Features/Guided breathing

Two minutes that move a number you can watch.

Most breathing exercises ask you to trust that something happened. This one measures it. Follow the orb, feel the pace on your finger, and watch your coherence climb in real time — then keep the trace, so you know which sessions actually worked for you.

CoherenceRing 78%
Coherence score 8.2of 10
High zone
This session
Time in the zone3m 30s
Variability62 ms
Heart rate68 bpm

You reached the high zone at 1m 33s and stayed there for 3m 30s of a five-minute session.

Five minutes

Coherence is heart and breath falling into step.

Coherence score · one five-minute session

8.2at the end · high zone from 6

Reached the zone

1m 33s

Time in the zone

3m 30s

Peak

8.3

0:001:403:205:00
High coherence zone Measured coherence First 1m 33s · finding the pace

The score comes from the rhythm in the gaps between your heartbeats, read live from the ring. When your breath and your heart rate start rising and falling together, the line climbs — and the chart shades to your own thresholds rather than a generic scale.

Three to start with

Included with the ring, no session limit.

Box4 · 4 · 4 · 4Equal in, hold, out, hold. The easiest to hold onto when you are agitated, because every phase is the same length.
4-7-84 · 7 · 8A long exhale, which is the part that does the work. The one most people find sends them to sleep.
DiaphragmaticSlow, lowNo hold, no counting past the pace. Breathing into the belly rather than the chest, at around six breaths a minute.

Further techniques, multi-day programmes, ambient audio and long-range coherence trends exist as optional extras in the app. Nothing here is required to see your own coherence score or to run a session.

How the pacing works

You can do it with your eyes shut.

01An orb that breathes

It expands on the inhale and contracts on the exhale, at the pace of whichever technique you picked. No numbers to read, no counting.

02The pace on your finger

The Circular Ring 1 vibrates at each phase change, so the whole session works with the screen face down and your eyes closed.

03A trace you keep

Every session is saved with its coherence curve, so you can see which techniques and which times of day actually move your number.

What a session records

Four numbers, before and after.

Coherence score
8.2of 10
Variability in session
62ms
Pouls
68bpm
Respirations
6.0/ min

Six breaths a minute is roughly where most people find coherence. The app does not insist on it — it shows you where yours actually sits.

When to use it

Five moments where it measurably helps.

  • A stress peakThe stress curve is climbing and you have two minutes. This is the intervention the app offers first.
  • Before sleep4-7-8 in bed, with the phone face down. The long exhale is the part that helps you drop off.
  • A low recovery morningTwo minutes of breathing measurably moves HRV in most people. Offered, never insisted on.
  • Before something hardA meeting, a race, a conversation. Coherence before, rather than recovery after.
  • To find out what worksRun the same technique at different times for a week and read the traces. Yours will not match anyone else's.

Guided breathing supports relaxation and stress management. It is not a treatment for anxiety or any other condition.

Questions

Before your first session.

More in the help centre.

A measure of how rhythmic the variation in your heartbeat is. When breathing and heart rate synchronise, the pattern becomes smooth and regular, and the score rises. It is read live from the ring rather than estimated afterwards.

Two minutes is enough to move the number. Five gives you a clearer trace and, for most people, a longer stretch inside the zone.

Because it takes a little while to settle into the pace — in the session above it took 1m 33s. That climb is the useful part of the trace, so the app shows it rather than starting the chart once you are already in the zone.

The screen guides you through the exercise, telling you when to breathe in, hold or breathe out. The Circular Ring 1 vibrates at each phase change, so a session works with the phone face down and your eyes closed.

Many people find the long-exhale techniques help them fall asleep faster. Your own sleep data will tell you whether it works for you, which is rather the point of measuring it.

No. Three techniques, the live coherence score, session history and the Ring 1 haptics are included with the ring. Additional techniques, multi-day programmes and ambient audio are optional extras and never required to run a session.

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Breathe, and watch it work.

Two minutes, an orb, and a number that tells you whether it landed.

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Woman resting while wearing the Circular Ring in black titanium

Apprenez à vous connaître. À 360°.

Breathe, and watch it work.

Two minutes, an orb, and a number that tells you whether it landed.