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.
10-minute softening meditation for contentment, before you talk
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 10 minutes of softening for contentment, before you talk.
Begin →3-minute gratitude meditation for the inner critic, in the office
Slow, spoken guidance for the inner critic. A gratitude session you can do in the office.
Begin →When grief arrives out of nowhere — what actually works, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
Grief does not follow a schedule. The waves come less often over time, but they do not stop, and that is not a failure.
Read →The house after everyone is asleep — a slow story for the end of the day, when you are short on time — for a restless night
The hour when the house belongs to nobody and nothing needs doing.
Settle in →90-minute coding session with café murmur and a timer, if you are sceptical about all of this
Sit down, press start, and work through the problem for 90 minutes. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →Coherent 4-4 breathing: 5 rounds for creative work, if you have done this a hundred times
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →15-minute guided self-compassion practice for panic — after a conflict
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 15 minutes of self-compassion for panic, after a conflict.
Begin →7-minute guided body scan practice for tight shoulders and neck — on a meeting break
Slow, spoken guidance for tight shoulders and neck. A body scan session you can do on a meeting break.
Begin →How to stop scrolling in bed — a short, honest guide, when you have been on screens all day
The phone is not the problem. The fact that it is within reach and there is nothing else to do is the problem. Here is what actually helps.
Read →The night train, when you have just finished work — for winding down
Somewhere between two cities, in the dark, where nobody needs anything from you.
Settle in →A 25-minute block for practising an instrument, with a fireplace, when you are cold and want to be warm
A single 25-minute block for practising an instrument — slowly, with the metronome.
Start the block →Box breathing: 5 rounds for Friday evening, when you have already had a long week
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Noting for loneliness: 3 minutes, after bad news
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 3 minutes of noting for loneliness, after bad news.
Begin →Public speaking fear: 12-minute softening meditation, before a busy day
Slow, spoken guidance for public speaking fear. A softening session you can do before a busy day.
Begin →What to do when everything is too much — a straightforward guide, when you have woken up too early
Overwhelm is not a lack of capacity. It is too many open loops and no order to them. The fix is unglamorous.
Read →Sleep story: a caravan by the sea, when you want to finish something — for a racing mind
Thin walls, wind outside, and the sound of shingle about fifty metres away.
Settle in →A 45-minute block for exam revision, with distant traffic, when you only have a few minutes
A single 45-minute block for exam revision — recall rather than re-reading.
Start the block →Tight box breathing exercise for physical discomfort — on a low-energy afternoon
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Body scan meditation for falling asleep (7 min), when nothing went right
Nothing to learn and nothing to fix: 7 minutes of body scan for falling asleep, when nothing went right.
Begin →20-minute self-compassion meditation for deadline pressure, in the late afternoon
Slow, spoken guidance for deadline pressure. A self-compassion session you can do in the late afternoon.
Begin →When the inner voice will not let something go, when you need something unremarkable
Self-criticism usually repeats because it is trying to prevent something. Arguing with it does not work. Understanding it sometimes does.
Read →An attic room — a slow story for the end of the day, when nothing else has worked today — for a restless night
Sloping ceiling, rain on the roof a foot above your head.
Settle in →A 90-minute block for data work, with a fan or air conditioner, when you want something simple
A single 90-minute block for data work — checking as you go.
Start the block →3-6 breathing exercise for exam nerves — when you cannot concentrate on anything else
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Meditation for low energy: 12-minute softening session, when you are at your limit
For the times when you are at your limit when low energy takes up more room than you would like — 12 minutes, softening.
Begin →Meditation for better sleep: 5-minute noting session, on a Saturday morning
Slow, spoken guidance for better sleep. A noting session you can do on a Saturday morning.
Begin →Working in a noisy place without losing your mind — a practical guide, after a difficult conversation
You cannot always control the noise. You can control what your attention does with it, and what you put in your ears.
Read →A lighthouse at the end of a long day, after a difficult conversation — for winding down
One light turning, a kettle, and weather you are on the right side of.
Settle in →25-minute focus session for editing with a washing machine, if you have five quiet minutes
25 minutes on editing — the boring pass that makes it readable. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →How to use 3-5-7 breathing for the morning, when you have been on screens all day
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Newest first. Everything here is free — no account, no streaks, nothing to install.