All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,474 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Coherent 4-4 breathing for creative work, when you need to stop thinking about work
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Box breathing for Friday evening, if you are doing this instead of scrolling
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Tight box breathing: 10 rounds for physical discomfort, when you need something unremarkable
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-6 breathing: 10 rounds for exam nerves, after a difficult conversation
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-5-7 breathing exercise for the morning — when you are somewhere noisy
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Physiological sigh breathing exercise for a study session — after a long 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 exercise for a long illness — when you are waiting for something
The pattern is 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, which is a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →How to use 4-7-8 breathing for bedtime, when you are too tired to try hard
The pattern is 4 · 7 · 8, which is in for four, hold for seven, out for eight.
Breathe →How to use 5-7 breathing for a hospital waiting room, when you are not sure this will work
The pattern is 5 · 7, which is five in, seven out.
Breathe →How to use 2-1-4 breathing for the morning after, when you are not in the mood
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 4, which is short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose.
Breathe →Double-inhale sigh breath (3 · 8) for anxious moments, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
3 · 8 breathing: two inhales stacked together, then everything out through the mouth.
Breathe →Beginner box breath (2 · 2 · 2 · 2) for a reset, when you feel restless rather than tired
2 · 2 · 2 · 2 breathing: the easiest version of the square.
Breathe →Soft 4-7-8 breath (4 · 4 · 8) for a cold morning, when nothing else has worked today
4 · 4 · 8 breathing: the hold cut short, the long exhale kept.
Breathe →7-11 breathing — 7 · 11 — for the end of the working day, when you are on your own
7 · 11 breathing: a long, slow ratio for when you have time.
Breathe →Coherent 5-5 breathing — 5 · 5 — for the hours after people leave, if you are fitting this around other people
5 · 5 breathing: five seconds in, five seconds out — about six breaths a minute.
Breathe →6-2-6-2 breathing — 6 · 2 · 6 · 2 — for a lonely evening, when you have more time than usual
A 6 · 2 · 6 · 2 rhythm — even and rhythmic, with brief holds on both sides.
Breathe →Slow box breathing for heavy days, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
A 5 · 5 · 5 · 5 rhythm — a wider square, once four feels comfortable.
Breathe →4-6 breathing for a noisy room, when you have been on screens all day
A 4 · 6 rhythm — in for four, out for six.
Breathe →4-2-6 breathing for being unwell, when you have woken up too early
A 4 · 2 · 6 rhythm — a short hold in the middle, a long way out.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breathing: 6 rounds for a ten-minute window, when the day has been loud
A 6 · 6 rhythm — six and six, the slower end of coherent breathing.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breathing: 6 rounds for the early months, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
Rounds of 2 · 1 · 2 · 1, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing exercise for a work break — if you have five quiet minutes
Rounds of 4 · 4 · 6 · 2, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-8 breathing exercise for Sunday evening — when you have tried everything else
Rounds of 4 · 8, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →5-2-7 breathing exercise for caring for someone — when you have just finished work
Rounds of 5 · 2 · 7, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use Coherent 4-4 breathing for the middle of the night, before you go back to something hard
Rounds of 4 · 4, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use Box breathing for a grey day, when you want to be left alone
Simple counts — 4 · 4 · 4 · 4 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use Tight box breathing for a hot day, if you are new to this
Simple counts — 4 · 1 · 4 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →3-6 breath (3 · 6) for deep focus, when your attention is scattered
Simple counts — 3 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →3-5-7 breath (3 · 5 · 7) for a hard week, when you have been meaning to start
Simple counts — 3 · 5 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Physiological sigh breath (2 · 6) for overwhelm, before something difficult
Simple counts — 2 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
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