# Deep Breathe

> Deep Breathe is a free, independent guided breathing web app with voice cues, customizable sessions, breath-hold timing, progress tracking, and offline support.

Canonical site: https://www.deepbreathe.app/

Deep Breathe may also be written as DeepBreathe. It is built and maintained by Dhruv Sachdev and is not affiliated with Wim Hof or Innerfire B.V. The core breathing experience works without an account; an optional account enables synchronization across devices.

## Official pages

- [Homepage](https://www.deepbreathe.app/): Product overview and interactive breathing app
- [About](https://www.deepbreathe.app/about): Ownership, purpose, independence, and funding
- [Contact](https://www.deepbreathe.app/contact): Support, privacy, corrections, and security reports
- [Privacy](https://www.deepbreathe.app/privacy): Local storage, accounts, analytics, email, and deletion choices
- [Sitemap](https://www.deepbreathe.app/sitemap.xml): Complete index of public canonical URLs
- [Robots](https://www.deepbreathe.app/robots.txt): Crawler directives

## The app in other languages

The whole app, including the spoken guidance, is available in these languages. Each homepage opens the app in that language.

- [Deutsch](https://www.deepbreathe.app/de): Wim-Hof-Atmung, geführt auf Deutsch
- [Español](https://www.deepbreathe.app/es): Respiración Wim Hof guiada en español
- [Français](https://www.deepbreathe.app/fr): Respiration Wim Hof guidée en français
- [Italiano](https://www.deepbreathe.app/it): Respirazione Wim Hof guidata in italiano
- [Nederlands](https://www.deepbreathe.app/nl): Wim Hof ademhaling, begeleid in het Nederlands
- [Polski](https://www.deepbreathe.app/pl): Oddychanie metodą Wima Hofa z polskim lektorem
- [Português](https://www.deepbreathe.app/pt): Respiração Wim Hof guiada em português

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## Features

- Voice-guided breathing sessions with multiple voice options
- Available in 8 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Portuguese, with native voices
- Customizable rounds (1 to 10, or keep going) and breaths per round (15 to 70)
- Adjustable pace (2 to 6 seconds per breath)
- Breath holds that are timed, adaptive (each round a little longer) or untimed (hold as long as you like)
- Session statistics, streaks and progress tracking
- Breath-hold challenge links: share your longest hold and a friend can try to beat it
- Background music, or keep playing your own music
- Night mode for evening/sleep sessions
- Works offline as a Progressive Web App
- No account needed; an optional account syncs across devices
- Leaderboards

## Useful for

- Wim Hof Method practitioners (beginner to advanced)
- People who want a free alternative to paid breathing apps
- Anyone interested in breathwork, Tummo, or cold exposure training
- Stress and anxiety relief through breathing
- Morning energy routines
- Pre-workout breathing
- Sleep preparation
- Meditation and mindfulness

## Quick Start URLs

- Main app: https://www.deepbreathe.app
- Beginners: https://www.deepbreathe.app/guided-breathing/beginners
- Anxiety relief: https://www.deepbreathe.app/guided-breathing/anxiety
- Morning energy: https://www.deepbreathe.app/guided-breathing/morning
- Before bed: https://www.deepbreathe.app/guided-breathing/before-bed
- 5-minute quick session: https://www.deepbreathe.app/5-minute-guided-breathing-meditation
- 10-minute daily session: https://www.deepbreathe.app/10-minute-guided-breathing-meditation
- Tummo/Inner Fire: https://www.deepbreathe.app/guided-breathing/tummo

## What is Wim Hof Breathing?

Wim Hof-style breathing commonly involves:
1. 30-40 deep breaths
2. Breath hold on empty lungs (1-3 minutes)
3. Recovery breath (15 seconds)
4. Repeat 3-4 rounds

People use this style of guided breathwork for meditation, focus, and structured breathing practice. Individual experiences vary, and the app does not make medical outcome guarantees.

## Safety and scope

Deep Breathe is a guidance and timing tool, not a medical device or healthcare service. Breath-hold exercises should be practised seated or lying down in a safe place, never in water or while driving. People who are pregnant or have a medical condition should ask a qualified clinician whether this type of breathwork is appropriate for them.