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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.
Social anxiety: 10-minute body scan meditation, before a hard conversation
A 10-minute body scan session for social anxiety, before a hard conversation. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →What to do when everything is too much — an honest guide, when you are somewhere noisy
Overwhelm is not a lack of capacity. It is too many open loops and no order to them. The fix is unglamorous.
Read →25-minute research session with distant traffic and a timer, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
Sit down, press start, and follow one thread for 25 minutes. One pomodoro, long enough to get somewhere and short enough to start.
Start the block →Tight box breathing exercise for Friday evening — when you have been on screens all day
Simple counts — 4 · 1 · 4 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Noting meditation for overwhelm (7 min), late at night
When overwhelm shows up late at night, this 7-minute noting session gives you somewhere to put it down.
Begin →15-minute softening meditation for work stress, after a fight
A 15-minute softening session for work stress, after a fight. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →When the inner voice will not let something go, step by step, after a long day
Self-criticism usually repeats because it is trying to prevent something. Arguing with it does not work. Understanding it sometimes does.
Read →50-minute applications and forms session with a fan or air conditioner and a timer, when you need to stop thinking about work
Sit down, press start, and get through the questions for 50 minutes. Fifty minutes, the length of a therapy hour, with ten minutes off afterwards.
Start the block →How to use 3-6 breathing for physical discomfort, when you have woken up too early
Simple counts — 3 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Meditation for waking up: 12-minute body scan session, when you wake at 3am
When waking up shows up when you wake at 3am, this 12-minute body scan session gives you somewhere to put it down.
Begin →Meditation for restlessness at night: 3-minute self-compassion session, after a shock
A 3-minute self-compassion session for restlessness at night, after a shock. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →Working in a noisy place without losing your mind — what works and what does not, when you are waiting for something
You cannot always control the noise. You can control what your attention does with it, and what you put in your ears.
Read →90-minute planning session with a washing machine and a timer, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
Sit down, press start, and decide what happens when for 90 minutes. One full ultradian cycle, for work that needs a long runway.
Start the block →How to use 3-5-7 breathing for exam nerves, when the day has been loud
Simple counts — 3 · 5 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Softening for feeling not good enough: 20 minutes, at your desk
When feeling not good enough shows up at your desk, this 20-minute softening session gives you somewhere to put it down.
Begin →Noting for the afternoon slump: 7 minutes, after a bad day
A 7-minute noting session for the afternoon slump, after a bad day. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →The five minutes after a difficult meeting — the two-minute version, when you are too tired to try hard
Back-to-back meetings leave no room to come down. Five deliberate minutes changes the next hour.
Read →A 45-minute block for writing, with brown noise, when you need something unremarkable
A single 45-minute block for writing — the first draft, not the good version.
Start the block →Physiological sigh (2 · 6) for the morning, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
Simple counts — 2 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →5-minute guided gratitude practice for restless legs — between calls
Slow, spoken guidance for restless legs. A gratitude session you can do between calls.
Begin →Grounding meditation for being present (12 min), when it all piles up
A 12-minute grounding session for being present, when it all piles up. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →The house after everyone is asleep, if you have five quiet minutes — for jet lag
The hour when the house belongs to nobody and nothing needs doing.
Settle in →A 50-minute block for language practice, with a library, after a difficult conversation
A single 50-minute block for language practice — repetition rather than novelty.
Start the block →4-2-6 breathing: 5 rounds for a break at work, when you need something unremarkable
A a short hold in the middle, a long way out pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Gentle box breath (3 · 3 · 3 · 3) for coming down after exercise, if you have five quiet minutes
A a smaller square, for when four counts feels long pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Grief: 10-minute breathing meditation, before work
Slow, spoken guidance for grief. A breathing session you can do before work.
Begin →Meditation for health anxiety: 20-minute letting go session, on a day off
A 20-minute letting go session for health anxiety, on a day off. No app, no account — press start.
Begin →The night train (a sleep story), if you are tired of apps — for a night when you do not want to think
Somewhere between two cities, in the dark, where nobody needs anything from you.
Settle in →A 90-minute block for studying, with plain quiet, when you are somewhere noisy
A single 90-minute block for studying — reading and notes, not highlighting.
Start the block →Coherent 6-6 breathing: 5 rounds for Sunday evening, after a difficult conversation
A six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing pattern, counted for you on screen.
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