Breath · Secular practice
Even breath
In for five. Out for five.
In for five, out for five, and no holds at all. The plainest pattern here, and the one to start with if the others feel like work.
This text was written for Japa. It is not a traditional formula, and no tradition teaches it as one.
The count shown here is Japa's suggestion, not a rule of the tradition. Follow the form and number you were taught.
Free paced breathing
Breathe along, right here.
5 in, 5 out — the ring grows as you breathe in and settles as you breathe out. It runs in your browser, saves nothing and stops when you leave the tab.
Ready when you are
Opens a preview of this practice, with an option to add it in Japa 1.6 or later. If you install the app, return here and open the link again.
A paced breathing exercise, offered as something to do — not a treatment, and not medical advice. Stop if it makes you lightheaded, and ask a clinician about anything to do with your health or your breathing.
What the words say
Two numbers, the same. Nothing is held and nothing is counted against anything else — the only instruction is not to hurry either half.
Where it comes from
Even or resonant breathing at around five to six breaths a minute is widely taught in contemporary breath practice and in yoga classes. This app offers the pattern, and makes no claim about what it does.
How it is practised
Sit comfortably and follow the pacer. There are no holds, so this is the gentlest of the four. Not medical advice.
Keep it, and count it every day.
Japa keeps this text beside a large, calm counter on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, with a haptic for every bead and an optional bell at the end of each round. Counting is unlimited and free.
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