Built on research, grounded in practice
The tempo and stereo motion guide you through inhale – hold – exhale. Simple, intuitive and powerful for daily regulation.
1.5 M +
Streams across Spotify and YouTube.
Used in education
Teaches presence and safe breathing to students.
In the media
What is Breathing Music
It began many years ago, after I experienced my first panic attack.
I discovered that by changing my breathing pattern, I could stop it from returning. I composed music with a steady, slow rhythm — a musical anchor to guide my breath whenever anxiety appeared.
Later, someone close to me was struggling, and I created my first album of breathing music, 5 Stille Moments. It was pure magic.
Since then I’ve collaborated with several therapists and teachers to create many hours of music for breathing practice. The method is always the same:
- Use headphones
- Lie down or sit comfortably
- Press play and let the music guide your breath
- Inhale as the sound moves from left to right; exhale as it flows back
- Breathe through your nose; let the exhale be soft and natural
- Don’t focus on taking more air — just slow down
- Let emotions come — tears, yawns, smiles, laughter — all are release
- Practice gentle belly breathing; it takes time to strengthen the diaphragm
- End by thinking of someone you care about and notice how you feel
As a composer, husband and father of three daughters, I often need to reset my mind and find focus again. Without this method, I don’t know where life would have led me.
Made with love,
Øyvind
The Future of Breathing Cycles
Once, Breathing Music was simply a way out of a personal crisis.
Today it has grown into something much larger — a response to a shared human need. Breathing Cycles began as a simple tool for inner calm, but has evolved into a project exploring how sound, breath and technology can work together to restore balance in modern life.
It’s no longer just about slowing down; it’s about remembering how we are connected — body, mind, sound and breath. The future of Breathing Cycles is about building bridges between art and science, people and technology, the outer and inner worlds.
Technology shouldn’t distance us from life — it should bring us closer to it. I believe that art, music, nature and community are what will guide us forward. If this project helps even one person find a moment of peace, it has already fulfilled its purpose.
Perhaps this is only the beginning.
Breathing Music now has a physical home — an installation where sound is felt as much as it is heard.
Inside this small breathing space, time nearly stands still.
Investors with both heart — and perhaps pain — are welcome to get in touch.
For relief where medicine doesn’t reach or isn’t desired — that’s what I’m working on now.
If you’d like to experience one of my personal favorites, try 6:3 to 20:10 from the album Slow Breathing Meditation. It gradually guides you from a natural breathing rhythm to deep, slow breathing — down to two breaths per minute. Stop whenever it feels right, and enjoy the calm that follows.