Breathing Exercises

Cluster focuses on discussions of various breathing techniques, exercises for stress relief and health benefits, including specific methods like 4-7-8, Wim Hof, box breathing, and references to apps, studies, and personal experiences.

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bretthowell Jan 10, 2023 View on HN

Link to post about breathing:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24102829

maddynator Jan 27, 2023 View on HN

Any paper to understand the technique behind the breathing exercises??

swader999 Jul 6, 2021 View on HN

Its weird that they are showing mouth breathing with a device. Just do nose breathing and slow down the exhale and the inhale for a total of about 5-6 breathes per minute.Go to google and search on "breathing exercise" and you get a little app that will help you dial in this pace. This too will lower your blood pressure, help you focus and reduce anxiety!

amai Jun 6, 2025 View on HN

I had better experience with the 4-7-11 technique: inhale for 4 seconds, exhale for 7 seconds, repeating for 11 minutes:https://github.com/mmazzarolo/breathly-app/issues/73

sexy_seedbox Feb 8, 2024 View on HN

This reminds me of Wim Hof's breath work / breathing exercises.

junetic Feb 7, 2024 View on HN

cool. so exhale longer than inhaling and repeat multiple times. I think this works. thanks for sharing

Karawebnetwork Feb 8, 2024 View on HN

I feel the same. I've been using "Box Breathing" gifs* for a long while and this one here feels like I'm just making myself get out of breath with shallow breathing that do not fill my lungs. Perhaps it is the point but the page does not go into details.* https://quietkit.com/box-breathing/

iamcurious Feb 11, 2016 View on HN

Impressive. Can you point to some references regarding the breathing technique?

Geee Nov 16, 2023 View on HN

You are an expert in taking a deep breath and...

searealist Sep 17, 2023 View on HN

Thanks, now I am manually breathing.