Heart coherence means breathing slowly and steadily — around six breaths per minute — to sync your heart and breathing. This state activates the parasympathetic system, the one responsible for calm and recovery.
How to practise it
The best-known method is the 3-6-5: three times a day, six breaths per minute, for five minutes. In practice, inhale for five seconds, exhale for five seconds, without forcing it. That's it.
Why it works
Slow breathing increases heart rate variability and sends a safety signal to the brain. Heart rate stabilises, cortisol drops, the mind calms down. It's one of the few voluntary levers you have over the autonomic nervous system.
At the right time, with KEORA
The KEORA Ring detects your stress peaks and offers a guided breathing session exactly when you need it. To go further, read managing stress day to day.
You can't control everything, but you can control your breathing. And that changes everything.