All breathing exercises
The complete list of breathing exercises on SoftlyStill — 1,474 pieces, newest first, 30 to a page.
Coherent 5-5 breathing exercise for the morning after — when you need something unremarkable
Rounds of 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Tight box breathing for the middle of the night, when you are somewhere noisy
Rounds of 4 · 1 · 4 · 1, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use 6-2-6-2 breathing for anxious moments, after a difficult conversation
Rounds of 6 · 2 · 6 · 2, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →3-6 breathing for travel days, after a long day
Rounds of 3 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use Slow box breathing for a reset, when you are somewhere noisy
Rounds of 5 · 5 · 5 · 5, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →3-5-7 breathing for jet lag, when you are waiting for something
Rounds of 3 · 5 · 7, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →How to use 4-6 breathing for a cold morning, after a long day
Rounds of 4 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Physiological sigh: 4 rounds for heated moments, when you are too tired to try hard
Rounds of 2 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →4-2-6 breath (4 · 2 · 6) for the end of the working day, when you are waiting for something
Rounds of 4 · 2 · 6, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Gentle box breathing: 4 rounds for a hard week, when you are not sure this will work
Rounds of 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, with the counting done for you.
Breathe →Coherent 6-6 breath (6 · 6) for the hours after people leave, when you are too tired to try hard
Simple counts — 6 · 6 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing: 4 rounds for days when everything is too much, when you are not in the mood
Simple counts — 4 · 7 · 8 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Quick 2-1-2-1 breath (2 · 1 · 2 · 1) for a lonely evening, when you are not sure this will work
Simple counts — 2 · 1 · 2 · 1 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →5-7 breathing exercise for a long wait — when you are somewhere unfamiliar
Simple counts — 5 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Uneven box breathing — 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 — for heavy days, when you are not in the mood
Simple counts — 4 · 4 · 6 · 2 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →2-1-4 breathing exercise for creative work — when you feel restless rather than tired
Simple counts — 2 · 1 · 4 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →4-8 breathing — 4 · 8 — for a noisy room, when you are somewhere unfamiliar
Simple counts — 4 · 8 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Double-inhale sigh exercise for Monday morning — when nothing else has worked today
Simple counts — 3 · 8 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →5-2-7 breathing — 5 · 2 · 7 — for being unwell, when you feel restless rather than tired
Simple counts — 5 · 2 · 7 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →How to use Beginner box breathing for physical discomfort, when you are on your own
Simple counts — 2 · 2 · 2 · 2 — and a circle that keeps time.
Breathe →Coherent 4-4 breathing for a ten-minute window, if you are tired of apps
A four and four, if five feels like a stretch pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Box breathing for a night shift, if you have done this a hundred times
A four equal sides, like tracing a square pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Tight box breathing: 12 rounds for a break at work, when you have already had a long week
A barely any hold, for people who dislike holding pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-6 breathing: 12 rounds for Sunday evening, on a low-energy afternoon
A a gentle two-to-one ratio pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →3-5-7 breathing: 12 rounds for a stolen moment of caregiving, when you cannot concentrate on anything else
A a staircase down: three, five, seven pattern, counted for you on screen.
Breathe →Physiological sigh exercise for the middle of the night — when you have been on screens all 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 grey day — when you have woken up too early
The pattern is 3 · 3 · 3 · 3, which is a smaller square, for when four counts feels long.
Breathe →4-7-8 breathing exercise for a hot day — when the day has been loud
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 deep focus, when you feel fine and want to stay that way
The pattern is 5 · 7, which is five in, seven out.
Breathe →How to use 2-1-4 breathing for a hard week, if you have five quiet minutes
The pattern is 2 · 1 · 4, which is short in, short hold, long out — the smallest useful dose.
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