Cyclic sighing timer
Two inhales through the nose, one long exhale through the mouth, for five minutes. That is the whole practice from the Stanford trial. This pacer runs it in the browser; set the exhale length, press start, and follow the word on the screen.
five minutes
4 s in, 6 s out, 10 s a breath, about 30 breaths in five minutes
The orb swells as you breathe in, swells a little more on the second inhale, and settles as you breathe out. The curve underneath is the whole breath, two rises and one long fall, and the dot is where you are in it. The trial names the shape, two inhales and one long exhale, and gives no seconds for any part; the top-up is fixed at 1 second, the rest is yours to set, and the exhale should stay the longer one. The protocol and the numbers.
Want it measured instead of paced?
A pacer tells you what to do. It cannot tell you what you did. With the camera on, quiettime reads your breaths per minute and how long each inhale and exhale actually ran during a sit, eyes closed, nothing worn, nothing recorded. How it reads your breath.
How long is each phase?
The study did not set a clock; it describes two inhales and one long exhale. This pacer starts at 3 seconds in, a 1 second top-up, and 6 seconds out, and both the inhale and the exhale are adjustable. Keep the exhale the longer one.
How many rounds is five minutes?
At the default settings, around 30 breaths. The count does not matter; the timer does.
Does this page track me?
It counts page visits with cookieless analytics and nothing else. Nothing you do with the pacer is recorded or sent anywhere.
How quiettime reads your breath →
Sources
- Balban MY, et al. Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal. Cell Reports Medicine, 2023 (n=108).