Tidal Breath

Tidal Breath is a calm, simple breathing guide for iPhone and Apple Watch. A circle of water rises as you breathe in and ebbs as you breathe out. Follow it with your eyes, with soft sounds and spoken cues, or close your eyes and follow gentle taps on your Apple Watch. HONEST ABOUT THE RESEARCH Every technique shows an evidence label, Well Studied, Promising or Widely Used, with a plain note on what the research found and what it does not show, and links to the sources. The labels describe how much research there is, not a promise of what a technique will do for you. TWELVE TECHNIQUES - Resonance Breathing: slow, even breathing at about 5.5 breaths a minute - Equal Breathing: in for four, out for four - Alternate Nostril Breathing: slow breaths, switching sides - Cyclic Sigh: two breaths in, one long breath out - Box Breathing: in, hold, out, hold - Triangle Breathing: in, hold, out - Breathe Light: small, soft breaths, based on the Buteyko method - Long Exhale: in for four, out for six - Deep Exhale: in for four, out for eight - Humming Breath: a gentle hum on the out breath - 4-7-8 Wind Down: a popular bedtime routine - Bedtime Slow Breathing: twenty slow minutes before sleep MADE FOR EYES CLOSED - Haptics on Apple Watch that rise on the in breath and fall on the out breath, and keep going with your wrist down - Optional spoken cues in five voices, and soft tones, that keep playing with the screen locked - A 3, 2, 1 before each session, on iPhone and Apple Watch - Start a Watch session from your iPhone, or with the Action button, Siri or double tap on Apple Watch - Respects Reduce Motion, VoiceOver and large text YOUR OWN WAY - Build your own patterns - Find your pace: an informal comfort guide that lets you try six paces and choose the one that feels easiest - History of sessions from your iPhone and Apple Watch, with how each one felt and a note if you want one - Export your sessions as a CSV file, or delete them all, whenever you like - Shortcuts, Siri, Lock Screen widgets, watch face complications and a Live Activity with the time left SAFE BY DESIGN Techniques with breath holds show safety notes before first use. Practise sitting or lying down, never while driving or in or near water, and stop if you feel dizzy. FREE AND PRIVATE No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no subscriptions. Everything works offline. Apple Health is optional: add sessions as mindful minutes, see your heart rate live on your Apple Watch, and see that day's resting heart rate, heart rate variability and sleep beside a session, as they are, with no score. Tidal Breath is a wellbeing tool. It does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition.