Spire

By Bayle Emlein

The idea behind Spire is that your breathing controls your
mood, mind, and ability to focus. And you can control your
breathing. Unlike devices that are first and foremost step
counters that operate in the background, the Spire app
brings breathing to the foreground on the screen of your
phone screen or other device so that you can do something
about it in the moment. Furthermore, whether you’re “active”
or sedentary, you’re always breathing. The Spire cues wearers
about stressors–a snarky boss, a slow grocery store line, fill in
your list here . . .

Clip the little gizmo to a belt or bra strap if you have one of
those. The idea is to keep it close to your trunk. The Spire app c
ategorizes breathing patterns as Calm, Tense, or Focused and
sends notifications about sudden changes so that you can do
something about them even before they take over. Once attached
to your clothing, at less than an ounce the tracker becomes pretty
much invisible, so knowing that it’s washer-machine-proof might
reduce your laundry stress.

Like so many devices with medical implications, the Spire is
available to the general public. Package offers make bulk
purchases less costly and encourage the family, however
defined, to “play” together. The website also offers a Professional
section, with both bulk sales and suggestions for use in
counseling and similar settings.

Just because the world around you is going nuts doesn’t mean
that you have to go with it. Spire is a common enough term in
English that you might appreciate knowing that the website is
spire.io might reduce your stress in shopping.