Reuvers™ Breathing Method
The deeper you relax,
the better you perform.
Meet a good challenge with relaxation to get more oxygen to your cells. Breath training that adapts.
What You'll Notice
As you train your breath with the Reuvers exercise.
Calm Energy
You finish a session relaxed and energized, ready for the day.
The Sweet Spot
Find the balance between challenge and relaxation in your exercise.
Oxygen Efficiency
Your cells get more oxygen, even when you breathe less air.
High Stamina
Hold a pace or climb the stairs without gasping for air.
What course participants say
Feedback from participants via WhatsApp and Zoom.
"I can feel the shift from doing to being."
"I sleep better. I rest better."
"I don't need to perform. I can just breathe."
"The breath-holds feel hypnotic. It's meditative."
"My life quality has gone up."
"I feel more energy. I feel warmer."
"Being in a group keeps me accountable."
"I can breathe better in yoga class now."
"This is sustainable. I can do this for life."
"I'm not pushing anymore. I trust the method."
"It feels great to do these breathing exercises every day."
"I ran a marathon. I didn't expect to be able to run a marathon."
"I can feel the shift from doing to being."
"I sleep better. I rest better."
"I don't need to perform. I can just breathe."
"The breath-holds feel hypnotic. It's meditative."
"My life quality has gone up."
"I feel more energy. I feel warmer."
"Being in a group keeps me accountable."
"I can breathe better in yoga class now."
"This is sustainable. I can do this for life."
"I'm not pushing anymore. I trust the method."
"It feels great to do these breathing exercises every day."
"I ran a marathon. I didn't expect to be able to run a marathon."
"I love the program. So much more enjoyable than my old breathing exercises."
"In two days, my breath-holds before and after sleep are so much longer."
"Feather breathing is so relaxing. I feel the difference immediately."
"I learned to sense my breathing response and keep it gentle."
"I can do weight training now without getting winded."
"I used to hyperventilate when speaking. Now I can talk without running out of breath."
"I thought relaxation and performance were opposite. Now I see they're connected."
"I'm learning to relax. I'm not trying to achieve something."
"I expected to learn breathing techniques. But I've exceeded my expectations already."
"This method teaches you to feel. Not just to push numbers."
"Feather breathing feels like a conversation with my body. It's not forced."
"I started at 13 seconds. Now I'm at 30 and climbing."
"I love the program. So much more enjoyable than my old breathing exercises."
"In two days, my breath-holds before and after sleep are so much longer."
"Feather breathing is so relaxing. I feel the difference immediately."
"I learned to sense my breathing response and keep it gentle."
"I can do weight training now without getting winded."
"I used to hyperventilate when speaking. Now I can talk without running out of breath."
"I thought relaxation and performance were opposite. Now I see they're connected."
"I'm learning to relax. I'm not trying to achieve something."
"I expected to learn breathing techniques. But I've exceeded my expectations already."
"This method teaches you to feel. Not just to push numbers."
"Feather breathing feels like a conversation with my body. It's not forced."
"I started at 13 seconds. Now I'm at 30 and climbing."
Individual experiences. Results vary.
Measure every session
The app tracks your oxygen efficiency, breath training zone, and technical quality.
Oxygen Efficiency Score
A higher oxygen efficiency means your cells receive more oxygen from less air.
How oxygen efficiency worksBreath Training Zone
Your zone shows how well you balanced the challenge with relaxation in each round.
How breath training zones workTechnical Quality Score
Your technical quality shows how closely you followed the ideal flow of a session.
How technical quality worksThe app
The exercise adjusts to your breathing
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Today's starting point
Every session starts from where your body is today, not where it was last week.
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Live guidance and scoring
The app guides each round, shows your zone during it, and your scores at the end.
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Nothing to wear
No chest strap, no sensors. Your breathing is all you need.
The question behind the project
Why This Exists
Early in my eighteen years of teaching Buteyko breathing, I taught the strongest version of the method. It gave the best results, but it needed a lot of supervision, and some people burned out. Could the strongest version be made easier to do and to teach?
My answer is an app that reads your relaxation in every round and adjusts the intensity, so strong training becomes simple and convenient. Your instructor sees the same reading and can follow your practice in detail.
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Exercise Styles
- Intro, Feather, Soft, Soft+,
- Medium, Medium+, Strong, Strong+,
- Extreme, Extreme+, Complete, Walking
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Combinations
- 14 levels in most styles:
- Levels 1–13 plus
- recovery level
You set the direction: a level and style your body can handle and your mind enjoys. From there, the app handles the moment to moment, setting and adjusting your targets as you progress through the session.
What's Different
What the Reuvers method adds to breathing practice.
Other methods
The Reuvers method
A single intensity is common
Much breathing practice stays at one intensity, however long you do it.
Gradual training.
The app guides you from softer practice to the full-strength practice, step by step.
Self or instructor review only
Without measurement, you review your practice by feel, yourself or with an instructor.
Review by app as well.
The app reviews your practice round by round. You and your instructor can both use it.
Tension can build unnoticed
In intense breathing practice, subtle tension and emotion can build up without you feeling it.
See how relaxed you stayed.
After each round the app shows you how well you balanced challenge and relaxation.
One exercise for all
A fixed routine sets one intensity for everyone. Too low for some and too high for others.
The exercise adjusts to you.
The app adjusts the intensity to how you perform and how relaxed you are.
Start with the Free Courses.
Free Courses
Sign up and practice levels 1 to 10 in the app for free, at your own pace. The Free Foundation Course covers levels 1 to 7, and the Free Summit Course continues with levels 8 to 10.
All courses
The Free Courses are the first two of several courses. The course page shows every option.
Meet Our Instructors
Certified instructors ready to guide your breathing practice.
Why It Works
The science behind your Oxygen Efficiency Score and your Breath Training Zone.
More Oxygen from Less Air
Breathing more air doesn't mean your cells get more oxygen. Your Oxygen Efficiency Score shows how well your body gets oxygen to your cells, even when you breathe less air.
Learn more →The Nervous System
Your Breath Training Zone shows how your nervous system responds to each round. The app sets the next round to keep you relaxed as the challenge grows.
Learn more →Upcoming Events
Programs run throughout the year.
Stay Connected
Breathing practice insights, program updates, and what we're learning from the research.