How to use this space

Where to start

The simplest way is to go to the Home page and choose what you're feeling right now (for example 'I'm struggling' or 'I'm looking for calm'). The site will pick the music and the warm words for that exact state. You don't have to decide anything in advance — just start from what's here now.

Tools for the moment

When you need to come back to yourself quickly:

• Music by state — selections for different emotions: when it's hard, anxious, exhausting, or when you're looking for calm and hope.
• Breathing — the 4-4-4-4 and 4-7-8 exercises, to settle anxiety.
• Grounding — the 5-4-3-2-1 technique for returning to the here and now during anxiety or panic.
• Discharging anger — on the Home page choose 'I'm angry': the circle leads through voice and movement, to release the tension and come back to calm.
• Body — a body scan, step by step, from the feet to the head.
• Sounds of nature — rain, forest, fire, ocean, river — for calming and focus.
• A space to contemplate — night sky, sea, fire. Quiet and minimalism.

Practices for yourself

When there's a little time to take deeper care of yourself:

• Mood tracker — one tap a day, and you can see how your week is changing.
• Gratitude — an evening practice of three questions, to notice the good in your day.
• Muscle relaxation — tensing and releasing the muscles in sequence, against anxiety and sleeplessness.
• Safe place — a guided visualisation for calming down during anxiety and panic attacks.

Why these exercises work

In short: breathing with a long, voiced exhale calms the nervous system through the vagus nerve; grounding brings attention out of thoughts and into the here and now; voice and movement help the body release tension. This isn't magic and it isn't treatment — just simple, research-backed ways to help the body come down from the peak. If you'd like more detail, with the approaches named (polyvagal theory, the somatic approach) — read the Concept.

How to listen to the music

On the state pages and in Music, press the 'listen' button on a track card — playback starts, with a progress slider. Press again to stop. From the keyboard: Tab gets you to the button, Enter or Space starts it, and on the progress bar the ← → arrows seek.

For people with low vision and blind users

On the left of the screen there's a button with the accessibility symbol ♿. Press it — a panel opens where you can:

• turn on a readable font (clearer on the eyes);
• enlarge the text (three levels);
• turn on high contrast (white text on black).

Your choice is remembered and applies across all pages. The site can be used entirely from the keyboard, and a screen reader (VoiceOver, TalkBack) announces the buttons, track titles and hints. Music and words are things you hear; we've removed the barriers in the navigation, so the space is open to everyone.

Night mode and offline

At the top right there's a ☽ button — it turns on a darker, softer mode for the evening. The site also works offline: you can 'install' it on your phone (in the browser menu — 'Add to Home Screen'), and it will open even without internet.

Your privacy

Everything you write down (mood, gratitude) stays on your device only. No accounts, no sign-up, no tracking. In detail — on the Privacy and Terms pages.

If things are very bad

This site is support, not treatment, and it doesn't replace a doctor or a therapist. If you're having thoughts of harming yourself — please reach out for help: to your doctor, to a psychological support line, or to the emergency number 112. Contacts for these services are in the Crisis Navigator. You're not alone.

More, and getting in touch

The full music catalogue is at feeling-of-life.com. And you can talk with people in Kychera — the ecosystem's own messenger. If you want to know why this space exists at all — read About the project and the Concept.