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