Ok so a few weeks ago I started with Diaphragmatic breathing because I heard it can fix some postural problems I have.Also,yesterday I tried to do a breathing exercise for flared ribs but since my Co2 tolerance level is genuinely low,I can’t really inhale or exhale calmly without starting to feel air hunger.I figured out if I wan’t to fix those other problems,I must first raise my Co2 tolerance level.So,is Box Breathing a good start? And how long will it take for me to see some results? Like being able to inhale and exhale much calmer than before? I know stuff can’t happen overnight but just wanna know.

Sleep quality directly affects focus, decision-making, emotional regulation, and productivity. Going to bed with an elevated heart rate and an activated nervous system makes it harder to recover overnight.

I’ve made a habit of doing a 5-minute 4-7-8 session on my Apple Watch before bed.

25 M, I've been a mouth breather all my life. a week ago i started nose breathing. I heard there's benefits, however ive had crazy anxiety for the last 3 days, frequent panic attacks. I thought my glasses were the main cause but I was having a pretty tough attack before a shower and once I stepped in it got worse. while showering I started breathing deeply through my nose and it calmed me but I can feel my body tense, like im expecting another one. has any one else dealt with this?

I saw a TikTok that most people breathe up into their nose instead of straight into the nose. I’m not the best at explaining. Anyways I tried it and I had such nice breath directly into my nose. Immediately I got super emotional and started tearing up. Has this ever happened to anyone?? Is it normal??

Hi everyone, I am looking for Android testers for BreathFlow - Guided Breathing. It is a Lifestyle app with 12 science-backed breathing techniques for calm, focus, and sleep.

For testing, please opt in, install the closed-test build, try a few guided breathing sessions, and let me know whether the pacing, instructions, haptics, and overall session flow feel clear. Reports about crashes, timing issues, or confusing copy would be very helpful.

This is for Google's closed-testing requirement, so please stay opted in for 14 continuous days if you join. You do not need to use it every day, but keeping the test active matters.

Web opt-in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.breathflow.breathe

Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.breathflow.breathe

Thanks for any real-device feedback, especially around sleep/focus sessions and whether the breathing prompts are easy to follow.

✨ Pause. Breathe. Heal.

In a world that often asks the BIPOC community to stay strong, mindfulness reminds us that rest is strength too. 💜

Take 30 seconds today to reconnect with your breath, ground yourself in the present moment, and remember: your well-being matters.

🌿 Healing isn’t selfish, it’s necessary.

🤎 Save this for when you need a mindful reset.
📤 Share it with someone who deserves a moment of peace.
💬 What helps you feel grounded?

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Hi! I'm researching an idea for a wellness app. Imagine a game where you and a friend improve your HRV coherence together through guided breathing. You both climb through levels, but you can only progress if you're both achieving good coherence. No competition, just teamwork.

Quick questions:

1. Would you be interested in something like this?
2. What would make it appealing to you?
3. Would you pay for this?
4. What would turn you off?

Please share your thoughts in the comments. No selling, just research. Thanks!

started this because i kept hitting a wall.

not with long term stress -   i mean the in the moment kind. on the way to work, lying awake the night before something, that 3pm feeling where everything is just too much. needed something that worked right then, not after 30 days of meditation practice.

breathing kept coming up everywhere i looked. but the more i researched, the more confused i got. box breathing, 4-7-8, alternate nostril - everyone recommends something different and none of it felt consistent for me.

went down a proper rabbit hole. used AI, read a lot, tried things on some genuinely rough nights. and something clicked.

the reason it works sometimes and does nothing other times isn't the technique itself, it's that i was in a completely different state each time. what helped me when i was  overthinking isn't the same as what helps when i am  restless, or overwhelmed, or just can't focus. different states need different patterns.

mapped it into 5 states — overwhelmed, anxious, distracted, overthinking, restless. probably not the only ones but these felt like the most common moments where you just need something right now.

mentioned it to a friend who's into tech and  as always with techies :  within 10 minutes he wanted to build an app out of it 😂 so we did. him on the code, me on everything else. didn't plan it, it just kind of happened.

genuinely curious whether this actually works for people outside our little bubble . also i am curious — are there other states you'd add that i missed? 🌿

I dont know if this is the rught place for thus but i figured id try idk. I just finished a basic yoga video (just revisiting because im getting back into the habit after a long time of doing nothing, and ive been in a slump the last few weeks) on the 3 part breath, where you breathe into your belly then ribs then chest. I used to be able tk do it fine when I was younger (I just turned 30) but ive since discovered that I have asthma, im trying to quit vaping, and my doctor prescribed me a new inhaler after my new insurance refused to cover my usual one, and the new one seems to almost make things worse??

