Vitalkultur – CARLON Haptic Breathwork
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Closed beta · Haptic breathwork for Apple Watch
CARLON
Breathwork
Feel your breath. Mastered.

Breathwork you feel —
not watch.

16 evidence-based techniques, felt through the Taptic Engine — eyes closed, no screen.
From the first calm breath to deep, measured stillness.

Now in closed beta · testers & breath-coach partners welcome

Apple Watch Ultra showing CARLON Tummo session outdoors in cold conditions
Privacy by Design Apple Watch native Haptic-guided Live Biometrics
PractitionerFeel every breath CoachDesign & share ResearcherH10 & HRV

Your wrist guides every breath.
No screen needed.

Eyes closed — haptic waves guide every breath from the wrist

Haptic pulses rise for inhale, fall for exhale.
Close your eyes. Just feel.

Double Tap to end breath hold during Tummo retention

Holding your breath during Tummo? Double Tap ends the retention.
Eyes stay closed. Fingers decide.

The App

Swipe through CARLON.

Just like on the Watch — swipe left and right to explore.

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Navigate
CARLON Watch — Main menu: Patterns, History, Settings, Recommend

Patterns, History, Settings, Recommendations — everything on your wrist.

Breathe
CARLON Watch — Coherence breathing session with Flower of Life

Flower of Life guides your breath. Haptics pulse on your wrist. Eyes closed.

Your Music
CARLON Watch — Apple Music natively integrated during breathing session

Apple Music natively integrated. Play your favourite relaxation music during any breathing session — controlled from your wrist.

Go deeper

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16 Techniques
Watch — Tummo, Coherence, Box and more

From calm to fire. Grounded in breathing physiology — evidence-based or design-inspired, always tagged.

Two atmospheres
Watch — Tummo session, orange Flower, Power in

Tummo burns orange. Coherence glows green. You feel the difference before you see it.

Create your own
Watch — Custom Pattern builder

Build your own breathing pattern. Name it. Use Tummo as base. Make it yours.

Your breathwork on your wrist.
The details where you can actually read them.

Watch — heart rate curve during Tummo session iPhone — detailed heart rate analysis

Your body

Real data. Not promises.

Most breathwork apps show a timer. CARLON shows what your body actually does — on your wrist and on your iPhone.

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Watch · Heart Rate
Watch — full session HR curve with dive reflex drop visible

Your heart rate drops during breath holds. The dive reflex — visible on your wrist.

Watch · Breath Sync
Watch — breath synchronicity 36%, phase, frequency, depth

Heart and breath in sync. Phase, frequency, depth — measured after every session.

Watch · Retention
Watch — retention R1 to R3, improving +25%

Round by round, you hold longer. +25% improvement — tracked on your wrist.

iPhone · Heart Rate
iPhone — full session HR curve over 3 minutes

Every heartbeat plotted. See exactly where your nervous system shifted.

iPhone · Insights
iPhone — breath sync gauges, HRV context, personal insights

Personal coaching: HRV in context, breath synchronicity, and what to do next.

iPhone · Progress
iPhone — retention progress over 30 sessions with personal best

Every session stronger. 30-session trend, personal best, body adapting.

The science

Know what you breathe.

Every technique explained. Timings grounded in slow-breathing science where evidence exists — the rest design-inspired and labelled.

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Breathing Wiki
iPhone — Breathing Wiki: understand your breath, patterns explained

Every pattern explained — what it does, why it works, which studies back it.

Your Dashboard
iPhone — HRV Today dashboard, 7-day trends, session count

HRV Today. 7-day trends. 20 sessions tracked. Your nervous system's report card.

