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Show HN: Breathing Tips – interactive breathing exercises

8 points by evphn 6y ago

evphn 6y ago
Hi! I worked on this as a side project because I wanted to test the new web based 3D engine - https://www.babylonjs.com/ https://www.babylonjs.com/. It quickly grew into something I actually wanted to do for a while - a free, easy to use, and beautifully visualized breathing techniques app. Recently I moved the project to this new domain - https://breathing.tips https://breathing.tips and refactored a bit so that it's super easy to add new tips with minimal HTML skills. I’ve been sharing it with people on reddit and I'm getting pretty positive feedback so far, so I decided to share it here as well. Let me know what you like (or not). Here's what I think is cool about it: - Free & open source - Minimalistic and easy to use. No apps, no logins, no charts - Looks great on both mobile and desktop The most popular tips, it seems, are the anxiety and relaxation ones. What other technique would you like to see?
- throwaway77_a 6y ago
  Have you tested it out on iOS 14.2 safari? I see a marble-like globe in the centre and can move the camera around, but that’s all.
  - evphn 6y ago
    Thanks for trying it out. You need to click the ball to start the exercise. It seems this is a UX problem I need to get around, as you’re the second person mentioning that.
jchook 6y ago
Thanks! Just tried a couple. I’m curious about the science/research behind the different cadences. I didn’t see any cited works in the readme[1]. May also help to give a guide on how deeply to breathe. My first go I started to get lightheaded and had to tone it back a notch hah. I wonder too about the size of my lungs/body vs someone more petite. Wouldn’t that impact the most effective rhythm? Would be really neat to have a Wim Hof method trainer as a possible future addition. 1. https://github.com/evpgh/breathing.tips https://github.com/evpgh/breathing.tips
- evphn 6y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion, Wim Hof is definitely on my todo list. You're right about the size of lungs and deepness of breath. It is different based on gender, age and physical size and there is no one size fits all solution.
desertraven 6y ago
Looks great! Just curious - I often hear the benefits of breathing exercises, are they scientifically backed? Any studies finding correlation between breathing exercises and wellbeing?
- qwerty456127 6y ago
  Somebody suggested "Breath: The new science of a lost art" by James Nestor. I'm reading it now. Perhaps you might want to read it too.
desertraven 6y ago
On iOS Safari, I can view the home page, but navigation to any of the exercises just gives a white screen.

8 points by evphn 6y ago

Hi! I worked on this as a side project because I wanted to test the new web based 3D engine - https://www.babylonjs.com/ https://www.babylonjs.com/. It quickly grew into something I actually wanted to do for a while - a free, easy to use, and beautifully visualized breathing techniques app. Recently I moved the project to this new domain - https://breathing.tips https://breathing.tips and refactored a bit so that it's super easy to add new tips with minimal HTML skills. I’ve been sharing it with people on reddit and I'm getting pretty positive feedback so far, so I decided to share it here as well. Let me know what you like (or not). Here's what I think is cool about it: - Free & open source - Minimalistic and easy to use. No apps, no logins, no charts - Looks great on both mobile and desktop The most popular tips, it seems, are the anxiety and relaxation ones. What other technique would you like to see?

throwaway77_a 6y ago
Have you tested it out on iOS 14.2 safari? I see a marble-like globe in the centre and can move the camera around, but that’s all.
- evphn 6y ago
  Thanks for trying it out. You need to click the ball to start the exercise. It seems this is a UX problem I need to get around, as you’re the second person mentioning that.

jchook 6y ago

Thanks! Just tried a couple. I’m curious about the science/research behind the different cadences. I didn’t see any cited works in the readme[1]. May also help to give a guide on how deeply to breathe. My first go I started to get lightheaded and had to tone it back a notch hah. I wonder too about the size of my lungs/body vs someone more petite. Wouldn’t that impact the most effective rhythm? Would be really neat to have a Wim Hof method trainer as a possible future addition. 1. https://github.com/evpgh/breathing.tips https://github.com/evpgh/breathing.tips

evphn 6y ago
Thanks for the suggestion, Wim Hof is definitely on my todo list. You're right about the size of lungs and deepness of breath. It is different based on gender, age and physical size and there is no one size fits all solution.

desertraven 6y ago

Looks great! Just curious - I often hear the benefits of breathing exercises, are they scientifically backed? Any studies finding correlation between breathing exercises and wellbeing?

qwerty456127 6y ago
Somebody suggested "Breath: The new science of a lost art" by James Nestor. I'm reading it now. Perhaps you might want to read it too.

desertraven 6y ago

On iOS Safari, I can view the home page, but navigation to any of the exercises just gives a white screen.