How To Be Like Water: 8 Life Lessons - by The Wong Janice

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How To Be Like Water: 8 Life Lessons

With The Wong Janice

Welcome to this 10-day course on Insight Timer, which focuses on life lessons we can learn from water and apply them to our daily lives to flow through life in harmony with the universe and experience more freedom from suffering. Over the course of the lessons, The Wong Janice will take you on a journey of 8 different visualisation meditations, where you as the protagonist will walk through scenes of beautiful nature and discover the philosophy of living like water (inspired by Taoism and the Tao Te Ching), and during a soundtrack with the beautiful sounds of water recorded in nature with an added subtle touch of ambient cello music, you will be able to contemplate how you can implement these lessons in your life. Each soundtrack is 15 minutes long.

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Meet your Teacher

The Wong Janice
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Wong Janice is a cellist and composer of ambient cello meditation music. The philosophy of her music as the player and for the listener is simply: to be free. By using the cello and other instruments processed through effect pedals and loop machines, she creates all her music ‘in the moment��� from an uncontrolled yet focused consciousness state. She has dedicated her life to sharing this unique music medicine with the world through audio recordings, music videos, online courses and virtual/in-person concerts. On Insight Timer she offers cello-based music in the free library, 60-minute pieces in the Plus library and courses such as Chakra Cleansing with Deep Cello course, Journaling with Cello for Grounding and Positivity and this newest course on How To Be like Water. To stay updated, follow The Wong Janice’s teacher profile, attend The Wong Janice next live-stream event on the app and join The Wong Janice's group: The Wong Family.

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10 Days

5.4k students

4.9 stars

19 min / day

Acceptance

English

Lesson 1

Introduction

We start the course with an introduction from your teacher The Wong Janice where you will learn where the inspiration for this course comes from, about the course themes, who this course is for and what you can expect to get out of the course. You will then be instructed to set your intention and prepare your space. Once you have done this, you are ready to dive straight into the next lesson on giving unconditionally. Go directly to Lesson 2. Please note that all lessons have a short guided meditation and then a soundtrack of 15 minutes.

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Lesson 2

Give Unconditionally

In this lesson we learn how water gives unconditionally with great kindness benefiting all, without asking for anything in return. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with soft rain where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the soundtrack of the rain and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the soundtrack is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 3

Be Humble Without Ego

In this lesson we learn how water is humble and naturally dwells in the lowest point in the immediate vicinity. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with a river stream where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the soundtrack of the river stream and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the piece is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 4

Have Depth

In this lesson we learn how water is deep and the goodness of this trait. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with a sandy beach where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the soundtrack of the river stream and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the soundtrack is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 5

Be Present And Still

In this lesson we learn that when water is still and calm it offers clarity and focus. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with a pebble beach where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the sound of the waves and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the soundtrack is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 6

Act With The Right Timing

In this lesson we learn that water follows nature for its timing. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with summer rain where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the sound of the rain and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the soundtrack is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 7

Go With The Flow

In this lesson we learn that water goes where the current takes it, free from struggle. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with a creek stream where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the sound of the stream and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the soundtrack is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 8

Be Flexible

In this lesson we learn that water embraces impermanence and is open to change. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with a sandy beach where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the sound of the waves and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the soundtrack is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 9

Be Soft and Gentle

In this lesson we learn how water, being soft and flexible, is a strength. Using visualisation meditation and storytelling as the basis, The Wong Janice will guide you into a peaceful scene with a river stream where you will learn water’s life lesson. For the remainder of the lesson, you will have time to contemplate how you can implement this philosophy in your life while you listen to the sound of the river stream and subtle cello notes in the background. By the end of the meditation, you will feel more open to new possibilities as you embrace the lesson’s theme. For this meditation you may choose to lie down, be seated, journal or move mindfully. The duration of the soundtrack is 15 minutes.

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Lesson 10

Summary & Final Words

In the final lesson of this course, we sum up the main messages covered in the course and The Wong Janice shares some final words. Now you can go on with the lessons in your daily life. Imagine yourself, like water, flowing the way the current takes you, flowing high and low, unafraid and relaxed, free from the struggle and free to follow the ebbs and flow of life, like water. What a life that would be. Once you have completed the course from start to end, you are welcome to repeat the whole course again and let it become part of your routine or simply select any individual lessons that you would like to repeat.

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Ask your teacher

This course includes 454 community questions and 183 audio replies from The Wong Janice. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.

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Recent Reviews

JENNIFER

December 12, 2025

Excellent course. I loved the guidance, and the music is stunning. Namaste🙏✨

BILL

November 12, 2025

Enlighten me I enjoyed the analogy

Avinash

November 11, 2025

Excellent course! Loved the sound of water, calming music and moral of story. Thank you 🙏❤️

Stephanie

November 2, 2025

This was a course that you will want to take again and again. It’s so good!

Ros

October 30, 2025

Excellent reflective material. Thankyou🙏

Teresa

October 20, 2025

One of tgg by e best courses I have taken here

Kim

October 9, 2025

Lovely to be reminded of these lessons and in such a beautiful format. Thank you!

Kate

September 22, 2025

Thank you for this beautiful course. The water recordings along with the cello are so calming and inspiring, gorgeous and uplifting. 🌊💦💧❤️🙏🕊️

Adeola

September 9, 2025

Thank you for your beautiful work and the cello meditation

Molly

August 31, 2025

A course that really helped me focus on how to adapt and accept obstacles and shortcomings. Great to have the grounding question, “What would water do?”

Rich

July 27, 2025

I highly recommend this course. It offers great insight, calming meditation tracks and the nurturing and soothing voice of Janice. I also appreciate her sincere efforts, I can feel how much she wants to impart her wisdom for the benefit of all beings.

Eaddy

July 14, 2025

In hindsight, Ms Wong embodies water herself in these meditations. I’m left with lasting resources to further my intention to be as water. Valuable and cherished.

Wayne

June 27, 2025

Very beautiful natural examples, deep wisdom in water. I strive to be soft and choose good timing. Thank you

Patti

May 26, 2025

Excellent series! Loved the combination of the visualization, the cello and meditation summary of water. Very relatable! Nicely Done!

Deb

May 19, 2025

Really loved this. Water is life and reflecting through each of the days unique properties was beautiful especially the sound of all the different water energies 💦 💧 🙏🏼

Carlton

May 9, 2025

Very helpful and concise without insisting on itself too much. Thanks for making this!

Nancy

April 20, 2025

A wonderful course about the power humility inflow of water in my life

Shawnell

April 12, 2025

This course really takes you thru a beautiful journey of being like water. Every lesson was valuable to me and I will be repeating this course often!

Gianna

April 1, 2025

Loved the metaphors and water with cell soundtracks! Thank you TWJ!

Peter

March 28, 2025

Janice’s softness, wisdom, and music are sublime.

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