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Show HN: A visual guide to Box Breathing
A recent post on HN got me thinking about how to visualize box breathing, and this is the result. I hope you'll find it useful
It can easily be installed as an app (PWA) on mobile or desktop for offline/easy access. Instructions are at the bottom of the page.
Reference post:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33586383 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33586383
Source code:
https://github.com/lassebomh/box-breathing https://github.com/lassebomh/box-breathing
Happy breathing HN
- graderjs 4y agoThanks!
- pai 4y agolove it!
- 2kwatts 4y agoThank you. I've been needing some stress techniques recently, and this has helped out a lot!
- mxxx 4y agoThis is dope! So simple but really nicely executed.
- crenwick 4y agoNice. A while ago I made a similar graphic as an iPhone widget. I found it useful to have the reminder when I picked up my phone. Open source code is here: https://github.com/crenwick/BoxBreathing https://github.com/crenwick/BoxBreathing
- austinkhale 4y agoThis is great! Thank you for taking the time to create it.
- ElfinTrousers 4y agoThis is a neat little thing you've made here. I feel more relaxed just watching it.
- ushercakes 4y agoThis is just so well designed. No confusion, no fluff, just clean, easy, and useful. GJ props
- robg 4y agoStill amazing to me that the neurophysiology dictates that slower breathing lowers heart rate and faster breathing increases heart rate. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709795/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709795/
- _yb2s 4y agoBox breathing seems interesting but I find that it makes me anxious and my heart rate climbs as I do it. Isn’t it supposed to do the opposite of this?
- Semaphor 4y agoJust in case you are interested in trying something else, I can recommend, 4-8-7-0 instead, it's amazing for really calming me down.
- Semaphor 4y ago4-7-8-0, mixed up the numbers. Not sure if it matters, though ;)
- kayodelycaon 4y agoI feel like I'm suffocating while trying it. I don't really bother holding my breath when I'm trying to relax. I just focus finding a smooth pace of inhaling and exhaling a bit of a gap between breaths.
- _yb2s 4y agoFor me the "I feel like I'm suffocating" was just caused by not taking a deep enough breath. If you're breathing slow, you also need to take in more air on each breath to get enough.
- fiveseven_ 4y agoanother similar resource https://quietkit.com/box-breathing/ https://quietkit.com/box-breathing/