Pick a pattern, press Start, follow the wave and match its rhythm. Free, no sign-up, in 18 languages.
Everything a breathing tool should have, plus the Sufi and pranayama traditions.
4-7-8, Box, Coherent, 7-11, Nadi Shodhana, Hu breath… Or set the seconds yourself, in 0.1-second steps, up to 30 seconds per phase.
Ring, orb, lotus, water bowl, 3 circles, 5 circles, yin yang, 4 triangles, counter. Respects your reduced-motion setting.
Bell, chime, rising tone, beeps or tick: follow the rhythm with your eyes closed.
432 Hz, 528 Hz, rain, waves, forest.
In 18 languages: breathe in, hold, breathe out.
1–15 minutes or unlimited; when it ends you see how many cycles you breathed.
On your phone the screen won't dim during practice; optional vibration cues.
Your settings fit in one link; send the same breath to a friend.
Around six breaths a minute is the pace at which heart rate variability biofeedback research (Lehrer, Gevirtz) finds heart-rhythm oscillations most pronounced. Slow breathing of this kind has been associated with better regulation of stress responses.
Heart rate rises slightly as you breathe in and falls as you breathe out. In a 2023 Stanford study (Balban et al., Cell Reports Medicine), exhale-focused cyclic sighing raised positive mood more than mindfulness meditation at five minutes a day.
Nadi Shodhana, Bhramari and Ujjayi come from yoga's pranayama tradition, the Hû breath from Sufism. Research on many patterns is limited and none of them replaces medical care; sources are listed on each pattern's own page.
Practice sitting or lying down; never in water or while driving. Stop if you feel dizzy.