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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.
Physiological sigh exercise for a long illness — when you want to finish something
The pattern is 2 · 6, which is a second short sip of air on top of the first, then a long release.
Breathe →Focus: 5-minute breathing meditation, before you talk
Slow, spoken guidance for focus. A breathing session you can do before you talk.
Begin →Meditation for overwhelm: 15-minute letting go session, in the office
A 15-minute letting go session for overwhelm, in the office. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →A caravan by the sea (a sleep story), when you have just finished work — for jet lag
Thin walls, wind outside, and the sound of shingle about fifty metres away.
Settle in →50-minute focus session for research with a train carriage, when you need something unremarkable
50 minutes on research — with a note file open beside you. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →4-2-6 breathing — 4 · 2 · 6 — for the morning after, when you want something simple
The pattern is 4 · 2 · 6, which is a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →How to use Gentle box breathing for the middle of the night, when you are doing this for the first time
The pattern is 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, which is a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →10-minute grounding meditation for the inner critic, before a difficult talk
Slow, spoken guidance for the inner critic. A grounding session you can do before a difficult talk.
Begin →3-minute gratitude meditation for deep work, on a meeting break
A 3-minute gratitude session for deep work, on a meeting break. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →Sleep story: an attic room, when you have already had a long week — for a night when you do not want to think
Sloping ceiling, rain on the roof a foot above your head.
Settle in →90-minute focus session for applications and forms with birds at dawn, after a difficult conversation
90 minutes on applications and forms — dull but finite. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →Coherent 6-6 breathing for anxious moments, if you have five quiet minutes
The pattern is 6 · 6, which is six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →How to use 4-7-8 breathing for travel days, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
The pattern is 4 · 7 · 8, which is in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →15-minute guided self-compassion practice for physical tension — after an argument
Slow, spoken guidance for physical tension. A self-compassion session you can do after an argument.
Begin →7-minute guided breathing practice for feeling not good enough — on your commute
A 7-minute breathing session for feeling not good enough, on your commute. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →A lighthouse at the end of a long day, when nothing else has worked today — for waking too early
One light turning, a kettle, and weather you are on the right side of.
Settle in →Deep work timer: 45 minutes of planning (white noise), when you are somewhere noisy
One block of planning with white noise underneath. A single class period, the length most people can hold before the quality drops.
Start the block →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing for a grey day, when you have tried everything else
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 2 · 1, which is a brisk rhythm for when you need to be awake.
Breathe →How to use 5-7 breathing for jet lag, when you need to stop thinking about work
The pattern is 5 · 7, which is five in, seven out.
Breathe →Noting for test anxiety: 3 minutes, when nothing went right
Slow, spoken guidance for test anxiety. A noting session you can do when nothing went right.
Begin →Restless legs: 12-minute softening meditation, ahead of a full day
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 12 minutes of softening for restless legs, ahead of a full day.
Begin →A bus at night (a sleep story), after a difficult conversation — for the hours after a late shift
Upper deck, front seat, a city going past that you do not have to join.
Settle in →Deep work timer: 50 minutes of writing (distant thunder), after a long day
One block of writing with distant thunder underneath. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →Uneven box breathing for a cold morning, when you have just finished work
The pattern is 4 · 4 · 6 · 2, which is a square with one long side.
Breathe →2-1-4 breath (2 · 1 · 4) for heated moments, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 4, which is short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose.
Breathe →Body scan meditation for deadline pressure (7 min), when you are at your limit
Slow, spoken guidance for deadline pressure. A body scan session you can do when you are at your limit.
Begin →20-minute self-compassion meditation for anticipatory anxiety, on a Saturday morning
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 20 minutes of self-compassion for anticipatory anxiety, on a Saturday morning.
Begin →Using the commute as a boundary between work and home — the essentials, when you are too tired to try hard
The commute is the only transition most people get. Used deliberately, it stops the workday following you into the kitchen.
Read →25-minute focus block for language practice — rain on a window, when you are waiting for something
A timer, a short prep list, and 25 minutes to practise out loud.
Start the block →4-8 breathing: 12 rounds for the end of the working day, before you go back to something hard
4 · 8 breathing: in for four, out for eight.
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