12 comments

  • mark_l_watson 23 minutes ago
    I love the zero dependency implementation. I do this style of breathing during specific time periods of practicing Qi Gong. I will try your script when I get to my laptop. Thanks.
  • mpeg 57 minutes ago
    This is cool, I have SVT and usually am able to stop an episode if I do slow breathing like that; although sometimes if that doesn’t work the modified reverse valsalva manoeuvre does it every time.
  • iammjm 4 hours ago
    Very nice. I have no heart issues but have been experimenting with extended breathing/longer exhales to calm down my sympathetic nervous system. I believe intentional breathing is a big, mostly underutilized tool all of us have to be generally more relaxed and healthier and also to calm ourselves down in stressful situations
  • skeledrew 2 hours ago
    Looks interesting. And it's pure Python with no 3p packages. Pretty trivial to support other OSes: make that audio player invocation configurable.
  • Ruslan1095 51 minutes ago
    Nice work on the zero-dependency approach. I'm building a similar tool for Windows (voice-to-text) and the "no account, just run" philosophy resonates — friction kills daily habits.
  • darcien 3 hours ago
    This reminds me of another HRV training from few years back shared here.

    - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37538028

    - https://github.com/kieranabrennan/every-breath-you-take

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  • chrisvenum 5 hours ago
    Terminally breathing
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