The short version: your heart rate moves with your breath. Breathe slowly, and that movement grows. Here is what we know, and how Morphonic uses it.
Illustration. The line follows the breath; it does not measure anyone.
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Most of what your body does happens on its own. Your heartbeat, your digestion, the size of your pupils. Breathing happens on its own too, but you can also change it on purpose.¹
That makes the breath a way in.
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Your heart rate rises a little as you breathe in, and falls as you breathe out.¹ Slow your breathing down, and that rise and fall grows bigger. For most adults it is largest at around six breaths a minute.²
Small, quick changes.
Bigger, slower changes.
Illustration, not a measurement.
6breaths a minute
Coherent 5-5 uses 5 in, 5 out. That’s six breaths a minute.
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Controlled breathing can reduce how stressed people feel.³
It’s why every Morph and every lesson is built around a slow, steady breath.
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A slow pace is hard to hold on your own. You start counting, then you lose count, then you speed up without noticing.
In Morphonic, the sound sets the pace, so you have something to follow. And the app chooses the settings, so you don’t have to.
One sound, the same in both ears. Its volume rises and falls in a slow, steady pulse. It works on a speaker.
Each ear hears a slightly different tone, and your mind combines them into a slow beat.⁴ It needs headphones.
Illustration, not a recording.
Does the sound change your brain? Researchers have tested whether pulses like these pull brain activity toward their pace. The results are mixed, and people respond differently.⁵ So we don’t claim it.
The sound has simpler jobs we can stand behind. It sets the pace for your breath, and it covers the small noises around you.
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Morphonic is a breathing practice. It does not treat, cure or diagnose any condition, and it is not a medical device. If you have a health condition, talk to your doctor before you start a new breathing practice.
