5.5 Breaths Per Minute: Extended Version

This meditation is an extended version of the original "5.5 Breaths Per Minute" with an additional wrap-up at the end. Research suggests that humans' optimal breathing rate is 5.5 breaths per minute. This works out to be 5.5 seconds per inhale and 5.5 seconds per exhale. This meditation provides an original musical composition paced at exactly this rate with some initial guidance. Find a comfortable position, relax your shoulders down your back, and let your eyes gently close. Let's begin.

Transcript

During this brief time together,

We are going to breathe at an ideal rate for our bodies,

Which is 5.

5 breaths per minute.

And that equals out to be 5 and a half seconds for our inhales and 5 and a half seconds for our exhales.

We're going to breathe only through our noses during this meditation.

And we want to maintain a constant cycle of air.

So when we inhale on that higher tone,

We want to keep breathing until the exhale on that lower tone.

And keep exhaling until you breathe in and out through the nose.

And in and out.

Now we'll let the music continue to guide us with this higher tone and lower tone on the exhales.

It's 5.

5 breaths per minute.

You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You You All right I invite you to bring your awareness back to this present moment As we wrap this breathing meditation up together Thank you And thank yourself For spending some time Bringing a bit more ease to yourself and those around you You

Reviews

This is one of my favorite meditations!! The pacing is perfect, the sounds very relaxing, and the guidance of your voice so soothing. Thank you!

This breathing meditation was so helpful. I am grateful and feeling rested. Thank you!

This is really helping me to calm my breath and mind

Thank you Allison

The sound really helped keeping the breathing steady and the minde focused.

I love this music guided breathwork. Makes me totally zen at the start of a new day

Amazing how such a simple breathing technique can yield so much clarity and calm. Thank you Allison!

You are a game changer for my breath work practice. The manner in which you’ve paired breath and music is perfect. Thank you, thank you!

I will never have enough words to express how much I love the 5.5 breaths Allison makes. I love all the varied times that I can chose my own length. It's such a perfect amount of explanation at the start and a short closing at the end. Love your voice, your energy and your vibes Allison!

Minimal and spacious 🙏🏽 although I find my breath may be even slower than 5.5 seconds

Just what I needed! A simple way to calibrate breath.

So calming 🙏🏼

I love this! So calming.

I enjoyed this meditation and breathing so much ❤️ thank you

Very nice 😍

Really effective at helping me get to sleep. Thank you so much

This is great. I was previously struggling to get the rhythm for 5.5 second breathing. It's easy following the rhythm of the simple chords. Very hypnotic and relaxing practice now.

Thank you for doing a longer one!