Baseline Days

7 days: Day 3, Day 4, Day26 - Day 30

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Baseline sessions are designed to provide a foundation and a reference data for observing and accessing changes induced by breathwork in subsequent sessions. Thus, we kindly ask you that during these sessions you refrain from engaging in any stress-inducing activities, such as watching TV, using social media, etc. Instead, consider indulging in light reading, using material of your choice or these recommended blog posts:

  1. Breathwork to Connect Mind & Body

  2. Hearing your Heart

  3. Every Heart Tells a Story

  4. The Heart is Not a Metronome - Heart Rate Variability

  5. Heart & Brain - Mind-Body Connection is real!

You have two baseline sessions at the beginning of the study on Day 3 and Day 4 and five sessions at the end from Day 26-Day 30. 

Session Overview

30 mins before starting, ensure your bladder is empty and avoid caffeine, alcohol, smoking or exercise. Make sure the MindMics earbuds are charged.

Step 1: Sit on a chair with your feet flat.

Step 2: Wear your Polar H10 strap and ensure it is connected to the MindMics Heart Health App. To verify a correct connection with Polar H10:

  1. In the Heart Health app go to Settings -> Polar H10 settings -> Polar H10 details

  2. If the Polar is correctly connected, you should see a view with the green 'Connected' information – as shown in the attached illustration below.

3. If you see “Disconnected” or “Polar H10 is not connected”, ensure the strap is moist, in contact with the skin and check the “Polar H10 details” page again.

Step 3: Wear your MindMics earbuds, connect to bluetooth audio and to the MindMics Heart Health app.

  1. Remove the earbuds from the charging case and wear them.

  2. Once paired on, ‘MindMics Audio’ will automatically connect to your phone each time when you remove your earbuds from the case.

  3. Open the MindMics Heart Health app and wait for a few seconds to allow the earbuds to automatically connect to the app. 

4. Ensure you have a good seal, In the Heart Health app go to view Ear tip adjustment, Settings -> Earbuds settings -> Ear tip adjustment.

5. If the earbuds are correctly adjusted, you should see prominent peaks in the signal from both ears that correspond to your heartbeats. You should also see a green 'Good seal' information displayed as in the example below

6. If you encounter issues achieving a good seal, refer to the Earbud fit guide

Step 4: Play music for blood pressure measure and measure blood pressure twice, as described here:  Blood Pressure Measurement. 

After blood pressure measurements, continue wearing the Earbuds, Polar H10 strap and BP cuff. Make sure the Music for Blood pressure measurement has been stopped

We will now identify your resonance frequency. We will do this in 2 steps. First we will find an approximate value using the CO2 Tolerance test. You will then perform guided breathwork of increasing breath duration to help us identify your resonance frequency more precisely. 

Step 5: Please remain seated for the next 10 minutes without intentionally altering your breathing pattern. Feel free to engage in light reading during this time. Avoid watching TV, using social media, or participating in any stressful activities.

Step 6:  Play music for blood pressure measure and measure blood pressure twice, as described here:  Blood Pressure Measurement. 

You may remove your earbuds and put them back in the case, remove the Polar H10 strap and BP cuff.