All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,404 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing for jet lag, after eating too much
Rounds of 2 · 1 · 2 · 1, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing: 6 rounds for deep focus, if you are tired of apps
Rounds of 4 · 4 · 6 · 2, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-8 breathing: 6 rounds for a hard week, if you have done this a hundred times
Rounds of 4 · 8, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →5-2-7 breathing: 6 rounds for days when everything is too much, when you have already had a long week
Rounds of 5 · 2 · 7, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breathing exercise for a long wait — on a low-energy afternoon
Rounds of 4 · 4, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Box breathing exercise for a big decision — when you cannot concentrate on anything else
Simple counts — 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Tight box breathing exercise for Friday evening — when you have been on screens all day
Simple counts — 4 · 1 · 4 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use 3-6 breathing for physical discomfort, when you have woken up too early
Simple counts — 3 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use 3-5-7 breathing for exam nerves, when the day has been loud
Simple counts — 3 · 5 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Physiological sigh (2 · 6) for the morning, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
Simple counts — 2 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →4-2-6 breathing: 5 rounds for a break at work, when you need something unremarkable
A a short hold in the middle, a long way out pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Gentle box breath (3 · 3 · 3 · 3) for coming down after exercise, if you have five quiet minutes
A a smaller square, for when four counts feels long pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breathing: 5 rounds for Sunday evening, after a difficult conversation
A six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →4-7-8 breath (4 · 7 · 8) for a long illness, when you have tried everything else
A in for four, hold for seven, out for eight pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing: 5 rounds for a stolen moment of caregiving, when you are somewhere noisy
A a brisk rhythm for when you need to be awake pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →5-7 breathing — 5 · 7 — for bedtime, when you have just finished work
A five in, seven out pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing exercise for anxious moments — after a long day
A a square with one long side pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →2-1-4 breathing — 2 · 1 · 4 — for a hospital waiting room, before you go back to something hard
A short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →4-8 breathing exercise for a grey day — when you are waiting for something
A in for four, out for eight pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Double-inhale sigh — 3 · 8 — for the morning after, when you want to be left alone
A two inhales stacked together, then everything out through the mouth pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →5-2-7 breathing exercise for a hot day — when you are too tired to try hard
The pattern is 5 · 2 · 7, which is five, a brief hold, then seven out.
Breathe →Beginner box breathing for heated moments, when you are not in the mood
The pattern is 2 · 2 · 2 · 2, which is the easiest version of the square.
Breathe →How to use Coherent 4-4 breathing for deep focus, when you are not sure this will work
The pattern is 4 · 4, which is four and four, if five feels like a stretch.
Breathe →Soft 4-7-8 breathing for a reset, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
The pattern is 4 · 4 · 8, which is the hold cut short, the long exhale kept.
Breathe →How to use Box breathing for the hours after people leave, when you are not in the mood
The pattern is 4 · 4 · 4 · 4, which is four equal sides, like tracing a square.
Breathe →7-11 breathing for a cold morning, when you feel restless rather than tired
The pattern is 7 · 11, which is a long, slow ratio for when you have time.
Breathe →How to use Tight box breathing for a lonely evening, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
The pattern is 4 · 1 · 4 · 1, which is barely any hold, for people who dislike holding.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing: 5 rounds for the end of the working day, when nothing else has worked today
The pattern is 5 · 5, which is five seconds in, five seconds out — about six breaths a minute.
Breathe →3-6 breath (3 · 6) for a hard conversation, when you feel restless rather than tired
The pattern is 3 · 6, which is a gentle two-to-one ratio.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing: 4 rounds for the hours after people leave, when you are on your own
The pattern is 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, which is even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides.
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