Aperture Protocol is a 28-day breathwork program with live heart-rate biofeedback.
Pair an Apple Watch, or rest a fingertip on your iPhone's camera and flash, and your own heart-rate variability drives an on-screen coherence reading in real time. A 4-4-6 paced breathing pattern, spoken guidance, and an optional low-frequency haptic pulse keep you on rhythm without watching the screen.
THE 28-DAY ARC
Four weeks that layer onto each other, then ease into maintenance.
- Week 1, Foundation: paced coherence breathwork and a calmer room. Establish your baseline.
- Week 2, Recalibration: add the focusing visualization, synced to your heart signal.
- Week 3, Peak: longer sessions built around warmth and compassion focus.
- Week 4, Lock-In: every technique in one flow, settling your new set-point.
After Day 28, Maintenance Mode keeps you steady on a lighter weekly schedule.
GUIDED SESSIONS
Each daily session runs about 18-22 minutes through up to four voice-guided phases:
- Coherence breathwork: 4-4-6 breathing with gentle haptic cues.
- Focusing visualization: an animated instrument that responds to your heartbeat.
- Reset drill: notice a spike, decline to feed it, let it pass.
- Warmth imprint: generate genuine compassion and calm.
LIVE BIOFEEDBACK
- Apple Watch: your heart rate, read from Apple Health, drives the coherence reading as you breathe.
- iPhone camera: no Watch? Rest a fingertip over the rear camera and flash for an optical pulse reading.
- When neither is available, sessions run on a clearly labeled simulated signal, never presented as your own data.
All heart-rate processing happens on your device. Readings are never recorded or transmitted.
INSTANT DETUNE
Caught off guard? One tap starts a 60-second guided reset that carries you through the spike until it passes.
MORE TOOLS
- Sacred Space: a short environmental checklist (light, order, sound, plants) with a note on why each one helps.
- Reframe scripts with voice playback, plus room to write your own.
- Progress: a 28-day grid, streak counter, and trend, all computed locally.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no cloud sync, no analytics. Your session data never leaves your device.
Aperture Protocol is a contemplative wellness and breathwork practice built on a speculative framework. It is not science or medicine, not medical or psychological advice, and not a substitute for professional care. If you are in crisis or distress, contact local emergency services or a qualified professional.
