breath is always here.
A free tool for breathing exercises. Proven techniques, hand-crafted sessions.
Proven.
Box breathing, coherent breathing, cyclic sighing, 4-7-8 — techniques with decades of practice and research behind them. Nothing invented. Everything taught.
Open.
Build sessions, share them as a link. No account needed, no data collected, nothing to pay. Breathing practices have passed from teacher to student for thousands of years — free of charge.
Quiet.
When a session runs, the interface fades. Controls dim to near-invisible. Only the circle remains. The tool is designed to disappear and leave you alone with the breath.
curated
A few places to begin.
energy
Wim Hof · Three Rounds
The full method — three complete rounds of deep breathing followed by empty-lung retention and a recovery hold. Advanced practice. Sit or lie down somewhere safe; never do this in water or while driving.
focus
Box of Silence
A focus session built around the 20-second hold at its centre. Coherent breathing to settle the nervous system, box breathing to sharpen, then a single still hold before a grounded finish. For deep work, before a meeting that matters, or any time the mind needs a container.
sleep
Descent
A progressive slowing-down for bed. Three techniques, each slower than the last — coherent breathing to meet yourself, 4-7-8 to shift into rest, and long exhales to carry you toward sleep. Lie down if you can.
techniques
Every technique has a purpose.
Box breathing for clarity before a hard task. 4-7-8 for sleep. Cyclic sighing to lower stress in under two minutes. Coherent breathing to balance the nervous system. Each one taught — not invented.
browse techniques"Not an app. A practice."
We built this because every breathing tool we tried felt like a productivity dashboard. The language was about optimizing, boosting, unlocking. But breathing isn't optimization — it's return. To the body, to the present, to something that was already there.
Gaiva Studio is a small breathing space. The name comes from the Lithuanian word for freshness — a return to something already there.
instructors
Built for the room.
Display mode hides all chrome for projection. QR codes let a room of students scan and follow along. Start delay gives you time to settle your group before the first breath. Build a session, share a link — your students arrive at the pre-flight screen, ready.
Claim a public profile, attribute your sessions to your name, and build a library your students can return to.
always free.
Every technique, every session builder, every instructor tool — free, and planned to stay that way.
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