Niyora

Calm in 60 seconds.

Breathing and mindfulness, right at your desk.
From your Mac menu bar.

Free to use · No account · No wearables · No health data
Nothing leaves your Mac.
Niyora panel showing Box Breath, with Begin button

Notices when you're tensing up

Niyora watches your work patterns and nudges you when stress is building.

60-second guided practices

Breathing, mindfulness, and grounding moments. Pick one or let Niyora choose.

Unlocked as you go

Niyora grows with you. New practices unlock as you keep showing up.

The problem

The work that runs the world is wearing us down.

Sitting at a screen for hours isn't free. The research is clear: prolonged computer work raises stress, fragments attention, and quietly compounds.

Working without breaks builds stress in your brain.

An EEG study showed beta-wave stress activity climbs through back-to-back meetings, and only resets when you pause.

Microsoft Human Factors Lab, 2021

Your attention span at a screen has collapsed to 47 seconds.

In 2004 it was 2.5 minutes. Two decades of screens later, focus shrinks every year.

Gloria Mark, UC Irvine

Less screen time, better mood.

When adults reduced their daily digital screen use, well-being and mood improved within two weeks.

Nature npj Mental Health Research, 2022
The solution

Recognise stress. Bring calm. Make a habit.

Recognise stress

It watches the rhythm of your work.

Niyora reads passive signals from your Mac. How long you've been at the screen, what time of day, whether you're switching contexts. No wearables, no biometrics. Just the rhythm of your day.

Bring calm

Sixty seconds, when you need them.

When stress is building, Niyora nudges you with a soft notification. One click opens a guided practice. Breathing, mindfulness, grounding. Fourteen techniques rooted in pranayama, CBT, and self-compassion.

Make a habit

Your soul, growing with you.

Each session lights up your soul. New practices unlock as you keep showing up. No streaks to break, no guilt. Just a quiet sense of arrival, one minute at a time.

Research backed

Every practice has a paper behind it.

No mystic claims. Just techniques validated in peer-reviewed research, clearly cited so you can read the source.

Box Breathing
Used in Navy SEAL training. Lowers cortisol, improves HRV.
4-7-8 Breath
Activates parasympathetic nervous system. Weil, A. Spontaneous Healing.
Diaphragmatic Breathing
Ma et al, 2017. Reduces stress and negative affect.
PSS-4 Check-in
Cohen, 1983. Validated 4-item perceived stress scale.
Trataka (Soft Gaze)
Improves attention and selective focus. Talwadkar et al, 2014.
Self-Compassion
Neff, 2003. Linked to reduced anxiety and rumination.
Alternate Nostril (Naadishodhana)
Sharma et al, 2013. Lowers blood pressure, improves cardiovascular function.
Ocean Breath (Ujjayi)
Pal et al, 2011. Activates vagus nerve, slows heart rate.
5-4-3-2-1 Grounding
Linehan, 1993 (DBT). Reduces panic and dissociation.
Loving Kindness Meditation
Fredrickson, 2008. Builds positive affect and social connection.
Cooling Breath (Sheetali)
Pranayama tradition. Lowers body heat, reduces sympathetic arousal.
Affirmations / Kind Words
Cascio et al, 2016. Reduces stress reactivity in fMRI studies.

and more, every practice rooted in research.

Privacy, locally

Nothing leaves your Mac. Ever.

Most wellness apps want your account, your data, and a server log of your worst days. Niyora wants none of it.

No accounts

Open the app. Start breathing. That is the entire onboarding.

No telemetry

The app makes zero outbound network requests of its own. Verifiable in source.

Local storage

Sessions and check-ins live in your app container. Never read off-device.

From the founder
Neha Prasad

I wanted calm on my own terms.

As a doctor in the Indian system of medicine, I knew it isn't much to ask. A minute to breathe. A way to feel less overwhelmed. To be excited before something that matters. To feel at home, even in chaos.

I built Niyora for myself first. Now I'm sharing it with you. If it lands well, or doesn't, I'd love to know. My inbox is open.

Neha Prasad. Doctor, builder, founder of Niyora.
Downloads

Pick the build for your Mac.

Both are signed by Apple Developer ID, notarized, and stapled. Drag to Applications and you're done.

Unsure? Apple menu → About This Mac. If it says "Apple M…" you want Apple Silicon. Otherwise Intel.

Take the next breath.

It takes a minute to install. Sixty seconds to feel different.

Apple Silicon and Intel. macOS 10.15 and later.