All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,474 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Slow box breathing for Monday morning, when you have woken up too early
5 · 5 · 5 · 5 breathing: a wider square, once four feels comfortable.
Breathe →4-6 breathing: 8 rounds for heavy days, when the day has been loud
4 · 6 breathing: in for four, out for six.
Breathe →4-2-6 breathing: 8 rounds for a noisy room, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
4 · 2 · 6 breathing: a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breathing: 8 rounds for being unwell, if you have five quiet minutes
6 · 6 breathing: six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing exercise for a ten-minute window — when you have tried everything else
2 · 1 · 2 · 1 breathing: a brisk rhythm for when you need to be awake.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing exercise for a night shift — when you have just finished work
A 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 rhythm — a square with one long side.
Breathe →How to use 4-8 breathing for a break at work, before you go back to something hard
A 4 · 8 rhythm — in for four, out for eight.
Breathe →How to use 5-2-7 breathing for Sunday evening, when you want to be left alone
A 5 · 2 · 7 rhythm — five, a brief hold, then seven out.
Breathe →How to use Coherent 4-4 breathing for a stolen moment of caregiving, if you are new to this
A 4 · 4 rhythm — four and four, if five feels like a stretch.
Breathe →Box breath (4 · 4 · 4 · 4) for anxious moments, when your attention is scattered
A 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 rhythm — four equal sides, like tracing a square.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing: 8 rounds for the morning after, when the house is busy
Rounds of 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing exercise for anxious moments — when the weather has kept you inside
Rounds of 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Slow box breathing exercise for a reset — when you are short on time
Rounds of 5 · 5 · 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-6 breathing exercise for a cold morning — on a day that started badly
Rounds of 4 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use 4-2-6 breathing for the end of the working day, when you are at home and cannot settle
Rounds of 4 · 2 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use Coherent 6-6 breathing for the hours after people leave, after eating too much
Simple counts — 6 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing for a lonely evening, if you are tired of apps
Simple counts — 2 · 1 · 2 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Uneven box breath (4 · 4 · 6 · 2) for heavy days, if you have done this a hundred times
Simple counts — 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →4-8 breath (4 · 8) for a noisy room, when you have already had a long week
Simple counts — 4 · 8 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →5-2-7 breath (5 · 2 · 7) for being unwell, on a low-energy afternoon
Simple counts — 5 · 2 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Soft 4-7-8 breathing exercise for the commute — when you want to finish something
A the hold cut short, the long exhale kept pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breathing — 4 · 4 — for a ten-minute window, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →7-11 breathing exercise for coming down after exercise — when you are doing this for the first time
A a long, slow ratio for when you have time pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Box breathing — 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 — for a night shift, when you have been on screens all day
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing exercise for a long illness — if you are doing this in the middle of the day
A five seconds in, five seconds out — about six breaths a minute pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Tight box breathing for a break at work, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →How to use 6-2-6-2 breathing for bedtime, when you need to stop thinking about work
A even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-6 breathing for Sunday evening, when you need something unremarkable
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →How to use Slow box breathing for travel days, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A a wider square, once four feels comfortable pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-5-7 breathing for a stolen moment of caregiving, after a difficult conversation
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
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