Tactical Breathing

WHAT IS THIS APP ABOUT?
This app contains animated visual guide for 5 common conscious breathing methods:
a) Box Breathing
b) Box Breathing Professional
c) Pranayama Breathing
d) 1-2 Breathing
e) 4-7-8 Breathing

Each guided breathing exercise duration is around 5 minutes - just choose your preferred style and synchronize your breathing to the guided animation visuals. You can pause, continue and repeat as many times as possible. These visual guides are an excellent motivation to breath consciously & can even be used anytime & anywhere - during working hours, while driving, in the metro, etc.


HOW IT WORKS?
Our breathing is generally an unconscious process regulated by Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), which also controls other key functions such as heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, etc. When we get excited or face danger, ANS goes into overdrive mode, which accelerates the breathing pattern to help achieve the task or avoid threats. This means we can also reverse the process consciously by controlling our breathing. By taking controlled & conscious breaths, we actually tell our ANS to calm down, reduce stress and so much more.


SOME INTERESTING FACTS!
a) Breathing & heart rate connection - Heart rate increases slightly when inhaling, and decreases when exhaling - scientifically known as Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia (RSA). This is why most traditional breathing exercises (such as Pranayama) emphasize on longer exhaling period, usually to the ratio of 1:2, which maximizes the calming effect.

b) Heart & brain connection – Heart actually has around 40 thousand neurons which are linked to the brain, and more signals are sent from hearth to brain, compared to the other way around.

c) Heart has a measurable electromagnetic field which is way stronger than what our brain emits, which significantly impacts our physiological conditions.

In other words, our emotional & mental wellbeing are physically "hardwired" to our heart rate, which is directly linked to our breath.


WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT CONSCIOUS & CONTROLLED BREATHING?
a) Insomniac participants who performed 20 minutes of slow breathing exercises before bed resulted in them sleeping 3 times faster than normal, woke up less frequently in the night, and went back to sleep faster when they did wake up. The results were attributed to the calming effect of the parasympathetic nervous system. [Cheryl Yang and her team at National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan, 2015]

b) It was demonstrated that by simply paying attention to inhaling and exhaling, stress and negative emotions were eased by activating the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (which regulates the brain) and by reduction in activity of the amygdala (which are active during stressful situation). [Anselm Doll & Colleagues, Technical University of Munich, 2016]

c) Box breathing is a technique that helps you take control of your automatic breathing patterns to train your breath for optimal health and performance. The deep conscious breath of the box breath is the opposite of panic. It's a relaxation response that you can trigger at any place, any time. [Mark Divine, former US Navy SEALs Commander & NYT bestselling author of The Way of the SEAL]

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