All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,474 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Gentle box breathing: 5 rounds for a reset, when your attention is scattered
A a smaller square, for when four counts feels long pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing: 5 rounds for a cold morning, when you have been meaning to start
A in for four, hold for seven, out for eight pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →5-7 breathing exercise for the end of the working day — before something difficult
A five in, seven out pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →2-1-4 breathing exercise for the hours after people leave — when the house is busy
A short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Double-inhale sigh exercise for a lonely evening — when the weather has kept you inside
A two inhales stacked together, then everything out through the mouth pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →How to use Beginner box breathing for heavy days, when you are short on time
The pattern is 2 · 2 · 2 · 2, which is the easiest version of the square.
Breathe →How to use Soft 4-7-8 breathing for a noisy room, on a day that started badly
The pattern is 4 · 4 · 8, which is the hold cut short, the long exhale kept.
Breathe →How to use 7-11 breathing for being unwell, when you are at home and cannot settle
The pattern is 7 · 11, which is a long, slow ratio for when you have time.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breath (5 · 5) for a ten-minute window, after eating too much
The pattern is 5 · 5, which is five seconds in, five seconds out — about six breaths a minute.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breath (6 · 2 · 6 · 2) for the early months, if you are tired of apps
The pattern is 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, which is even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides.
Breathe →Slow box breathing — 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 — for a break at work, if you have done this a hundred times
5 · 5 · 5 · 5 breathing: a wider square, once four feels comfortable.
Breathe →4-6 breathing — 4 · 6 — for Sunday evening, when you have already had a long week
4 · 6 breathing: in for four, out for six.
Breathe →4-2-6 breathing — 4 · 2 · 6 — for a stolen moment of caregiving, on a low-energy afternoon
4 · 2 · 6 breathing: a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breathing for the middle of the night, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
6 · 6 breathing: six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing for travel days, when you need to stop thinking about work
2 · 1 · 2 · 1 breathing: a brisk rhythm for when you need to be awake.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing for a hot day, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 rhythm — a square with one long side.
Breathe →4-8 breathing: 12 rounds for deep focus, when you need something unremarkable
A 4 · 8 rhythm — in for four, out for eight.
Breathe →5-2-7 breathing: 12 rounds for a hard week, after a difficult conversation
A 5 · 2 · 7 rhythm — five, a brief hold, then seven out.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breathing: 12 rounds for days when everything is too much, when you are somewhere noisy
A 4 · 4 rhythm — four and four, if five feels like a stretch.
Breathe →Box breathing exercise for a hard conversation — after a long day
A 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 rhythm — four equal sides, like tracing a square.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing — 5 · 5 — for a lonely evening, when you want to be left alone
Rounds of 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing for a hard conversation, when you are not in the mood
Rounds of 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Slow box breathing for a noisy room, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
Rounds of 5 · 5 · 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-6 breathing for being unwell, when you feel restless rather than tired
Rounds of 4 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-2-6 breathing: 12 rounds for a ten-minute window, when nothing else has worked today
Rounds of 4 · 2 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breathing: 12 rounds for the early months, when you are on your own
Simple counts — 6 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing exercise for the commute — if you are fitting this around other people
Simple counts — 2 · 1 · 2 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing exercise for Sunday evening — when you have more time than usual
Simple counts — 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →4-8 breathing exercise for a stolen moment of caregiving — when you have been putting it off
Simple counts — 4 · 8 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use 5-2-7 breathing for the middle of the night, if you are sceptical about all of this
Simple counts — 5 · 2 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
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