Body & biofeedback · 9 min read
Biofeedback: learning to listen to your body’s signals
Heart rate, breath and muscle tension are constant messages. Biofeedback makes them visible.
What biofeedback is
Sensors show you, in real time, signals your body usually keeps quiet — heart-rate variability, skin temperature, muscle tension. Seeing them change lets you learn to influence them.
Breathing at your resonance
Most adults find their heart rhythm becomes smoothest when breathing around six breaths per minute. A few minutes a day can measurably shift how the body handles stress.
Without a device
You can practise the same awareness without technology: notice warm hands versus cold, a soft versus clenched jaw, a slow versus quick pulse. Awareness is the first skill.
Try it today
- 1.Inhale for 5 seconds.
- 2.Exhale for 5 seconds.
- 3.Repeat for 5 minutes and notice your hands warm.