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Deep work timer: 25 minutes of data work (distant traffic), when you need something unremarkable
One block of data work with distant traffic underneath. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →How to use 6-2-6-2 breathing for bedtime, when you need to stop thinking about work
A even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-6 breathing for Sunday evening, when you need something unremarkable
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Body scan for sadness: 20 minutes, when you wake at 3am
20 minutes to meet sadness with less of a fight. A body scan practice, when you wake at 3am.
Begin →Self-compassion for social anxiety: 7 minutes, after a shock
For the times after a shock when social anxiety takes up more room than you would like — 7 minutes, self-compassion.
Begin →Sleep story: a lighthouse at the end of a long day, when you want to be left alone — for jet lag
One light turning, a kettle, and weather you are on the right side of.
Settle in →Deep work timer: 50 minutes of editing (forest at dusk), after a difficult conversation
One block of editing with forest at dusk underneath. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →How to use Slow box breathing for travel days, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A a wider square, once four feels comfortable pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-5-7 breathing for a stolen moment of caregiving, after a difficult conversation
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →5-minute guided softening practice for agitation — at your desk
5 minutes to meet agitation with less of a fight. A softening practice, at your desk.
Begin →Noting meditation for work stress (12 min), after a bad day
For the times after a bad day when work stress takes up more room than you would like — 12 minutes, noting.
Begin →A bus at night — a slow story for the end of the day, when you cannot concentrate on anything else — for a night when you do not want to think
Upper deck, front seat, a city going past that you do not have to join.
Settle in →Deep work timer: 90 minutes of brainstorming (a washing machine), when you are somewhere noisy
One block of brainstorming with a washing machine underneath. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →How to use 4-6 breathing for jet lag, when you need something unremarkable
The pattern is 4 · 6, which is in for four, out for six.
Breathe →Physiological sigh: 5 rounds for the middle of the night, when you are somewhere noisy
The pattern is 2 · 6, which is a second short sip of air on top of the first, then a long release.
Breathe →Waking up: 10-minute self-compassion meditation, between calls
10 minutes to meet waking up with less of a fight. A self-compassion practice, between calls.
Begin →Meditation for waking at 3am: 20-minute body scan session, when it all piles up
For the times when it all piles up when waking at 3am takes up more room than you would like — 20 minutes, body scan.
Begin →A field under snow (a sleep story), if you are fitting this around other people — for waking too early
Everything muffled, everything white, and no tracks but yours.
Settle in →45-minute focus block for research — brown noise, after a long day
A timer, a short prep list, and 45 minutes to follow one thread.
Start the block →4-2-6 breath (4 · 2 · 6) for heated moments, after a difficult conversation
The pattern is 4 · 2 · 6, which is a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →Gentle box breathing: 5 rounds for a grey day, after a long day
The pattern is 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, which is a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →15-minute noting meditation for feeling not good enough, on the train
15 minutes to meet feeling not good enough with less of a fight. A noting practice, on the train.
Begin →5-minute softening meditation for exhaustion, as sleep prep
For the times as sleep prep when exhaustion takes up more room than you would like — 5 minutes, softening.
Begin →Sleep story: a fire dying down, after a long day — for the hours after a late shift
The last hour of a fire, when it stops being a fire and becomes warmth.
Settle in →50-minute focus block for applications and forms — a library, when you are waiting for something
A timer, a short prep list, and 50 minutes to get through the questions.
Start the block →Coherent 6-6 breath (6 · 6) for a reset, when you are somewhere noisy
The pattern is 6 · 6, which is six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing: 5 rounds for a hot day, when you are waiting for something
The pattern is 4 · 7 · 8, which is in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →Meditation for tired eyes: 3-minute grounding session, before a busy day
A 3-minute grounding session for tired eyes, before a busy day. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →10-minute guided gratitude practice for being present — on a rest day
For the times on a rest day when being present takes up more room than you would like — 10 minutes, gratitude.
Begin →A library at closing time, when you feel fine and want to stay that way — for a racing mind
The last hour, when the lights go down row by row.
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