Featured in James Nestor’s best-selling book Breath Paced Breathing uses visual audio and haptic cues to guide you through your practice. Whether meditating strengthening your lungs or simply relaxing - join the thousands who love using Paced Breathing everyday!

USES
* Relieve Stress
* Meditate — (especially good for Kundalini Hatha Pranayama)
* Strengthen Lungs — (improve lung capacity & aid recovery)
* Falling Asleep

FEATURES
* Adjustable timing for inhale hold exhale & hold
* Heart monitoring: heart rate HRV & coherence (PB+)
* Ramp mode: gradually change breath times
* Visual audio & vibrate cues
* Reminders / notifications (PB+)
* Background playback
* Streaks goals & session tracking (PB+)

HEALTH BENEFITS
Regular breathing practices have been shown to help improve your:
* Cardiovascular health [1][2][3]
* Relaxation [2]
* Stress responses [1][4][5]
* Mood [1]
* Attention [4]
* Alzheimer's risk [6]

FROM THE DEVELOPER
I’m Mihai an engineer born in Romania & raised in Michigan. My ideal day is working on apps to help others like Paced Breathing. Someday I hope I can work on apps like these full time! Hearing from users makes my day so shoot me an email with requests bugs things you like or just your story: [email protected]!

USER FEEDBACK
* "The best breathing app out there (I've tried 12 apps this is the only one that works for me). I have recommended it to over 100 people over the 7 years I've been using it. I use it at least 5 x a week. Gives me instant calm" — R. Hall

* "LOVE this app. Very simple and easy to use. You can set time for inhale exhale and pause after each if you wish. You can watch it or listen…Thank you! Ads Not intrusive. Ads turn off when the app is active — Denise

* "This is a wonderfully simple app. The default sound tone is just right for me and I like that I get to set the volume and it stays there whether or not the volume of the phone ring or other apps are different" — Eleanor

* "I've never written something like this in a review but... I love whoever wrote this app :-) Gets to the point in 0.2 s. No long annoying splash screens. No attempts to extort money... Super reliable simple and 100% effective. I was looking for something that would let me take some breaks during normal meditation to do some controlled breathing for example our most natural pattern - continuous 5.5 s inhale 5.5 exhale. This app lets me remain in silence fixing my rhythm by vibrations and just... works perfect! BRAVO. A lesson to all developers how to make useful apps!" — Adam

CITATIONS
* [1] Study published in Front Public Health (2017) shows slow rhythmic breathing decreased blood pressure response to stress & improved mood: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5575449
* [2] Study in PLOS ONE (2019) shows slow paced breathing can improve relaxation & cardiovascular function: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218550
* [3] Study in American Journal of Cardiology (2002) shows slow paced breathing can significantly reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16129818/
* [4] Study in Frontiers in Psychology (2017) shows diaphragmatic breathing improves attention reduces negative affect & lowers stress in healthy adults: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00874/full
* [5] Study in Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (2005) shows benefits of Sudarshan Kriya a specific yogic breathing practice in treating stress anxiety & depression: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2005.11.189
* [6] Study in Nature Scientific Reports (2023) shows slow paced breathing counters pathways that lead to Alzheimer’s disease: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30167-0

DISCLAIMER
App not intended to diagnose treat prevent medical conditions. Consult a healthcare professional before starting a breathing practice especially if you have pre-existing health conditions.