Standing in the Queue

16 min

Best for: anxiety in everyday public moments

This session meets you in the middle of an ordinary queue, when the wait itself becomes the trigger. You'll practise a grounded breath and a soft, unforced attention that needs no closed eyes or visible change in posture. The technique borrows from interoceptive awareness, noticing breath, feet, and contact points, so you can settle without anyone around you noticing. By the end, the line is still there, but it holds you less tightly.

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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

Standing in the Queue 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.