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ToolZeit – Breathe 2  Relax

What’s it do or what’s it for?

An app that instructs diaphragmatic breathing exercises to relax.

Basic Features

Personalized settings so you can customize your practice to match your personal pace of breathing when you are relaxed.

There are visual settings,audio settings, breathing cycle settings.

How do you see it being used by an educator or student?

Calming students down. Developed at the National Center for Telehealth and Technology for soldiers to treat PTSD. Same idea as brain gym that these breathing exercises helps blood flow to the brain and can help improve the learning process by making sure the brain stays alert. Students can use these simple exercises on their own, and teachers can use them in class to help keep energy levels up throughout the day.

How we rate it:

Ease of Use (How easy is it to learn and get started? Navigation is easy or difficult.) – 5

Looks/Aesthetics/Design (How does it look.) – 5

Editing/Customization/Feature set (Can you make it work the way you want it? Use it in different ways or is it totally locked down or very few features ) – 4

Bang for the buck (Is it cost effective? Freenium and Pricing Plans, Education Deals? Trial version available??) – 5

Educational Value (Meets the needs of teachers and/or students in or out of the classroom)   - 5

Overall Rating – 5

Cost – Free

Links

iTunes Store http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/breathe2relax/id425720246?mt=8

Armed with Sicence http://science.dodlive.mil/2011/06/21/breathe-to-relax-with-breathe2relax/

National Center for Telehealth and Technology http://t2health.org/

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