The Masked Frequency
Pause before you react.
State First is a calm practice: notice your state, lengthen the out-breath, then act. The minute on this page is free. The 7-day kit is there when you want that minute written down.
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In for 4 seconds. Out for 6.
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A quiet tone from this browser, if you want it. Nothing is recorded or saved.
Feel a bit calmer?
Start the 7-day kitSeven short days
The State First – Complete 7-Day Kit is a pause practice you can finish without an hour-long routine. It is a digital download for personal use: short daily pages, a printable deck, and brief audio for the space between things.
- A 14-page, 7-day kit in A4 and US Letter, with a tracker and pause log
- A 21-card pause deck, including a print-friendly black-and-white edition
- Seven audio pauses, about 30–60 seconds each
- Lock-screen cards, a fillable tablet PDF, and a written companion (a file, not an email subscription)
€19
Start the 7-day kitA personal practice. Not therapy, a diagnosis, or medical advice.
Short guides
Plain notes for ordinary moments. Each one links back to the free reset.
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How to calm your nervous system fast
Breathe out longer than you breathe in, soften one tight spot, and take a single next step. A one-minute practice for ordinary stress.
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Longer exhale breathing
How to breathe in for four seconds and out for six: a quiet count, when to shorten it, and where one minute of it fits.
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What to do when you feel overwhelmed at work
A 60-second breath, one written next step, and a sentence you can use when the workday stacks up faster than you can answer.
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How to stop overthinking at night
A longer exhale, a one-line note for tomorrow, and a way back when looping thoughts show up again after you lie down.
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A 2-minute reset before a hard conversation
Two quiet minutes before a difficult talk: six longer exhales, then one sentence you actually want the other person to hear.
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Nervous system regulation for beginners
What nervous system regulation means in this practice, the first minute to learn, and the long routines you can happily skip.