The slow recline of a dentist’s chair can feel less like resting and more like surrendering control. With the ceiling as a steady horizon, the hands as familiar ground and the breath continuing beneath the bracing, the body is given room to soften without being rushed. Even amid clinical sounds, a raised hand can still ask for a pause.

Warm and unhurried, with a low steady ease — the slow exhale at the end of a long day.
Dentist's Chair Reclining is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the anxiety collection, narrated by Eleanor Vance.
Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android — hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.