Driving Anxious

15 min

Best for: driving anxiety and pre-journey nerves

This session is for the quiet anxiety that arrives before a drive, the held breath, the tight chest, the rehearsal happening below thought. You'll practise slow nasal breathing with extended exhales, body awareness from hands to jaw, and a gentle reframing of the drive ahead. The aim isn't to suppress the anxiety but to settle alongside it, so you can begin the journey from a steadier place.

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Maya Hart
Your storyteller
Maya Hart
Tender, reassuring, steady

Tender and reassuring, steady when things aren't, present and calm without ever overpromising.

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About this session

Driving Anxious is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the anxiety collection, narrated by Maya Hart.

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.