Everything, 30 at a time
Every meditation, breathing exercise, sleep story, focus session, guide and essay on SoftlyStill — 6,878 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
90-minute focus block for design work — white noise, if you are fitting this around other people
A timer, a short prep list, and 90 minutes to make decisions.
Start the block →5-2-7 breathing for creative work, when you are at home and cannot settle
The pattern is 5 · 2 · 7, which is five, a brief hold, then seven out.
Breathe →3-minute breathing meditation for guilt, before bedtime
For the times before bedtime when guilt takes up more room than you would like — 3 minutes, breathing.
Begin →Letting go for low energy: 12 minutes, in a five-minute break
Slow, spoken guidance for low energy. A letting go session you can do in a five-minute break.
Begin →When grief arrives out of nowhere, for people who have tried everything, if you have done this a hundred times
Grief does not follow a schedule. The waves come less often over time, but they do not stop, and that is not a failure.
Read →Sleep story: a field under snow, when you feel fine and want to stay that way — for a restless night
Everything muffled, everything white, and no tracks but yours.
Settle in →Focus session for decluttering: 25 minutes, a stream, when you have more time than usual
25 minutes of decluttering, with a stream and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →Coherent 4-4 breathing for Monday morning, after eating too much
The pattern is 4 · 4, which is four and four, if five feels like a stretch.
Breathe →7-minute guided softening practice for back pain and tension — on a day off
For the times on a day off when back pain and tension takes up more room than you would like — 7 minutes, softening.
Begin →Noting meditation for appreciation (20 min), in the air
20 minutes to meet appreciation with less of a fight. A noting practice, in the air.
Begin →How to stop scrolling in bed — the long answer, briefly, when you have already had a long week
The phone is not the problem. The fact that it is within reach and there is nothing else to do is the problem. Here is what actually helps.
Read →A fire dying down — a slow story for the end of the day, when you are cold and want to be warm — for winding down
The last hour of a fire, when it stops being a fire and becomes warmth.
Settle in →Focus session for admin and email: 50 minutes, rain on a window, when you have been putting it off
50 minutes of admin and email, with rain on a window and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →Box breathing: 5 rounds for physical discomfort, if you are tired of apps
The pattern is 4 · 4 · 4 · 4, which is four equal sides, like tracing a square.
Breathe →Overthinking: 15-minute self-compassion meditation, at lunch
For the times at lunch when overthinking takes up more room than you would like — 15 minutes, self-compassion.
Begin →Panic: 5-minute body scan meditation, in a waiting room
5 minutes to meet panic with less of a fight. A body scan practice, in a waiting room.
Begin →What to do when everything is too much, without the usual nonsense, on a low-energy afternoon
Overwhelm is not a lack of capacity. It is too many open loops and no order to them. The fix is unglamorous.
Read →A library at closing time (a sleep story), when you are not in the mood — for an overtired night
The last hour, when the lights go down row by row.
Settle in →Focus session for portfolio work: 90 minutes, a train carriage, if you are sceptical about all of this
90 minutes of portfolio work, with a train carriage and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →Tight box breathing: 5 rounds for exam nerves, if you have done this a hundred times
The pattern is 4 · 1 · 4 · 1, which is barely any hold, for people who dislike holding.
Breathe →Noting meditation for anger (3 min), at 3pm
For the times at 3pm when anger takes up more room than you would like — 3 minutes, noting.
Begin →10-minute softening meditation for loneliness, on the morning of an interview
10 minutes to meet loneliness with less of a fight. A softening practice, on the morning of an interview.
Begin →When the inner voice will not let something go — the version for a bad week, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
Self-criticism usually repeats because it is trying to prevent something. Arguing with it does not work. Understanding it sometimes does.
Read →Sleep story: a boat at anchor, when you need to stop thinking about work — for jet lag
A small harbour, a rope that creaks, and a boat that moves about a metre in the night.
Settle in →25-minute problem solving session with vinyl crackle and a timer, when you are cold and want to be warm
Sit down, press start, and stay with the difficulty for 25 minutes. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →3-6 breathing exercise for the morning — when you have already had a long week
The pattern is 3 · 6, which is a gentle two-to-one ratio.
Breathe →Meditation for brain fog: 7-minute body scan session, at the end of the workday
For the times at the end of the workday when brain fog takes up more room than you would like — 7 minutes, body scan.
Begin →15-minute guided self-compassion practice for sleep — in the hour before an exam
15 minutes to meet sleep with less of a fight. A self-compassion practice, in the hour before an exam.
Begin →Working in a noisy place without losing your mind — explained without jargon, when you have been on screens all day
You cannot always control the noise. You can control what your attention does with it, and what you put in your ears.
Read →A hotel room somewhere — a slow story for the end of the day, on a low-energy afternoon — for a night when you do not want to think
A room you did not choose, in a city you do not have to know.
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