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Meeting Yourself with Kindness

Meditation • 6 min

Recognize that hard moments aren’t your only moments.

Embracing New Beginnings

Meditation • 6 min

Focus on where you are before rushing ahead.

First Week Jitters

Ask Sam - Classroom Anxiety

Video • 3 min

Speaking in class can be tough — Sam’s tips may help.

Heading to School

Meditation • 4 min

Check in with yourself on your ride to school.

Navigating Change

Course • 10-20 min

Train your mind to be more comfortable with change.

Leaving Home

Course • 10-20 min

Start a new chapter with a calm mind.

Find Your Focus

Focus Timer: Winter Forest

Session • 148 min

Get some work done from a quiet, snowy forest.

Exam Prep

Meditation • 3-10 min

Find the sweet spot between focus and relaxation.

Organizing Thoughts

Meditation • 7 min

Make space in your mind with a to-do list for school.

Focus Your Attention

Video • 4 min

Find some space from your thoughts and refocus.

Study Music

Study Beats

Focus Music • 54 min

The best of our lo-fi beats to help turn up your focus.

Lo-Fi Times

Focus Music • 95 min

Laid back beats for a cozy focus session.

Dive into Study Mode (247 Hz)

Soundscape • 45-480 min

For those long study sessions.

Focus with Hans Zimmer's Music

Focus Music • 85 min

An epic soundtrack by composer Hans Zimmer.

Stress Less

Breathe Stress Away

Meditation • 5 min

Use the breath to relax your mind and body.

Racing Mind SOS

Nighttime SOS • 10-12 min

Allow the mind to slow down and gently come to rest.

Breathing through exams

Meditation • 10 min

A grounding exercise to help students ease exam fears.

Let Go of Tension

Wind Down • 7 min

Allow relaxation to naturally arise.

Sleep for Success

Enchanted Moonlight Library

Sleepcast • 45 min

Where book-lovers find peace. Narrated by Eve.

Cozy Cat Marina

Sleepcast • 45 min

New cats. New boats. Same marina. Narrated by Yohannes.

Wind Down by Switching Off

Wind Down • 5 min

Power down with this visualization.

Awake Worrying SOS

Nighttime SOS • 7-9 min

For parents. Put racing thoughts to bed with compassion.

Friendships & Relationships

Fighting FOMO

Meditation • 8 min

Practice enjoying where you are in the current moment.

Ask Sam - The Need to Be Liked

Video • 2 min

Learn to show yourself love and compassion.

Breakups

Podcast • 19 min

Learn how to approach a breakup mindfully.

Growing Up With Immigrant Parents

Podcast • 18 min

Find balance in your relationship with your parents.

Being Alone

Podcast • 16 min

Explore your relationship to loneliness.

When You're Overthinking

Silencing the Inner-Critic

Meditation • 9 min

Learn how to remove negativity from your inner-dialogue.

Ask Sam - Fear of Failure

Video • 3 min

Navigate the fear that often comes with new challenges.

Comparison vs Compassion

Meditation • 10 min

Remind yourself that you are enough.

Be Patient With Your Progress

Meditation • 7 min

Extend patience and care to yourself.

Feel 1% Better

Meditation • 10 min

Change doesn't have to happen all at once.

Find Joy Within

Meditation • 10 min

Create an inner sanctuary of safety, support, and joy.

For Every Moment

Right Before the Big Moment

Meditation • 2 min

Steady your breath before a big moment.

The Moment You’re In

Meditation • 2 min

Follow the rhythm while you wait.

After the Big Moment

Meditation • 2 min

Find your way back to you, one breath at a time.

You Are Not This Moment

Meditation • 2 min

Take a moment to pause, breathe and reset after making a mistake.

This Moment Is for Rest

Meditation • 2 min

Let go of the day and return to this moment.

This Moment Will Pass

Meditation • 2 min

When life feels uneasy, come back to your breath.

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