Take a Breath
A minute of slow breathing, guided by a circle, for the moment before a conversation goes wrong.
Where to find it
More → Take a Breath
Take a Breath is a slow breathing exercise: a circle that grows as you breathe in and shrinks as you breathe out.
- More → Take a Breath. It starts straight away.
- Breathe in as the circle grows, hold while it waits, and breathe out as it shrinks: four seconds in, four held, six out. It keeps going for as long as you like.
- When you are ready, tap I feel a little calmer, or the back arrow.
What it is for
The specific moment when a household conversation is about to become an argument, and one person needs ninety seconds before saying the next thing. It is not therapy and does not pretend to be. It is a pause with a shape.
Nobody is told
Taking one is not recorded against you and not shown to your household.
If things are harder than this
Reach Out is a private conversation with another grown-up at home, and there is a list of helplines that does not require you to look anything up first.
Updated 27 September 2026. Something here wrong or missing? Tell us — we'd rather fix the page than answer it twice.
