# Breath Tempo

> Guided breathing exercises with visual pacing, voice prompts, and private on-device progress tracking. Free, no account, works in any browser. A calm wellness practice, not medical treatment.

Available in 7 languages (en, ru, uk, pl, de, it, es). Locale routes are prefixed (e.g. /de/exercises); the unprefixed path is English.

## Exercises
- [Box Breathing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/box-breathing): Equal four-part box pattern for steady focus.
- [4-7-8 Breathing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/four-seven-eight): Long exhale with a hold to wind down.
- [Coherent Breathing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/coherent-breathing): Even ~5.5 breaths per minute for overall calm.
- [Extended Exhale](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/extended-exhale): Longer out-breath to settle the nervous system.
- [Belly Breathing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/belly-breathing): Gentle diaphragmatic breathing — a good place to start.
- [Cyclic Sighing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/cyclic-sighing): Double inhale and long sigh to ease tension fast.
- [Alternate Nostril Breathing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/alternate-nostril-breathing): Balanced left/right pattern for mindful focus.
- [Connected Breathing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/connected-breathing): Continuous breath practice — intense, read safety first.
- [Deep Retention Breathing](https://breathtempo.app/exercises/deep-retention-breathing): Breath-hold rounds — intense, read safety first.

## Guide
- [Guide overview](https://breathtempo.app/guide): How to use the techniques safely and well.
- [Benefits](https://breathtempo.app/guide/benefits): What guided breathing can and can't do.
- [Techniques](https://breathtempo.app/guide/techniques): How each pattern works.
- [Science](https://breathtempo.app/guide/science): The evidence, stated plainly.
- [Safety](https://breathtempo.app/guide/safety): Contraindications and when not to practice.
- [All articles](https://breathtempo.app/guide/articles): 47 in-depth articles.

## About
- [About & editorial standards](https://breathtempo.app/about): Who makes this and how.
- [Privacy](https://breathtempo.app/privacy): On-device only, no accounts, no tracking.

## Not for indexing
Live session players (/session/*) and on-device settings (/settings) are interactive app states with no standalone content — please skip them.