How to Start Box Breathing in Two Taps

Who this is for: Anyone who wants the app's fastest path to relief. Two taps and a few seconds is the whole story — this is the app's measurable hero criterion.

Priya's pre-presentation panic is exactly the moment this path exists for: cold load on a mid-range phone, signed out, hands not entirely steady. The flow must be running before her working memory fills up with anything else.

Steps

1. From a cold load, tap the Breathing card on Home. That's tap one. The card is a large target — no precision required.

2. Pick box breathing from the protocol picker. That's tap two. The picker offers box breathing, 4-7-8, the physiological sigh, and a "just breathe" default. If you can't decide, accept the default — the pacer guides you either way.

3. Follow the animated visual pacer. The pacer runs with phase text — in, hold, out, hold — so you never have to count or remember the pattern. Your only job is to breathe with it.

4. Keep going until the session completes. A full session runs client-side, end to end. When it completes, you return to Home calmly. If you're signed in, the app may ask "Log this session?" — that prompt is optional and never blocks your exit.

Expected Outcome

A full breathing session completes entirely in your browser. The flow was active within two taps and five seconds of Home loading, with zero network calls after the page loaded. If you're signed in, an optional session record is posted in the background — it never blocks your exit.

Notes

• All targets are at least 48px. Shaking hands are the norm here, not the exception. Nothing in the flow requires precision.
• It works with no connection. The flow makes no network calls after the page loads. If your network drops mid-flow, the breathing continues untouched.
• Emergency guidance is visible but out of the way. "If you are in danger, call your local emergency number." is present on the flow screen without covering the pacer.
• Leaving is always one action. Tap Pause to hold the pacer, Resume to continue, or the calm exit (or Esc) to leave — no confirmation nag, no guilt copy.