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.
50-minute editing session with distant traffic and a timer, when you have tried everything else
Sit down, press start, and cut and tighten for 50 minutes. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →Slow box breath (5 · 5 · 5 · 5) for bedtime, when you have tried everything else
A a wider square, once four feels comfortable pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Softening meditation for worry (5 min), after a long day
Slow, spoken guidance for worry. A softening session you can do after a long day.
Begin →15-minute noting meditation for panic, in the morning
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 15 minutes of noting for panic, in the morning.
Begin →A 25-minute block for brainstorming, with a fan or air conditioner, when you have just finished work
A single 25-minute block for brainstorming — quantity before quality.
Start the block →4-6 breath (4 · 6) for a hospital waiting room, when you have just finished work
The pattern is 4 · 6, which is in for four, out for six.
Breathe →Meditation for frustration: 10-minute self-compassion session, on a Sunday
Slow, spoken guidance for frustration. A self-compassion session you can do on a Sunday.
Begin →Meditation for heartbreak: 3-minute body scan session, on a lunch break
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 3 minutes of body scan for heartbreak, on a lunch break.
Begin →A 45-minute block for research, with a washing machine, before you go back to something hard
A single 45-minute block for research — with a note file open beside you.
Start the block →4-2-6 breath (4 · 2 · 6) for the morning after, before you go back to something hard
The pattern is 4 · 2 · 6, which is a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →Noting for brain fog: 15 minutes, during a break
15 minutes to meet brain fog with less of a fight. A noting practice, during a break.
Begin →Softening for falling asleep: 7 minutes, in the afternoon slump
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 7 minutes of softening for falling asleep, in the afternoon slump.
Begin →A 90-minute block for applications and forms, with café murmur, when you want to be left alone
A single 90-minute block for applications and forms — dull but finite.
Start the block →Coherent 6-6 breathing — 6 · 6 — for anxious moments, when you want to be left alone
The pattern is 6 · 6, which is six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →3-minute guided body scan practice for guilt — on a plane
3 minutes to meet guilt with less of a fight. A body scan practice, on a plane.
Begin →Self-compassion meditation for low energy (12 min), after work
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 12 minutes of self-compassion for low energy, after work.
Begin →25-minute focus session for planning with a library, when you are not in the mood
25 minutes on planning — on paper, so you can see it. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing — 2 · 1 · 2 · 1 — for a grey day, if you are new to this
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 2 · 1, which is a brisk rhythm for when you need to be awake.
Breathe →Back pain and tension: 7-minute letting go meditation, on the road
7 minutes to meet back pain and tension with less of a fight. A letting go practice, on the road.
Begin →Meditation for contentment: 20-minute breathing session, during the evening wind-down
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 20 minutes of breathing for contentment, during the evening wind-down.
Begin →45-minute focus session for writing with plain quiet, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
45 minutes on writing — the first draft, not the good version. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →Uneven box breathing — 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 — for a cold morning, when your attention is scattered
The pattern is 4 · 4 · 6 · 2, which is a square with one long side.
Breathe →12-minute gratitude meditation for overthinking, in the hour before an interview
12 minutes to meet overthinking with less of a fight. A gratitude practice, in the hour before an interview.
Begin →5-minute grounding meditation for panic, at night
For the times at night when panic takes up more room than you would like — 5 minutes, grounding.
Begin →Sleep story: a hotel room somewhere, if you are new to this — for winding down
A room you did not choose, in a city you do not have to know.
Settle in →90-minute focus session for language practice with forest at dusk, when you feel restless rather than tired
90 minutes on language practice — repetition rather than novelty. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →Double-inhale sigh exercise for days when everything is too much — when you are not in the mood
3 · 8 breathing: two inhales stacked together, then everything out through the mouth.
Breathe →4-8 breathing for the end of the working day, when you feel restless rather than tired
4 · 8 breathing: in for four, out for eight.
Breathe →20-minute guided breathing practice for frustration — before an exam
20 minutes to meet frustration with less of a fight. A breathing practice, before an exam.
Begin →10-minute guided letting go practice for loneliness — at 3am
For the times at 3am when loneliness takes up more room than you would like — 10 minutes, letting go.
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