All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,474 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing exercise for a break at work — if you are tired of apps
Rounds of 2 · 1 · 2 · 1, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing exercise for a hospital waiting room — if you have done this a hundred times
Rounds of 4 · 4 · 6 · 2, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-8 breathing exercise for the morning after — when you have already had a long week
Rounds of 4 · 8, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use 5-2-7 breathing for anxious moments, on a low-energy afternoon
Rounds of 5 · 2 · 7, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use Coherent 4-4 breathing for a grey day, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
Rounds of 4 · 4, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use Box breathing for a cold morning, when you have been on screens all day
Simple counts — 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Tight box breath (4 · 1 · 4 · 1) for the end of the working day, when you have woken up too early
Simple counts — 4 · 1 · 4 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →3-6 breath (3 · 6) for the hours after people leave, when the day has been loud
Simple counts — 3 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →3-5-7 breath (3 · 5 · 7) for a lonely evening, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
Simple counts — 3 · 5 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Physiological sigh — 2 · 6 — for a hard conversation, if you have five quiet minutes
Simple counts — 2 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Gentle box breathing — 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 — for a noisy room, when you have tried everything else
A a smaller square, for when four counts feels long pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing — 4 · 7 · 8 — for being unwell, when you have just finished work
A in for four, hold for seven, out for eight pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →5-7 breathing for a ten-minute window, when you are too tired to try hard
A five in, seven out pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →2-1-4 breathing for the early months, when you are not sure this will work
A short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Double-inhale sigh: 8 rounds for the commute, when you are not in the mood
A two inhales stacked together, then everything out through the mouth pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Beginner box breathing: 8 rounds for Sunday evening, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
The pattern is 2 · 2 · 2 · 2, which is the easiest version of the square.
Breathe →Soft 4-7-8 breathing: 8 rounds for a stolen moment of caregiving, when you feel restless rather than tired
The pattern is 4 · 4 · 8, which is the hold cut short, the long exhale kept.
Breathe →7-11 breathing exercise for the middle of the night — when nothing else has worked today
The pattern is 7 · 11, which is a long, slow ratio for when you have time.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing exercise for travel days — when you are on your own
The pattern is 5 · 5, which is five seconds in, five seconds out — about six breaths a minute.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing exercise for jet lag — if you are fitting this around other people
The pattern is 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, which is even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides.
Breathe →How to use Slow box breathing for deep focus, when you have more time than usual
5 · 5 · 5 · 5 breathing: a wider square, once four feels comfortable.
Breathe →How to use 4-6 breathing for a hard week, when you have been putting it off
4 · 6 breathing: in for four, out for six.
Breathe →How to use 4-2-6 breathing for days when everything is too much, if you are sceptical about all of this
4 · 2 · 6 breathing: a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breath (6 · 6) for a long wait, when you are cold and want to be warm
6 · 6 breathing: six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breath (2 · 1 · 2 · 1) for creative work, when you only have a few minutes
2 · 1 · 2 · 1 breathing: a brisk rhythm for when you need to be awake.
Breathe →Uneven box breath (4 · 4 · 6 · 2) for Friday evening, when you want something simple
A 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 rhythm — a square with one long side.
Breathe →4-8 breathing — 4 · 8 — for physical discomfort, when you want to finish something
A 4 · 8 rhythm — in for four, out for eight.
Breathe →5-2-7 breathing — 5 · 2 · 7 — for exam nerves, when you are doing this for the first time
A 5 · 2 · 7 rhythm — five, a brief hold, then seven out.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breathing for the morning, when you have just finished work
A 4 · 4 rhythm — four and four, if five feels like a stretch.
Breathe →Box breathing for coming down after exercise, before you go back to something hard
A 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 rhythm — four equal sides, like tracing a square.
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