■ Description ■
Whooosh! to reduce stress, control emotions, improve attention or fall asleep fast!
The app helps to train and practice Deep Breathing meditation technique (also called Diaphragmatic or Belly breathing).
■ Benefits ■
This type of deep, mindfulness breathing is relaxing and may:
• reduce anxiety
• reduce hypertension
• reduce anger and panic attack responses
• bring stress relieve and improve stress management
• improve migraine symptoms
• improve attention span
• give your organs and tissues a much-needed oxygen boost
• clean your body and mind
• prevent sleep insomnia
• and help people get to sleep fast
Use the technique at least twice a day, for 3 minutes to start seeing the benefits soon.
■ Use Cases ■
Some specific situations in which you might find this deep breathing helpful:
• At work, when experiencing stress
• Before giving a speech or presentation at school or work
• During an exam period at university/college
• At night when trying to fall asleep (or suferring with sleep insomnia)
• First thing in the morning, when you wake up
• When experiencing pre-class nerves in university/college
• If you are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stressed
• When practicing other relaxation exercises (e.g., progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery)
• When doing yoga, taichi or qigong
• When practicing mindfulness meditation
■ Learn Deep Breathing ■
Breath in – Hold - slooow Breath Out - Repeat
• Find a comfortable spot where you can sit or lie-down quietly without being disturbed.
• Place one hand on your belly.
• Breathe in through your nose.
• Let your belly fill with the air.
• Hold your breath shortly.
• Purse your lips as if sipping through a straw and slowly breath out all of the air through your mouth whispering Whooosh! sound making exhale longer than inhale.
• As you breathe in, feel your belly rise. As you breathe out, feel your belly lower. The hand on your belly should move more than your chest.
• Breathe fully into your belly as it rises and falls with your breath.
• Try not to focus on other thoughts during practice. Instead, try and keep all attention focused only on your breath.
• You will get the most benefit if you do it regularly, as part of your daily routine one to two times a day, for 3 minutes.
■ Limitations ■
A person may feel lightheaded after doing deep breathing for the first few times. Therefore, it is advisable to try this technique when sitting or lying down to prevent dizziness or falls.
If a person experiences this, they should stop using the technique.
A person who cannot hold their breath for long enough may modify the lenght of their breaths and lower frequency pattern.
■ Features ■
• Simple, intuitive interface.
• Pure app design will help you to focus just on your breath.
• Mindful minutes integration with the Apple´s Health app helps tracking Deep Breathing time spent.
• The app measures difference in air pressure between breath inhalation and exhalation phases.
• Current breath intensity difference on the display.
• Collect colored bullet points on display for reached target.
• Set the breath frequency (respiratory rate) based on your feelings
• Set excercise timer duration.
• Clean and minimalist graphics.
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