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Aura is free to download and offers core features at no cost. Aura Premium unlocks 20+ guided breathing exercises, custom routines, as well as immersive sounds, music, and visual themes. A free trial is available.

Yes. Just a few minutes of guided breathing can help release built-up tension, improve focus, and restore a sense of calm. It’s an easy practice to fit into your day, especially during moments of mental overload, work stress, or personal pressure.

Regular breathing practice can support mental well-being by helping you regulate emotions, refocus, and better handle stressful situations. It is widely used as a simple tool to support daily mental balance. Some studies even suggest that breathing exercises may produce faster short-term stress reduction effects than meditation, by directly influencing the nervous system.

Aura offers breathing exercises designed to help with stress and anxiety, such as cardiac coherence, box breathing, and the physiological sigh. These techniques help activate the parasympathetic nervous system, reduce cortisol levels, lower heart rate, and quickly restore a sense of calm and control.

Every slow exhale gently stimulates the vagus nerve — the main pathway of the parasympathetic nervous system. This triggers an immediate chain reaction: heart rate slows, cortisol drops, and muscle tension eases. Controlled breathing also regulates the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood, which directly influences brain arousal. A 2023 study published in Cell Reports Medicine (Balban et al.) found that just 5 minutes of structured breathing significantly improved mood and reduced physiological arousal — with stronger short-term effects than mindfulness meditation. Source: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(22)00474-8

Yes. Aura includes breathing techniques designed to support better sleep, such as the 4-7-8 method popularized by Dr. Andrew Weil. These exercises help slow down the nervous system, calm racing thoughts, and promote natural sleep onset. Many users notice improvements within the first week.

Cardiac coherence is a breathing technique that helps synchronize your breath with your heart rate, typically at around 6 breaths per minute. It is widely used by mental health professionals to reduce stress, manage anxiety, regulate emotions, and support emotional balance.

Yes. The SOS exercise is designed to help you quickly regain control during acute anxiety or panic attacks. Slow, extended exhalations help activate the vagus nerve and interrupt the panic response, bringing you back to a calmer state within a few breaths.

Yes. Gentle breathing exercises can be a helpful support tool for people experiencing high stress levels or symptoms related to PTSD. While Aura is not a medical treatment, it can help promote grounding, emotional regulation, and a sense of calm during difficult moments.

No experience is required. Aura is designed for both beginners and advanced users. It guides you step by step with visual cues, optional voice guidance, and soft haptic feedback. Simply open the app, choose an exercise, and follow the rhythm.

Your session history and personal preferences are stored locally on your device. If iCloud is enabled, your data is privately synced via Apple’s CloudKit — it is never accessible to us and is never shared with third parties. We only collect anonymous, aggregated analytics to improve the app.