eXHALeR

eXHALeR is a compact visual breathing pacer with preset patterns and editable inhale, hold, exhale, and pause lengths. It stays focused on one job: giving your next few minutes a steady rhythm, with optional words, sound, day or night themes, and fullscreen.

What is eXHALeR?

A breathing circle occupies center stage while the controls stay tucked into a menu. Choose Default, Square, Pranayama, or Ujjayi, or set the four phases yourself. The visual cue then handles the counting so attention can stay with the breath. Theme, instruction words, optional audio, and fullscreen controls make the same small tool adaptable to a desk break, meditation session, or guided group exercise. It can also be embedded in another site, which helps explain its appearances in school and wellness resources.

What you can do there

• Follow visual inhale, hold, exhale, and pause cues
• Choose a preset or edit each breathing phase
• Toggle words, optional audio, theme, and fullscreen

Why we picked it

The charm is in the restraint: four timing boxes, one pulsing guide, and very little ceremony. More unusually, the preset buttons and manual phase controls let a visitor move from a quick default cycle to deliberate box breathing or a longer-exhale pattern without installing an app or assembling a timer.

How to get the most from it

Start with Default for a minute, then open the controls and adjust only the inhale and exhale values until the pace feels comfortable. Square keeps all four phases even; treat the other presets as starting points, not instructions to push past comfort. Enable words or audio if you do not want to stare at the circle, and use fullscreen when sharing the cue with a group.

Good to know

The main cue is a continuously expanding and contracting circle, and audio is optional. The site is a pacing aid, not medical care; its own page directs people dealing with anxiety or panic attacks to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America for additional help. Do not force a hold or rhythm that feels uncomfortable.

Who made it, and when?

Hamilton Cline is the credited creator or organization. A documented update was recorded February 1, 2022.