What Remains is Breath
What Remains Is Breath is a sound offering for moments when very little feels available—when effort has fallen away and only the most basic rhythm remains.
This album does not guide the breath, measure it, or ask it to change. Breath is not treated as a tool here, but as something that continues on its own. The sounds stay close, quiet, and steady, allowing presence without requiring participation.
Listening can be minimal. You may listen for a few seconds or for longer periods. You may stop entirely. The sound does not follow a path or build toward resolution. It simply stays, alongside what is already happening.
What Remains Is Breath is especially mindful of exhaustion, grief, trauma, and states where focus or regulation feels unreachable. It offers sound as accompaniment rather than intervention—something that remains when nothing else is asked of you.
Breath continues.
Sound remains.
Nothing else is required.
Share License
Share License
You are welcome to listen to and share this recording in personal, non-commercial contexts, including:
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private listening
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personal meditation or rest
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small, informal listening spaces
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sharing the link or album page with others
You may not:
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resell or redistribute the audio file
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upload the recording to other platforms
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use the recording in paid classes, events, or sessions without permission
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claim the work as your own or modify it
For professional, therapeutic, or commercial use, including group sessions, workshops, or public offerings, prior permission is required. Please contact the artist to discuss appropriate licensing.
This license exists to protect the integrity of the work while honoring its intention to remain accessible and respectful.
© Sound Alchemist Julie Jules Smoot. All rights reserved.
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Facilitator Use License (Ethical Practice)
Facilitator Use License (Ethical Practice)
This recording is available for use by facilitators, practitioners, and space holders who wish to incorporate it into therapeutic, wellness, or contemplative settings with care and integrity.
Permitted Use
With this license, facilitators may:
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play the recording in in-person or virtual group sessions
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use the recording in one-to-one sessions
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include the recording as part of paid or donation-based offerings
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use the recording in trauma-informed, therapeutic, spiritual, or wellness contexts
Required Conditions
Facilitators agree to:
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credit the work clearly as:
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use the recording unaltered and in full
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maintain a consent-based, non-directive environment
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avoid framing the recording as a cure, treatment, or guaranteed outcome
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respect the recording as a listening space, not background music
Not Permitted
This license does not allow:
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redistribution or resale of the audio file
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uploading the recording to other platforms
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editing, remixing, or layering the audio
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claiming authorship or co-creation
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using the recording in content marketed as medical treatment
Ethical Commitment
This work was created with trauma-informed intention. Facilitators are expected to:
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allow participants autonomy in how they listen
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avoid pressure to process, release, or share
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provide grounding and choice before and after playback
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honor silence and integration as part of the experience
This license exists to support ethical sharing, not extraction.
Use of this work implies agreement to uphold its intention of safety, dignity, and consent.For institutional use, recordings of sessions, or extended licensing, please contact the artist directly to discuss appropriate arrangements.
© Sound Alchemist Julie Jules Smoot. All rights reserved.
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