Take a moment.
About one minute.

1. Wherever you are, notice one sound close to you.
2. Then one sound farther away. Then the quietest one you can find.
3. Let the breath be as it is. No counting, no holding.

Begin one minute

No timer is needed. Silence is the whole of it. You can leave at any moment: back to the start or to tonight’s note.

This page plays no sound and does not guide the breath. It is an invitation to notice, not a treatment, and it does not promise calm. Never while driving. The idea of listening for near and far sounds comes from soundscape studies (R. Murray Schafer, The Tuning of the World, 1977).