🎞️ 10 year visual history of how Sym came about: 2014 - 2024 Symbiosis to Sym ✨ ⭐️2014 - exploring the concept of visualising breathing real-time in led lights, investigating the available sensor technology ⭐️2015 - first Symbiosis art installation exhibited as a cocoon that two people can look into from opposite sides, sending their breaths as light spirals towards each other, lighting up in a white sparkle as they meet in the middle ⭐️2016 - larger scale outdoor visualisation of each person’s breath as a flower in a icosahedron structure in collaboration with @trispacekit , 3 user version exhibited at festivals ⭐️2017 - award winning immersive dome installation for up to 8 users, experienced by thousands of people in leading uk light and music festivals and exhibitions, custom sensors developed. ⭐️2022 - participation@centralresearchlaboratory accelerator, developing a portable Sym prototype. ⭐️2024 - 4 user Sym readied for first production. ⭐️2025 - Sym launching into the world!
Music by @alius.modi
Logo animation by @kym.mumford
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🔮Sym is an innovative new wellbeing product that encourages deep diaphragm breathing, naturally relieving stress and anxiety. Here is how you would use it!
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🌟Other than being the first product to visualise your breath in light, real-time, Sym has a whole set of unique features! Would love to know which are your favourite?
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🤸Last week we collaborated with @xclubuk for a Pilates - Sym Breathwork workshop. It was a full class! So much fun doing exercise with Sym!
After a short Breathwork introduction we went into a full reformer Pilates session guided by Elis, while still strapped with Sym sensor belts. This allowed everyone to stay connected with their breath throughout the session, Sym there to remind everyone to breathe fully into the diaphragm. 🌬️
Diaphragmatic breathing during exercise:
🔹Activates deep core muscles
🔹Improves control and precision
🔹Reduces neck & shoulder tension
🔹Builds a stronger mind–body connection
🔹Boosts endurance and reduces fatigue
🔹Supports better posture and spinal mobility
Do you remember to breathe into the diaphragm when exercising?
#pilates #diaphragmaticbreathing #controlyourbreath #exercising #breathwork
🌬️How you breathe = how you feel.
Your breath is a direct line to your nervous system.
A few years back, researchers at Stanford identified a handful of nerve cells in the brainstem that connect breathing to states of mind - referred to as a breathing pacer.
This tiny cluster of ~175 neurons in the brainstem act as a bridge between your breathing rhythm and your brain’s arousal system (the part responsible for stress, alertness, and anxiety).
To test this, they disrupted this specific cluster in mice. The result: mice still breathed normally - but they stayed noticeably calmer and less reactive.
This showed that breathing doesn’t just respond to how you feel - it influences it.
Faster, irregular breathing sends signals that increase arousal.
Slower, steady breathing reduces those signals and promotes calm.
Your breath is a built-in way to regulate your state.
Slow it down, and you’re not just relaxing - you’re directly telling your brain to feel safe.
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#breathscience #feelcalm #slowbreathing #nervoussystemregulation #controlyouremotions
🌱Happy Earth Day
In celebration of our amazing breathing living planet, with its cycles, ebbs and flows, beautiful wonders and diversity of shapes and colours.
Sym is inspired by shapes from its flora and fauna such as plants, microorganisms like radiolarians, and sea creatures like jellyfish and sea urchins.
Here is Sym in natural habitats, fitting in with its habitants. 🌸🦆
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🌺As we begin to celebrate spring and rebirth, invite more light into your life, follow the spiral: breathe in and long exhale..
to let go of the winter heaviness and reset the nervous system.
Elongating the exhale is one of the most effective methods to stimulate the vagus nerve and activate parasympathetic response - telling your body you are safe to receive. ✨
Visual is from one of the very first experiments over 10 years ago that eventually led to Sym - Symbiosis cocoon - where 2x people’s breath moved in spirals towards each other. 🌀
#vagusnervestimulation #nervoussystemreset #breathworkguide #interactivelight #lightart
🌸 Who would you breathe Sym with? Sym knows each time a user joins, adding the colours and splitting the visual. It’s a unique experience to share with another, or 2 or 3 others!
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😮💨As we come to the end of the week, sigh it all out.
Sighing is one of the fastest ways to reduce autonomic arousal (stress/panic) by shifting from a “fight-or-flight” state to a “rest-and-digest” state. The body’s reset button! (Much needed sometimes)
Benefits of a simple sigh:
• Releases built-up tension
• Helps regulate breathing
• Calms your nervous system
• Reduces stress and anxiety
• Improves focus and clarity
• Supports emotional release
Let it all go and enjoy the weekend 🍃
#physiologicalsigh #letitallgo #stressrelease #endoftheweek #breathworkpractice
🚇 Sym flash mob in the London Underground! Disrupting the zombied phone staring with some mindful breathing! Next will be to introduce Sym in the rush hour as a social engagement activity 😅
The beauty of creating a portable art installation is that we can bring it in unexpected places. Any ideas on where else Sym might be needed to lighten up the mood? ✨🙃
#flashmob #artontheunderground #mindfulness #breatheinbreatheout #interactiveart
💬 Steph, founder of @sevendirectionsbreathwork , is expressive about how Sym can benefit her clients.
Many Breathwork practitioners invest in Sym to enhance their practice with a unique one of its kind light biofeedback experience ✨
Any questions? Comment below or dm. 🫶
#breathworktools #seeyourbreath #biofeedback #breathworkfacilitator #icebreaker
🌿 The award winning @hotelpacai Spa integrate Sym into their Deep Reset package with sauna and massage, enhancing the clients experience with a unique Breathwork ritual.
Sym offers a deeply relaxing experience through its unique breathing biofeedback and soothing light visuals.
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