Cardiac Coherence

Disclaimer : I am not a MD.

The autonomic nervous system keeps up alive, pumping and breathing. It is composed of : the sympathetic system, firing up our reaction, and the parasympathetic system, responsible for getting back to calm.

There exists a simple way to influence our parasympathetic system, by stimulating the vagus nerve through a controlled breathing, deeper and slower than usual. Good results might be obtained by breathing in for 5 seconds through the nose, and breathing out for 5 seconds through the mouth, for a duration of 5 minutes.

I have therefore developed a little web page with music and visual aids to support your breathing. You can find the page here . For the more tech savy of you, the project was built using ELM Language v0.19, and is released into the public domain here.

In these times of covid 19 and other respiratory problems, I hope this can help you stay safe. Beware, this is no cure ! Should you get any symptoms indicative of a resipratory distress, please consult the ER or a qualified MD.