A distant siren rises across the night, passes its closest point and thins at the edge of hearing. Close listening reveals the body’s brief alertness, the ear’s lingering echo and the quiet return that follows. A grounded practice in recognising how even the loudest, most urgent moments are already moving towards silence.

Clear and grounding, present without weight — a few minutes to come back to the breath and carry on steadier.
Distant Siren Fades is a guided audio session from Salūs — part of the mindfulness collection, narrated by Claire Beaumont.
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.