Frequently Asked Questions

The Breathing Clock is a wooden desk clock that slows your breathing to 4 good quality breaths per minute.

It uses a proven breath technique that calms you naturally and silently by slowing and deepening your breathing to reduce anxiety and calm your nervous system.

The Breathing Clock silently guides you through a box breathing pattern instructing you to inhale, pause and exhale without speeding up. This will guide you through 4 good quality breaths in a minute.

The Breathing Clock doesn’t have any screens or notifications to grab your attention or overwhelm your senses. It is simply a tool that you use when you need it.

Your eyes will naturally wander to it when you lose focus or feel stressed. This reminds you to take a little time for yourself and breathe.

We designed the Breathing Clock to be easy to use for everyone. The instructions are on the front using both words and pictures to guide you through each breath. This makes it easy and engaging to follow.

It’s a good question. There are a several factors that determined the price of the product.

Quality Materials
We use natural high-quality materials so your breathing clock will go the distance. This is a tool that you can use for years to come whenever and wherever you need it.

Good for you and good for the environment

Reducing Waste

Our focus has always been on growing our businesses sustainably, which increases costs. Not only have we worked hard to remove all single use plastics from our packaging, but we are also planting a Tree in bushfire affected areas in Victoria for each clock purchased. Helping you and the planet breathe better.

Planting Trees

Breathing Clocks are working with One Tree Planted to promote Australia's native biodiversity, create habitat corridors for koalas, and restore areas affected by bushfires.

Built for life
We believe this is a life changing product that can help you reduce stress in your workplace every day. It will naturally grab your attention when your mind wanders and help you de-stress and refocus.

Price comparison
The breathing clock is priced the same as 3 yoga classes or a 1 year subscription to a mindfulness service. But you get it for life!

Everyone knows that mindful breathing and meditation is good for you. But not many of us make the time for it.

The Breathing Clock physically sits on your desk to remind you throughout the day to take a deep breath and reset. We aim to bring mindful breathing and meditation to your day effortlessly by making it something you use when you need without having to schedule in time.

We have found the long term benefits include training your mind that the correct response to stress is calm.

The mindful breathing clock has the power to train new habits to positively impact your life.

In addition, we have worked hard to have a positive environmental impact by reducing single use plastics and planting a tree for every product sold.

The Breathing Clock is good for you and good for the planet!

It is not always possible to stop everything and take out your phone for a mini meditation when you need them.

Through our research, we found that using your smartphone to relax can often lead to more distractions and stress. Whether its calls, emails, or notifications our technology makes it hard to switch off.

In addition, many of our customers comment on the relief from being able to look away from bright screens.

That is why we took the technology and distractions out of mindful breathing.

No. Unlike App's or Meditation, the Breathing Clock was designed to be used when you need it. It is always running and only takes as long as a few quality breaths. No need to move from where you are or schedule calm into your day.

It is not always possible or acceptable to stop everything and take out your phone for a mini meditation.

However, with the Breathing Clock you simply redirect your focus to the clock and let it guide you through mindful breathing.

Most people may never know you have introduced mindfulness into your routine.

However, when you are ready we think you should let them in on the secret.

There is no set up time because the Breathing Clock is always running. We believe that mindful breathing and stress relief should fit around your day so you can use it instantly when you need it.

Using the Breathing Clock you can reduce stress in as little as 60 seconds!

A few good quality breaths can break the stress cycle and return your body and mind to a more resourceful and calmer state.

Absolutely! Practice makes progress. By practising the same pattern every day you teach your body the correct response to stress is calm.

The Breathing Clock is silent. It uses a sweeping mechanism so there is no distracting ticking or noise so you can stay focused in the present.

The breathing clock does not tell time. We wanted a device that reduced stress and did that excellently. The breathing clocks single hand guides you through mini meditations so taking time for yourself doesn’t need to take a long time.

Each Breathing Clock is made from natural materials. Your Breathing Clock will have its own unique wood grain fingerprint.

Using natural materials is good for the environment and is soft on your eyes allowing you to take a break from your screens.

When it is time to replace the battery, reveal the mechanism by spinning the back cover and tilt the clock to face upwards. This will release the magnets and allow you access to the battery.

Nope. The breathing clock is always running so it is ready to go when you need it!

Yes, we all know we should meditate more and schedule more mindfulness in our lives.
However, that is not always possible. We designed the Breathing Clock to bring the benefits of mindfulness to you.

You can read more about our research and the supporting science here: https://breathingclocks.com.au/pages/backed-by-science

Our team reviewed many breathing and mindfulness techniques across the Internet and scientific studies.

Box Breathing quickly emerged as one of the most reliable and quickly adoptable ways to reduce stress and ground yourself.

You can read more about our research and the supporting science here: https://breathingclocks.com.au/pages/backed-by-science

Yes! Society already accepts the benefits of mindfulness but our team have compiled our research so you can read more about the supporting science here: https://breathingclocks.com.au/pages/backed-by-science

We offer free shipping across Australia.

And affordable standard shipping to as many global locations as possible.

Yes, our shipping providers offer expedited shipping for a small additional fee.

Yes. We ship to as many locations as possible. If you don't see your Country during checkout please reach out to us through our Contact Us form and we will see what we can do.

To make customers feel more comfortable, we offer a risk-free trial for 30 days.

You either love it in 30 days or send it back for a full refund.
(Australian customers only at the moment. International buyers – please contact us).

We are here to help you and guide you through any product related issues that you may have. Just reach out to us through our Contact Us form

No, Breathing Clocks does not cover return postage for change of mind refunds. This means that the postage costs for returning the product to us for a full refund will be paid by the customer.

Our mission is to help our audience breathe better, we also want to help our flora and fauna breathe better too.

Our planting partner focuses on rebuiliding fire damaged ecosystems, re-establishing koala habitats and other environental projects that make a true impact.

Our focus has always been on growing our businesses sustainably. We have worked hard to remove all single use plastics from our packaging.

The Breathing Clock is designed to be silent. If you can hear ticking, it’s possible that the clock’s battery is running low and needs to be replaced.

The clock hand will stop spinning when the battery is running low and needs to be replaced.