All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,474 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
How to use Coherent 4-4 breathing for travel days, when you are cold and want to be warm
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →How to use Box breathing for a hot day, when you only have a few minutes
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Tight box breath (4 · 1 · 4 · 1) for deep focus, when you want something simple
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-6 breath (3 · 6) for a hard week, when you want to finish something
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-5-7 breath (3 · 5 · 7) for days when everything is too much, when you are doing this for the first time
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Physiological sigh — 2 · 6 — for a long wait, if you are doing this in the middle of the day
The pattern is 2 · 6, which is a second short sip of air on top of the first, then a long release.
Breathe →Gentle box breathing — 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 — for a big decision, when you need to stop thinking about work
The pattern is 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, which is a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing — 4 · 7 · 8 — for Friday evening, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
The pattern is 4 · 7 · 8, which is in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →5-7 breathing for physical discomfort, if you are new to this
The pattern is 5 · 7, which is five in, seven out.
Breathe →2-1-4 breathing for exam nerves, when your attention is scattered
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 4, which is short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose.
Breathe →How to use 4-8 breathing for a night shift, if you are new to this
4 · 8 breathing: in for four, out for eight.
Breathe →Double-inhale sigh: 10 rounds for the morning, when you have been meaning to start
3 · 8 breathing: two inhales stacked together, then everything out through the mouth.
Breathe →5-2-7 breath (5 · 2 · 7) for a break at work, when your attention is scattered
5 · 2 · 7 breathing: five, a brief hold, then seven out.
Breathe →Beginner box breathing: 10 rounds for coming down after exercise, before something difficult
2 · 2 · 2 · 2 breathing: the easiest version of the square.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breath (4 · 4) for Sunday evening, when you have been meaning to start
4 · 4 breathing: four and four, if five feels like a stretch.
Breathe →Soft 4-7-8 breathing: 8 rounds for a long illness, when the house is busy
4 · 4 · 8 breathing: the hold cut short, the long exhale kept.
Breathe →Box breath (4 · 4 · 4 · 4) for the morning after, before something difficult
4 · 4 · 4 · 4 breathing: four equal sides, like tracing a square.
Breathe →7-11 breathing exercise for bedtime — when the weather has kept you inside
7 · 11 breathing: a long, slow ratio for when you have time.
Breathe →Tight box breathing — 4 · 1 · 4 · 1 — for anxious moments, when the house is busy
4 · 1 · 4 · 1 breathing: barely any hold, for people who dislike holding.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing exercise for a hospital waiting room — when you are short on time
5 · 5 breathing: five seconds in, five seconds out — about six breaths a minute.
Breathe →3-6 breathing — 3 · 6 — for a grey day, when the weather has kept you inside
A 3 · 6 rhythm — a gentle two-to-one ratio.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing exercise for the morning after — on a day that started badly
A 6 · 2 · 6 · 2 rhythm — even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides.
Breathe →3-5-7 breathing — 3 · 5 · 7 — for a hot day, when you are short on time
A 3 · 5 · 7 rhythm — a staircase down: three, five, seven.
Breathe →How to use Slow box breathing for heated moments, when you are at home and cannot settle
A 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 rhythm — a wider square, once four feels comfortable.
Breathe →Physiological sigh for deep focus, when you have been putting it off
A 2 · 6 rhythm — a second short sip of air on top of the first, then a long release.
Breathe →How to use 4-6 breathing for a reset, after eating too much
A 4 · 6 rhythm — in for four, out for six.
Breathe →Gentle box breathing for the hours after people leave, if you are sceptical about all of this
A 3 · 3 · 3 · 3 rhythm — a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →How to use 4-2-6 breathing for a cold morning, if you are tired of apps
A 4 · 2 · 6 rhythm — a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing for a lonely evening, when you are cold and want to be warm
A 4 · 7 · 8 rhythm — in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breath (6 · 6) for the end of the working day, if you have done this a hundred times
A 6 · 6 rhythm — six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
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