A lot has been written about breathing, meditation and how it can help our daily life. Hence it isnt really a surprise that your overall performance can significantly benefit from the right breathing techniques as well.
So how can paced breathing help you to perfrom better in many areas of your life?
Recent research with healthy adults has shown that paced breathing has the following advantages:
1. Decreased anxiety, depression
2. Enhanced sustained attention
3. Reduced stress
4. Improved sleep
This simple breath trainer is an unobtrusive reminder to control your breathing and teaches you the right techniques on a daily basis.
1. Configure one breathing cycle
Define the time for inhaling, hold, exhaling and hold in 0.25s steps
2. Adjust the number of cycles
To get used to a specific breathing pattern it is recommended to repeat a cycle several times, adjust the number if the default setting is too much or not enough
3. Set the repetition timer
To really get used to paced breathing you should repeat the exercise throughout the day. Simply set a time in minutes when the exercise should start again
The little icon in the menubar will show you when to inhale, exhale and hold as well when it rests and a new cycle is about to begin.
You can configure a sound as a reminder so you dont miss any exercise.
Dont know where to begin? Just pick 1 of the 2 presets and get started right away.
Improve your life quality and performance now by learning how to breath