Simple visual aid for slow breathing. Just breathe while the circle grows and breathe out while the circle shrinks.
There's a lot of material that suggests the beneficial effects of breathing slowly through the nose. I came across it while reading James Nestor's book [1]. It cites various sources that inhaling for 5.5 seconds and exhaling for 5.5 seconds has a calming effect.
- Nestor, J. (2020). Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. Riverhead Books.
- https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-5-5-rule-will-change-the-way-you-breathe-49e835ce55a1
- Lehrer, P., & Gevirtz, R. (2014). Heart rate variability biofeedback: How and why does it work? Frontiers in psychology, 5, 756. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00756
This repository is configured as a github.io page. You can see the animation here: https://carlwitt.github.io/Breathe/