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Arnasea

You’ve been breathing your whole life. Nobody ever taught you how.

Techniques that shift your body’s state in 2 to 7 minutes. Not a wellness app.

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iPhone only · Free

Why Arnasea

An ancient wordfor an essential act.

Arnasa means “breath” in Basque. Add the suffix article, and you get arnasea: “the breath.”

Basque is one of the oldest living languages in Europe. Isolated, with no known relatives, spoken long before writing existed. It survived everything.

So did breathing.

Before meditation apps, before subscriptions and gamification - there was conscious breathing. Tibetan Tummo, cardiac coherence, military box breathing. Centuries-old tools with documented physiological effects.

Arnasea doesn’t reinvent them. It puts them in your hands, cleanly, without noise.

A tool for those who want the effect - calming the nervous system, sleeping, focusing, generating internal heat - without an app congratulating them for breathing.

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43.3°N · 1.7°W · Anglet, Basque Country
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The techniques

Time-tested techniques.Nothing trendy.

Not content to consume. Tools to use - each for a precise effect on body and mind.

Advanced

Tummo

7 MIN

Inner fire. Three progressive rounds - 30 fast breaths, an empty-lung retention, then a held inhale. Heat, clarity, nervous-system activation.

Calm

Cardiac Coherence

5 MIN

Six breaths per minute. Heart-rate variability syncs, cortisol drops, calm settles in.

Calm

Reset

4 MIN 57

The physiological sigh, on purpose. Two inhales through the nose, one long exhale through the mouth. Five minutes a day, as in the Stanford study (2023).

Balance

Nadi Shodhana

3 MIN 18

Alternate-nostril breathing. Inhale one side, exhale the other, then switch. A yogic practice that rebalances and settles the mind.

Focus

Box Breathing

2 MIN 08

Four equal beats. Used by Navy SEALs before action. Clarity in two minutes, no prerequisites.

Sleep

4 · 7 · 8

1 MIN 16

Inhale 4 s, hold 7 s, exhale 8 s. Dr. Andrew Weil’s method. The vagus nerve activates, sleep settles in.

How it feels

Three tabs,nothing more.

Breathe for every day, Programmes to be guided, Progress to keep the thread. Still dark, still frictionless.

21:48
ARNASEA
Good evening.
What would you like to practice?
Tonight · Sleep
Day 4 — Building a steady rhythm
5 min · Cardiac coherence
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Techniques
Always free
Calm
Cardiac Coherence
5 min
Calm
Reset
4 min 57
Balance
Nadi Shodhana
3 min 18
Focus
Box Breathing
2 min 08
Sleep
4-7-8
1 min 16
Breathe
Programmes
Progress
01 · Breathe
One featured card, then the techniques. Always free.
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ARNASEA
Programmes
One session a day, guided step by step.
In progress
Sleep — 7 days
3 of 7 completed
Day 4 · Tonight
Building a steady rhythm
Discover
Ease stress — 5 days
A few minutes to release the pressure
Focus — 5 days
Prepare the mind before work
Breathe
Programmes
Progress
02 · Programmes
Your current programme, then the catalogue. One session an evening.
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03 · Progress
Your streak, calendar and progress. Without pressure.
Pricing

Start without paying.

Every technique, one programme in full and the opening days of all the others: enough to practise for weeks before the question even comes up.

Free
€0/ forever
Every technique, no limits
First breaths in full, 3 days
The opening days of every programme
A cadence of your own · 7-day history
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Pro
€1.99/ per month
€9.99/year, about 83 cents a month  ·  7-day free trial
All five programmes, through to the last day
Intermediate & Advanced Tummo
As many cadences as you like
All of your history
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FAQ

A few answers.

An ancient Tibetan technique: 30 rapid breaths, an empty-lung retention, then a held inhale. Arnasea presents it as a physiological tool, not a religious one. Expect warmth, clarity, and nervous-system activation. Contraindicated during pregnancy and for heart conditions; never practice in water or while driving.

A breathing technique that synchronizes heart rhythm with the autonomic nervous system. Breathing at six cycles per minute regulates heart-rate variability, lowers cortisol, and brings calm. Validated in cardiology and clinical psychology.

Cardiac coherence, box breathing and 4-7-8 carry no known risk. Tummo is contraindicated during pregnancy and for heart or respiratory conditions, and must never be practiced in water or while driving. A warning appears before every Tummo session.

Yes. Arnasea is an evolving toolkit. Nadi Shodhana and Reset, the physiological sigh, have already joined the app since launch. More pranayama techniques (kapalabhati, ujjayi, bhastrika) will follow progressively - chosen for their real physiological effect, not to inflate a catalog.

Yes. From iOS Settings → Subscriptions. One tap, no conversation required.

Not yet. iOS first. Android is on the roadmap for 2026.

No. History is stored locally on your iPhone. Nothing leaves the device without explicit action. No account, no email required.

Arnasa means breath in Basque. With the article attached, arnasea becomes “the breath.” Breathing is ancestral - so is the word.

The blog

Understanding breath,technique by technique.

One technique, one article. Physiology, protocol, contraindications. No wellness fluff.

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