The ‘Breathe’ app

One of the Mindfulness apps that is on the Apple Watch alone is the Breathe app. It vibrates on your wrist with the word “Breathe” and you click start, and it tells you to be still, and then inhale while the watch vibrates, and exhale when it’s still. You can set it for 1-5 minutes (I have it set just for 1 minute), and honestly it has been a great reminder to be present for me. It happens at random times throughout the day – it sends me about 5 notifications daily to breathe. I don’t do it all of the time, but if I’m sitting there, I usually do, and it subtly brings me to that present moment in time, forces me to focus on my breath, even if it’s just for one minute. I have been doing this for the past couple months (I just got an Apple watch mid-September), and it has been really cool!

A massive component of mindfulness is focusing on breath. It’s also a part of yoga and other meditations, and it’s something I have never been good at. I lose focus easily, or roll my eyes at it, but through this, the fact that it’s only one minutes of timed breathing (roughly equating 7 breaths), I know I can do it, and sometimes it is really grounding or focusing.