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Also, there's no 'ding' at the point the breath-out stops and the next breath-in cycle begins.
Yes, this is the big flaw in an otherwise nice little app. If this were fixed you could use it without looking.
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There is an option under cue sounds, if you're using a phone I think you might need to take it off silent :) Let me know if that works.
No, I think you're possibly misunderstanding the issue. That option you mention allows one to change the sound used, which I suspect we all get, but instead the problem is there's no sound between breathing in and breathing out. You need three audible cues not two.
Easily one of the worst UI's I've seen since 2020. Timing the initial in/exhales is tricky, because the circle contracts, not to its center, but to a nearly invisible (on my screen at least) smaller circle in the middle. No visible counters. After a while, it just says "Hold". No indication that we're done. And I sit there, almost dying for 2 minutes before realizing, that it's done some kind of quiet-quitting routin…
I'm glad it's only the worse you have seen since 2020 though, I take that a little as a compliment because frontend design is not my strong point. This is just a fun little thing I made to help me relax before meetings etc.
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You can begin with an easier pattern… Breathing through the nose, in for a count of three and out for five, then repeat. As long as the outbreath is longer than the inbreath, you will get some effect. Could also try relaxing first by massaging the Vagus nerve. An easy way to start with that is to massage in a circular motion the skin area in front of the Tragus (front skin flap) on each ear. You can combine that with…
Even easier: start by simply breathing in and out through your nose, without trying to control the duration. Just sitting and breathing.
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ok certainly this is a high quality source BUT breathwork should be done with supervision of a practitioner that has some sense. Like swimming (?) this ordinary activity can do great damage in relatively rare situations, or someone trying to do "extreme" practices without guardrails.
Your position is that breathing practice is too dangerous to attempt unsupervised due to risks equivalent to drowning while swimming? While I don't doubt there's a way to breathe so wrong that it has negative effects, I'm sceptical. But I wouldn't think twice about swimming alone, so maybe I live on the edge.
People have unique physiological, and mental limits. As a toy example we could imagine someone holding their breath until they pass out and fall.
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ok certainly this is a high quality source BUT breathwork should be done with supervision of a practitioner that has some sense. Like swimming (?) this ordinary activity can do great damage in relatively rare situations, or someone trying to do "extreme" practices without guardrails.
I made a simple app inspired by Richie Davidson’s research that teaches people how to change their state with breath. https://breathing-trainer.replit.app/
edit; but otherwise, seems simple and great design!
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Even easier: start by simply breathing in and out through your nose, without trying to control the duration. Just sitting and breathing.
The person I replied to needed a gateway to box breathing. This means getting used to mild hypoxia. Not measuring your breathing will probably result in regular patterns where the outbreath is the same or shorter than the inbreath. So, no.
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Can you elaborate? As others are saying this can be extremely dangerous. Normally I wouldn't just reiterate other comments but if it might save a life can't hurt to be sure.
Hyperventilating is probably a too strong word. I just draw deep breath 3 to 4 times before going under.