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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.
45-minute focus session for problem solving with a library, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
45 minutes on problem solving — before looking anything up. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →5-2-7 breathing for a long wait, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
Simple counts — 5 · 2 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →50-minute focus session for coding with plain quiet, when you need to stop thinking about work
50 minutes on coding — one function at a time, not the whole system. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →Coherent 4-4 breathing for creative work, when you need to stop thinking about work
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Deep work timer: 25 minutes of practising an instrument (forest at dusk), if you are doing this instead of scrolling
One block of practising an instrument with forest at dusk underneath. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →Box breathing for Friday evening, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Deep work timer: 45 minutes of exam revision (birds at dawn), when you need something unremarkable
One block of exam revision with birds at dawn underneath. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →Tight box breathing: 10 rounds for physical discomfort, when you need something unremarkable
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Deep work timer: 90 minutes of data work (brown noise), after a difficult conversation
One block of data work with brown noise underneath. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →3-6 breathing: 10 rounds for exam nerves, after a difficult conversation
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →25-minute focus block for editing — a stream, when you are somewhere noisy
A timer, a short prep list, and 25 minutes to cut and tighten.
Start the block →3-5-7 breathing exercise for the morning — when you are somewhere noisy
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →45-minute focus block for brainstorming — plain quiet, after a long day
A timer, a short prep list, and 45 minutes to generate options.
Start the block →Physiological sigh breathing exercise for a study session — after a long day
The pattern is 2 · 6, which is a second short sip of air on top of the first, then a long release.
Breathe →90-minute focus block for research — a train carriage, when you are waiting for something
A timer, a short prep list, and 90 minutes to follow one thread.
Start the block →Gentle box breathing exercise for a long illness — when you are waiting for something
The pattern is 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, which is a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →Focus session for applications and forms: 25 minutes, birds at dawn, when you are too tired to try hard
25 minutes of applications and forms, with birds at dawn and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →How to use 4-7-8 breathing for bedtime, when you are too tired to try hard
The pattern is 4 · 7 · 8, which is in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →Focus session for planning: 50 minutes, white noise, when you are not sure this will work
50 minutes of planning, with white noise and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →How to use 5-7 breathing for a hospital waiting room, when you are not sure this will work
The pattern is 5 · 7, which is five in, seven out.
Breathe →Focus session for writing: 90 minutes, distant thunder, when you are not in the mood
90 minutes of writing, with distant thunder and a note on what to do when you drift.
Start the block →How to use 2-1-4 breathing for the morning after, when you are not in the mood
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 4, which is short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose.
Breathe →45-minute language practice session with rain on a window and a timer, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
Sit down, press start, and practise out loud for 45 minutes. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →Double-inhale sigh breath (3 · 8) for anxious moments, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
3 · 8 breathing: two inhales stacked together, then everything out through the mouth.
Breathe →50-minute studying session with a fireplace and a timer, when you feel restless rather than tired
Sit down, press start, and take in the material for 50 minutes. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →Beginner box breath (2 · 2 · 2 · 2) for a reset, when you feel restless rather than tired
2 · 2 · 2 · 2 breathing: the easiest version of the square.
Breathe →90-minute drawing session with vinyl crackle and a timer, when nothing else has worked today
Sit down, press start, and fill the page for 90 minutes. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →Soft 4-7-8 breath (4 · 4 · 8) for a cold morning, when nothing else has worked today
4 · 4 · 8 breathing: the hold cut short, the long exhale kept.
Breathe →A 45-minute block for reading, with a fan or air conditioner, when you are on your own
A single 45-minute block for reading — pages rather than paragraphs.
Start the block →7-11 breathing — 7 · 11 — for the end of the working day, when you are on your own
7 · 11 breathing: a long, slow ratio for when you have time.
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