Use this award-winning, paced breathing app to learn the technique - used by warfighters, firefighters and police officers - for managing your heart rate, emotions and concentration during times of stress or anxiety. Proper breathing is critical for maintaining control of your mind and body, so you can perform at your best and make sound decisions under difficult circumstances.
Although the paced-breathing technique was developed primarily for intense combat situations, anyone can use Tactical Breather as a relaxation tool to manage stressful life situations like presentations, performances, competitions, test-taking, job interviews and more.
Many of the breathing exercises in this app were provided by retired Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, former West Point psychology professor and best-selling author of “On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace.” The app received second place in the “General Wellness” category in the Apps4Army competition.
The Tactical Breather app was created by DHA Connected Health (formerly the National Center for Telehealth & Technology, or T2), a branch of the Defense Health Agency within the U.S. Department of Defense.