you through 15–20 of those three‑metre squares. Each shift offers an opportunity to notice what’s present and to be just as you are.
As you move into the next part of your day, you might explore how your inner three words change with each small transition. Perhaps this gentle transience can help you stay present in each space you occupy, and a little less attached to the words that came before.
