Now in open beta on iOS & Android
A guided pranayama timer, a measurable breath-training system, a daily curriculum and soundscapes from independent artists. Five minutes a day, one breath at a time.
No sign-up required. Scan a QR code or tap a link.
Why this app, why now
Always-on notifications, deadlines and screens keep the nervous system locked in fight-or-flight. Chronic stress quietly erodes sleep, focus, digestion and mood, and most of us never get a tool to switch it off.
Shallow chest breathing, mouth breathing, unconscious breath-holding at the keyboard. Dysfunctional patterns are the norm, not the exception, and they feed the stress loop instead of breaking it.
The breath is the only autonomic function under direct conscious control. Slow it down and the heart, vagus nerve and mind follow. Millennia of pranayama and modern physiology agree on this one.
Everything in the app
Start from a few solid baselines, then set your own inhale, hold, exhale and hold. Visual rhythm, singing-bowl cues and haptic pulses guide every phase, eyes closed, screen off.
Measure your breath-hold (BOLT) score, follow a nine-level ratio progression, and retest as your CO₂ tolerance grows.
Save favourite patterns as one-tap presets, then chain them into bundles: warm-up, main technique and integration that run themselves in sequence.
A 30-Day Journey of short daily lessons and a Nadi Shodhana course, each grounded in both the classical texts and published research. More courses on the way.
Ambient music and nature soundscapes from independent artists, layered under your session with adaptive crossfades that never clip or jar.
Streaks, achievements and full session history keep the habit alive. Sign in with Apple or Google and your practice syncs across devices.
The idea
Many apps hand you hundreds of ready-made breaths: one for sleep, one for focus, one for stress. You arrive, you pick from the buffet, you follow along.
Prana Vidya starts from the other end. A few well-chosen baselines get you going, the Trainer shows where you are, and the lessons explain what each part of a breath does. Once you know that, and know yourself, you set the pattern. The controls are yours.
Here is what that looks like across three kinds of session.
Breathing session
Dial in each phase of the cycle, pick how many rounds, and choose what you hear. Singing-bowl cues mark inhale and exhale, and haptics pulse the rhythm, so you can practise with your eyes closed.
Open session
For meditation, breath awareness or a body scan. Set a duration, then schedule chimes: a steady interval, a run of three ten minutes apart, or a single bell before the end. Chain blocks to build any shape.
Bundle
Save any session as a preset, then sequence presets into a bundle with rests in between. Warm up with a breathing pattern, sit in an open timer, come back with a second pattern, all under one soundscape.
The Trainer
Most breathing apps stop at "calm down". Prana Vidya treats breath like fitness: a measurable baseline, structured progression, and analytics that show your capacity actually growing.
Take the BOLT test, a simple breath-hold that reflects your CO₂ tolerance and breathing efficiency.
Follow a training ratio matched to your score and climb a nine-level progression as your holds get easier.
Retake the test on a schedule and watch your trend over weeks, with plain weekly suggestions on what to change.
Open beta
Prana Vidya is free while in beta. Install it below, and tell us what you'd change at support@pranavidya.io.
TestFlight
On a computer? Scan the code with your phone.
Google Play beta
On a computer? Scan the code with your phone.
