Respira Support

Breath-hold and breathwork training for iOS

Before anything else — train safe Never practise breath-holds in or near water. Shallow-water blackout gives no warning and kills experienced swimmers. Do tables and maximum attempts lying down, never standing, never while driving. Stop at dizziness or tingling. Talk to a doctor first if you are pregnant or have a heart, lung, or blood-pressure condition. Respira is not a medical device and gives no medical advice.

Getting started

Where do I begin?

Start with Box Breathing or the Foundations program. Foundations is two weeks of 5–10 minute daily sessions with no blackout risk, and it opens and closes with a Max Test so you can see what you gained.

Do not start with an O₂ table. The app will not let you anyway — see below.

The CO₂ Table and O₂ Table are locked

Both tables are generated from your real personal best, so the app needs that number first. Take the Max Breath-Hold Test once — lying down — and both tables unlock, sized to you.

Retest every couple of weeks. Your tables regenerate from the new best.

What do the levels mean?

Beginner — Box, Rectangle, 4-7-8, Guided Relaxation, Lung & Diaphragm Stretch. Zero blackout risk, do them anywhere.
Intermediate — CO₂ Table and Apnea Walk. Uncomfortable, not dangerous, when done as instructed.
Advanced — O₂ Table. Lying down only, maximum one per day, never after a CO₂ table.
The test — Max Breath-Hold Test. Lying down, ideally with someone nearby.

During a session

The voice or sounds are not playing

Check the ring/silent switch on the side of your iPhone.
Open Settings in Respira and confirm Tones and Voice cues are on.
Turn the volume up while a session is running — iOS sets volume per audio channel.
Voice cues use the iOS system voice. If you have no English voice installed, add one in iOS Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → Voices.

Can I lock my phone or put it in my pocket mid-session?

Yes. Audio keeps playing when the screen is off, which is how these exercises are meant to be done — eyes closed. While the app is in the foreground the screen is kept awake so it never sleeps mid-hold.

I stopped mid-session by accident

Reopen the app. An interrupted session can be resumed where it left off. If you would rather not, start it again from the beginning — nothing is logged until a session ends.

Can I change the timings?

Yes. Every exercise has editable settings on its detail screen — seconds per side, cycles, hold length, rest, rounds. Your last-used values are remembered per exercise.

Progress and reminders

My streak reset even though I trained

Streaks count calendar days in your device's local time zone. A session logged just after midnight counts for the new day. Training programs work differently and deliberately: they advance by session, not by date, so a missed day never resets a program.

Reminders are not arriving

iOS Settings → Notifications → Respira → Allow Notifications.
In Respira's Settings, confirm Daily reminders is on and a time is set.
Reminders are skipped for a day once you have already trained that day — that is intentional.
Check that Focus or Sleep mode is not silencing them.

How do I delete my data?

Respira Settings → Danger zone erases history and personal bests. Deleting the app removes everything. Nothing is stored anywhere but your phone — see the privacy policy.

Will my history transfer to a new iPhone?

If you restore the new phone from an encrypted iCloud or Finder backup, yes. There is no account-based sync, because there is no account.

Contact

Bugs, questions, or feature requests: support@dewor.com

Please include your iPhone model, your iOS version, and the app version from Respira's Settings screen. I answer personally, usually within a few days.