Anxiety, poor sleep, and scattered focus are three expressions of the same root issue: a nervous system stuck in the wrong gear. An AI breathing coach addresses all three by reading your current state and selecting the precise breathing protocol to shift your autonomic balance.
For anxiety, the AI prioritizes techniques that activate the parasympathetic nervous system quickly — physiological sighs for acute spikes, extended exhale breathing for sustained anxiety, coherence breathing for generalized unease. The protocol adapts based on severity: mild anxiety gets gentle coherence work, panic-level anxiety gets rapid-relief sighing patterns first.
For sleep, the AI sequences patterns that progressively downregulate your nervous system. A typical AI-built sleep session might start with 5 minutes of coherence breathing to settle racing thoughts, transition to 4-7-8 for deeper relaxation, then finish with extended exhale at a very slow pace to trigger drowsiness. The progression matters — jumping straight to 4-7-8 often fails because your system isn't ready for it.
For focus, the approach inverts. The AI selects patterns that increase sympathetic tone just enough for alertness without tipping into anxiety — typically box breathing at moderate pace, or short energizing rounds followed by coherence. Time of day matters: the AI knows that post-lunch focus sessions need more activation than morning ones.