All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,474 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Slow box breathing — 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 — for the early months, if you are sceptical about all of this
5 · 5 · 5 · 5 breathing: a wider square, once four feels comfortable.
Breathe →4-6 breathing for the commute, when you have woken up too early
4 · 6 breathing: in for four, out for six.
Breathe →4-2-6 breathing for coming down after exercise, when the day has been loud
4 · 2 · 6 breathing: a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breathing for a long illness, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
6 · 6 breathing: six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing: 5 rounds for bedtime, if you have five quiet minutes
2 · 1 · 2 · 1 breathing: a brisk rhythm for when you need to be awake.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing: 4 rounds for travel days, when you have tried everything else
A 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 rhythm — a square with one long side.
Breathe →4-8 breathing: 4 rounds for jet lag, when you have just finished work
A 4 · 8 rhythm — in for four, out for eight.
Breathe →5-2-7 breathing exercise for heated moments — before you go back to something hard
A 5 · 2 · 7 rhythm — five, a brief hold, then seven out.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breathing exercise for a reset — when you want to be left alone
A 4 · 4 rhythm — four and four, if five feels like a stretch.
Breathe →Box breathing exercise for days when everything is too much — if you are new to this
A 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 rhythm — four equal sides, like tracing a square.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing for a hard week, before something difficult
Rounds of 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing for days when everything is too much, when the house is busy
Rounds of 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Slow box breathing: 4 rounds for a hard conversation, when the weather has kept you inside
Rounds of 5 · 5 · 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-6 breathing: 4 rounds for a big decision, when you are short on time
Rounds of 4 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-2-6 breathing: 4 rounds for Friday evening, on a day that started badly
Rounds of 4 · 2 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breathing exercise for physical discomfort — when you are at home and cannot settle
Simple counts — 6 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing exercise for exam nerves — after eating too much
Simple counts — 2 · 1 · 2 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use Uneven box breathing for the commute, if you are tired of apps
Simple counts — 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use 4-8 breathing for coming down after exercise, if you have done this a hundred times
Simple counts — 4 · 8 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use 5-2-7 breathing for a long illness, when you have already had a long week
Simple counts — 5 · 2 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breath (4 · 4) for bedtime, on a low-energy afternoon
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Box breath (4 · 4 · 4 · 4) for travel days, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Tight box breath (4 · 1 · 4 · 1) for jet lag, when you have been on screens all day
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-6 breathing — 3 · 6 — for heated moments, when you have woken up too early
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-5-7 breathing — 3 · 5 · 7 — for a reset, when the day has been loud
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Physiological sigh — 2 · 6 — for a cold morning, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
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 for a long wait, when you are somewhere noisy
The pattern is 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, which is a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing for creative work, after a long day
The pattern is 4 · 7 · 8, which is in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →5-7 breathing for Monday morning, when you are waiting for something
The pattern is 5 · 7, which is five in, seven out.
Breathe →2-1-4 breathing: 12 rounds for heavy days, when you are too tired to try hard
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 4, which is short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose.
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