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Every meditation, breathing exercise, sleep story, focus session, guide and essay on SoftlyStill — 6,878 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Meditation for physical tension: 12-minute breathing session, in the air
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 12 minutes of breathing for physical tension, in the air.
Begin →Sleep story: a kitchen late at night, before you go back to something hard — for a restless night
One small light on, a cooling cup of tea, and the rest of the house dark.
Settle in →A 45-minute block for portfolio work, with vinyl crackle, when you have already had a long week
A single 45-minute block for portfolio work — the last ten percent.
Start the block →4-8 breath (4 · 8) for a noisy room, when you have already had a long week
Simple counts — 4 · 8 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →10-minute gratitude meditation for sadness, at lunch
Slow, spoken guidance for sadness. A gratitude session you can do at lunch.
Begin →Grounding for test anxiety: 20 minutes, in a waiting room
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 20 minutes of grounding for test anxiety, in a waiting room.
Begin →A lake before dawn — a slow story for the end of the day, on a low-energy afternoon — for winding down
Flat water, no wind, and light that has not arrived yet.
Settle in →A 90-minute block for problem solving, with a fan or air conditioner, on a low-energy afternoon
A single 90-minute block for problem solving — before looking anything up.
Start the block →5-2-7 breath (5 · 2 · 7) for being unwell, on a low-energy afternoon
Simple counts — 5 · 2 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →15-minute guided breathing practice for sleep — at 3pm
Slow, spoken guidance for sleep. A breathing session you can do at 3pm.
Begin →5-minute guided letting go practice for burnout — on the morning of an interview
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 5 minutes of letting go for burnout, on the morning of an interview.
Begin →The house after everyone is asleep (a sleep story), when you are on your own — for an overtired night
The hour when the house belongs to nobody and nothing needs doing.
Settle in →25-minute focus session for coding with a washing machine, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
25 minutes on coding — one function at a time, not the whole system. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →Soft 4-7-8 breathing exercise for the commute — when you want to finish something
A the hold cut short, the long exhale kept pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breathing — 4 · 4 — for a ten-minute window, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Grounding for morning energy: 3 minutes, at the end of the workday
3 minutes to meet morning energy with less of a fight. A grounding practice, at the end of the workday.
Begin →Waking at 3am: 10-minute gratitude meditation, in the hour before an exam
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 10 minutes of gratitude for waking at 3am, in the hour before an exam.
Begin →Sleep story: the night train, when you are somewhere noisy — for jet lag
Somewhere between two cities, in the dark, where nobody needs anything from you.
Settle in →50-minute focus session for practising an instrument with café murmur, when you need to stop thinking about work
50 minutes on practising an instrument — slowly, with the metronome. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →7-11 breathing exercise for coming down after exercise — when you are doing this for the first time
A a long, slow ratio for when you have time pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Box breathing — 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 — for a night shift, when you have been on screens all day
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Letting go meditation for gratitude (7 min), in the evening
7 minutes to meet gratitude with less of a fight. A letting go practice, in the evening.
Begin →15-minute breathing meditation for self-criticism, before public speaking
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 15 minutes of breathing for self-criticism, before public speaking.
Begin →A caravan by the sea — a slow story for the end of the day, when you only have a few minutes — for winding down
Thin walls, wind outside, and the sound of shingle about fifty metres away.
Settle in →90-minute focus session for exam revision with a library, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
90 minutes on exam revision — recall rather than re-reading. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →Coherent 5-5 breathing exercise for a long illness — if you are doing this in the middle of the day
A five seconds in, five seconds out — about six breaths a minute pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Tight box breathing for a break at work, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Meditation for tired eyes: 12-minute noting session, at bedtime
12 minutes to meet tired eyes with less of a fight. A noting practice, at bedtime.
Begin →Meditation for a mindful pause: 3-minute softening session, before a conversation you are dreading
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 3 minutes of softening for a mindful pause, before a conversation you are dreading.
Begin →An attic room (a sleep story), when you are at home and cannot settle — for an overtired night
Sloping ceiling, rain on the roof a foot above your head.
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