Itch, Unscratched

20 min

Best for: sitting with urges without reacting

Itch, Unscratched is a gentle exercise in tolerating a small, ordinary discomfort without acting on it. Rather than resisting or defeating the itch, you'll practise staying close beside the sensation while watching the impulse to scratch arrive, build, and fade untouched. It's a low-stakes way to train the gap between an urge and a response, the same gap that matters with cravings, restlessness, and reactivity. You'll come away with a felt sense of how sensations move through and dissolve when left alone.

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Maya Hart
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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

Itch, Unscratched is a guided audio session from Salūs, part of the mindfulness 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.