Balsam: Breathing & Meditation

Balsam keeps you company as you breathe, relax and meditate. Calm breathing exercises, a meditation timer with gong, a gentle wake-up meditation and more than 100 relaxing sounds: ocean waves, rain, forest, crackling fire and calm music. Simple, beautiful and ready to go.

Take a short breathing break at work, calm down before an exam or a meeting, unwind in the evening or fall asleep to the sound of rain. Many people set aside just a few minutes a day for it: breathe mindfully, slow down, switch off.

BREATHING EXERCISES (BREATHWORK)
• Well-known patterns: 4-7-8 breathing for relaxation and sleep, box breathing 4-4-4-4 for focus and calm, 2-2 for a quick reset, and your own pattern
• Every pattern with its own times for inhale, hold, exhale and hold, and its own number of repetitions
• The glowing orb breathes with you: rings of light move out as you breathe in, rest while you hold and come back as you breathe out
• Every phase in its own colour, soft tones when the phase changes
• Full screen mode, keeps running with the screen locked
• Add your favourite sound or music to any exercise
• Breathing techniques for moments when your mind is racing, before a talk or at bedtime

MEDITATION TIMER
• Lengths from 1 to 90 minutes, picked with one swipe
• A gong at the start and at the end
• Silent meditation, or with the sea, rain, birds, fire or ambient music
• Switch off at the end: Do not disturb during the session (with your permission), the music fades out with the gongs and the screen goes dark. Also handy as a sleep timer.

WAKE-UP MEDITATION (GENTLE ALARM)
• Wake up with a short meditation instead of a loud alarm clock
• Your chosen music starts softly and grows louder up to the volume you set, even on silent and, depending on your phone settings, in Do not disturb
• Full screen like a sunrise: the orb slowly turns from rose to gold
• Pause, +5 minutes and stop, in the notification also snooze for 10 minutes
• Choose the days: weekdays, weekend or every day
• The alarm song is downloaded to your phone in advance and also plays in flight mode

REMINDERS
• Mindfulness reminders one to six times a day, spread evenly between two times or at exact times
• Only on the days you choose
• One tap starts the breathing exercise or the meditation right away

RELAXING SOUNDS AND MUSIC
• More than 100 real recordings: ocean waves, night rain, tropical rain, forest birds, jungle, rivers, crickets, campfire and fireplace
• Ambient and meditation music, relaxing harp and piano, plus motivating and inspiring tracks
• Downloaded the first time you play them, then they play offline and in flight mode. Download a whole category with one tap.
• Favourites, a timeline to jump within a track, keeps playing in the background
• Controls on the lock screen, in the notification and on your headphones

STATISTICS AND STREAKS
• Mindful minutes, sessions, day streak and your longest session
• Charts by day and by week for breathing and meditation
• Build a calm daily habit, one breath at a time
• Statistics and settings are currently kept on your device. If Android backup is on, Android backs them up to your Google account.

MADE FOR EVERY DAY
• Relaxation on stressful days, at work, at home or on the go
• Calm breathing before sleep and a mindful start into the morning
• A companion for yoga, pranayama, focus and concentration
• Self-care in a few minutes a day: breathe, meditate, listen
• Dark, soothing design that is easy on the eyes at night
• Available in many languages, follows the language of your phone
• A small notification shows when Balsam is running, close it with one tap

Balsam is a relaxation app, not a medical product, and does not replace medical or psychological advice.

Some features may be available only with a paid plan or as an in-app purchase, now or in the future. The app shows this, with the price, before anything is charged.

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