Breathe to the Beat 4+

Love the way breathe to the beat keeps my breath tempo so that I don’t have to think about the number of seconds I’m breathing or holding my breath so that I can be more present and in the now. What a novel way to do what I do 24 hours of day every day of my life, but in a deeper expansive way that let’s me take in more oxygen and release more CO2. I love the pointers along the way that bring me back to the now. Love the change of rhythm as the rounds progress building up to a place where then there is release after. The voice and directions are very clear and the music is beautiful, and helps me keep a breath rhythm that is both relaxing and energizing and calming and fills my heart with joy. Love this app and am grateful to have come across it to remind me of my breath of life, to be fully present with what is, to allow for the flow of life and to walk me home to myself.”

I want to preface this by saying I am a big fan of B.T.T.B and use this app almost every day, which is why I am writing this in attempt to be helpful and make aware of some issues I have been having with it!
1. If I turn my phone off and leave the recording going, it ALWAYS cuts out about a minute into round 2. And then I have to go into the app and restart it, leaving my phone turned on.
2. A few of the breath hold / recovery breath recordings cut out even with my phone left on. However, the timer doesn’t stop, it’s just the sound that cuts out. This never happens with the actual rounds just the holds and recoveries.
3. At the end of the practice, when I see my stats, it shows my average breath-hold time correctly. However, when I send my stats as a text message, it says the average breath hold time is 3:45(or 3:30, or whatever it was that day) which is the cumulative time not the average.
4. This is just a personal preference, but I would love for there to be more practice options! I kind of just tune the music out at this point since Ive heard it so many times but I know it can really strengthen the experience and so I would love for there to be more than one recording to choose from :)))
Anyways I hope this is helpful and I just want to say again that I LOVE this app and it has been the best prep for my daily meditation. I truly notice a difference in my ability to ground and center myself.

I love this app right as I wake up in the morning or when I take breaks throughout the day. It helps me get centered, calm and energized if that’s my intention. The breathing pattern is fun and accessible, I figured it out on the first try, and I love the meditation at the end. The music is unique and helps me breath to the beat. This is one of the only apps I’ve used that has breath holds. Love incorporating breathhouse into my daily schedule.