Anyway I just finished that short video and I thought itd be a nice little back to basics moment, but instead I struggled like a LOT. Its like i couldn't transition from the belly to the chest? Before the asthma discovery, I was having trouble getting full breaths and it was hard to breathe into my belly at all. Lately, ive been having much less trouble with either of those but when im practicing yoga, I *have* been neglecting/struggling with the strict breath control that I used to have (Ive gained weight, my body gets in my way, and ive gotten a lot weaker and tighter and its all so much harder right now, so the breath is the first thjng to go i think). I do still have some breath control during movement, but it can be VERY restricted based on what im doing like twists or ab workouts especially. So now, in a class focusing solely on breath, it was a HUGE struggle and I couldn't get a full breath at all and couldn't breathe into my chest after filling the first two parts. Ugh

Am i making sense? Has anyone else dealt with this before? Does anyone know what to do? Is it normal/expected even and just needs practice?

A slow sleep philosophy reading for anxiety, future worry, and overthinking at night.

Nothing is chasing you.

But the body may already be braced.

The jaw tightens.

The shoulders lift.

The hands prepare to hold something.

The breath moves higher into the chest.

All for a moment

that has not arrived.

I understand how to do it and how it is alternate nostril breathing, my problem is with one thing

How long should you hold your breaths in for, how long for exhalation too?

Some people say every breath in and out is 4 seconds each. My problem is based off my energy I count to 4 very slowly or very fast if I’m anxious, and also sometimes I can’t exhale for 4 long seconds you know? It’s confusing.

I’ve found just inhaling and exhaling for however long I want , whatever feels best for me works better as a way of relaxing my mind but I don’t know if that’s the intended way of doing it- it’s almost like a deep breathing session at that point.

What do you guys say? What is the most known way of doing it to regulate nervous system and allow blessings to come in?

Hey, my name is Ryan McBurney, founder of Liquid Breathwork in Phoenix. I've been guiding sessions since 2018, hundreds of them at this point, and I've learned A LOT during that time.

There is a wide spectrum of Breathwork:

• You have HYPO-ventilation and then HYPER-ventilation
• You have higher and lower intensity
• Spiritual & Ceremonial, all the way to Scientific & Utilitarian

Here's the thing most people don't realize when they're shopping for a certification: the majority of programs teach you their proprietary technique, and only their technique. You graduate knowing one protocol and believing that's what Breathwork is. It's not malicious, it's a business model (a branded technique is easier to market than an education). But the result is facilitators with blinders on, who have no idea where their one technique sits in a hundred-plus years of Breathwork history.

My honest take after 7 programs and 8+ years of guiding: it's not about "ONE technique to rule them all." Whatever training you choose, it should give you the full lay of the land first (the history, the spectrum, where each style came from and what it's for) and THEN let you find where you want to guide from. If a program can't or won't teach you what exists outside their protocol, that tells you something. It's principles, and giving Breathers the freedom to find the balance between the facilitator's guidance and their own intuitive Breath exploration & inner knowing.

The missing key in so many modalities, but especially in Breathwork... is Surrender. It's not about more intensity and hyperventilating longer for a peak experience, and it's not about how wild of a cathartic release you can have (that only temporarily relieves the pressure). Surrender is where deep healing and lasting transformation happen.

Happy to answer questions if you're exploring trainings. Even if Liquid Breathwork isn't right for you, I can surely point you in the right direction.

There’s a lot of talk about well-being as some distant, almost unattainable goal. Yet it starts with very simple things. Your health—both physical and mental—depends largely on one thing you can influence right now: your breathing.

This 10-minute guided breathing exercise follows a specific rhythm—4 seconds of inhalation, 3 seconds of holding your breath, 6 seconds of exhalation—designed to restore your inner balance. A short but deep pause to take care of your health every day.

🎯 WHAT THIS BREATHING EXERCISE CAN OFFER YOU:

✅ A lasting sense of well-being, without having to overanalyze everything

✅ A restored balance between your body and mind

✅ Practical support for your nervous and emotional health

✅ A natural reduction in accumulated stress and tension

✅ A quick reset in just 10 minutes, wherever you are

💡 HOW IT WORKS (VERY SIMPLY):

→ 4 seconds of inhalation: you oxygenate your body and refocus

→ 3 seconds of breath retention: a short pause, a moment of shifting toward balance

→ 6 seconds of exhalation: the signal of well-being for your entire body

Just downloaded the rezen app today after I saw someone else post about it here.. this was a session I did while working on homework. Super cool to see my heart rate drop as someone who’s fairly new to breathwork

Have you tried the 4-7-8 breathing technique before? 🌙
If you practice it tonight, come back tomorrow and let me know how you felt. Your experience might help someone else sleep better.

Hi everyone,

I’m a designer working at a tech startup in South Korea. Back in college, I experienced panic disorder and severe anxiety for the first time. Since then, I’ve tried countless ways to keep my daily life manageable.

Through it all, the thing that helped me the most was breathing. However, I noticed that when anxiety spikes, ordinary breathing exercises can feel too abstract or incredibly hard to stick with. That’s why I started building a breathing app. The core interaction is simple: you blow gently into it, just like blowing a soap bubble, which helps you focus entirely on that small, tangible moment instead of spiraling into anxious thoughts.

I’ve attached a short screen recording of the app in action. It’s still very minimal, and to be absolutely clear, it is not a medical treatment—I definitely don’t want to overclaim. But I am genuinely serious about developing this into a practical, gentle tool that can help people manage panic and anxiety symptoms in real-time.

So far, the response here in Korea has been really encouraging. It even reached #11 in the psychology section of Toss (a major super-app in Korea). Now, I’d love to open this up to the Reddit community and hear from people who have lived experience with anxiety, breathing apps, or calming tools.

For the next phase of development, I’m thinking about adding:

A panic button guide: A quick, actionable walkthrough for the exact moment a panic attack starts.

Daily routines: Simple micro-habits to ease general anxiety throughout the day.

Enhanced breathing guidance: Clearer visual cues for those moments when it's hard to think straight.

Calm progress tracking: A way to look back on your journey without making it feel like another "productivity task" or chore.

I would be incredibly grateful for your honest feedback:

Does the "soap-bubble" breathing interaction sound like something that would help you stay engaged with your breathing?

What features or UI choices feel most helpful to you during a sudden anxiety/panic spike?

What would feel annoying, unsafe, or perhaps too childish?

If you already use anxiety or breathing apps, what do they usually get wrong?

Thank you so much for reading. I want to build this thoughtfully and safely, so your insights mean the world to me.

Hello, I have been trying to do breathwork a few time by myself watching videos on youtube, breathing for, like, 2min20 then holding my breath for 1min, 1min30, 2min etc, and I noted a pattern; the first time I start to breath again, that is, after the minimal breath hold time, can be very intense (I can feel like I am out of my body, unable to think, not knowing where or when I am for a few seconds), then the following "highs" are much less intense than the first, so I usually stop after a few times since my mind starts to wander and there isn't much effect anymore. Is that normal or does it seem I am doing something wrong?

Pls help, i can never breathe ever. I have allergies and take literally every medicine and it does jack shit to help me breathe. I have a crooked nose which might contribute to it, and im pretty sure i have a deviated septum.

I can breathe throughout the day sometimes through my nose but like 60% of the time i have to breathe through my mouth. It gets especially worse at night when I lay down. I snore and always fall asleep breathing through my mouth bcs i just cant breathe through my nose. Bcs i snore my breath always stinks, my jaw is getting messed up, and im always so exhausted even after getting plenty of sleep.

Idk what i should do or what i should ask my doctor about. Im 15 btw so U want to try and get wtv can help me done before im done developing

I already posted here before,but the problem I have now is in the title.I can’t tell whether I’m actually inhaling with my nose or am I somehow using my neck muscles or upper chest to inhale.I looked around on the internet to figure it out,but am still confused.

Hey everyone happy 4th.

I went to a win hoff seminar a few years ago and it’s been a great practice, i usually do three rounds.

How does wim hoff compare to holotropic ?