Understand Retention
iPhone — what is retention, progress over 30 sessions

CARLON doesn't just measure — it teaches. Every metric explained in context.

cortisol reduction1
HRV improvement2
~5.5
breaths/min resonance3
111
participants4
Observed in peer-reviewed studies of slow breathing — from the literature, not measured by the app.
Research we build on
Stanford University Frontiers in Psychology Cell Reports Medicine
[1] Ma et al. (2017) "Effect of Diaphragmatic Breathing on Attention, Negative Affect and Stress" Frontiers in Psychology 8:874. [2] Lehrer & Gevirtz (2014) "Heart rate variability biofeedback: mechanisms and models" Frontiers in Psychology 5:756. [3] Russo et al. (2017) "The physiological effects of slow breathing" Breathe 13(4):298-309. [4] Balban et al. (2023) "Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood" Cell Reports Medicine 4(1):100895. n=111.

For coaches & trainers

Design the breath.
Then share it.

Build a pattern for a client's evening wind-down — set the phases, the rounds, the recovery, your colour, your coaching note. Name it. Brand it. Send a link. They open it on their Watch and feel your guidance, eyes closed.

CARLON Preset Builder — design and brand custom breathing patterns
Breath Composer

A 6-key timeline to compose any pattern.

Preset Builder

Phases, rounds, recovery, your colour, your coach note.

Share by link

Clients open your preset in one tap — no export needed.

Programs

Chain presets into multi-session courses.

Breathing Wiki

The studies behind every pattern, for your clients.

Become a founding coach partner

Early access · help shape the coach tools · founding-partner recognition

For researchers

Your breath,
as data.

Add a Polar H10 and CARLON captures what your breathing does to your heart at research grade — beat-to-beat intervals, artifact-filtered, with an honest signal-source badge. Every session exportable, methodology included. Study what your breath actually does.

CARLON research cockpit — HRV metrics and analysis
Polar H10, research-grade

Beat-to-beat RR, artifact filter, honest signal-source badge.

Live during sessions

Heart rate & HRV on your wrist as you breathe — see the effect in real time.

Rigorous, not hyped

Established physiology — every claim tagged evidence-based or design-inspired, never marketing.

HRV suite

RMSSD, Poincaré SD1/SD2, Baevsky stress index, DFA-α1.

Research export

JSON / CSV / Markdown with methodology + SHA-256 integrity.

A wellness product, not a medical device. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Talk research

Origin

Born from our breath.

Jan & Carina — Founders of Vitalkultur

Jan & Carina · Founders of Vitalkultur

When our son Carlon was born on a January night in 2026, breathwork became more than a technique — it became the way we stayed grounded together.

We couldn't find an app that matched what breathing actually feels like. So we built one during night shifts — testing thousands of haptic patterns to find the perfect rhythm for every breath.

One night, the family was asleep. I put CARLON on the lowest haptic level — barely there, just a whisper on my wrist. Coherence breathing, 5.5 breaths per minute. The vibration was so subtle that I had to listen for it. And that's exactly what pulled me out of my head. No thoughts about code. No plans for tomorrow. Just the faintest pulse, rising for inhale, falling for exhale. I fell asleep mid-session.

That was the moment I knew it works. Not because of the data — but because I stopped thinking and started breathing. Named after our son, because freedom is in every breath.

The beta

Your Watch becomes
a breath coach.

By invitation

Full access for a small group of selected testers — before CARLON goes public.

  • Haptic breathing guidance — eyes closed
  • 16 science-backed techniques + create your own
  • Live heart rate + HRV on your wrist
  • iPhone companion with full analysis
  • Breathing Wiki with studies behind every preset
  • Siri, Calendar, Complications, and more
Request beta access

Currently in closed beta · we reply personally

Questions

Frequently asked.

Do I need an Apple Watch?
Yes — CARLON is designed as a Watch-first experience. Haptic guidance, Double Tap, and wrist-based biometrics all require it. The iPhone companion provides session history, insights, and the Breath Composer. Requires Apple Watch Series 4 or later with watchOS 11.
How do I get in, and what will it cost?
CARLON is currently in closed, invitation-only beta. Request access and we'll get back to you personally. Pricing will be announced at launch.
Does it work with HealthKit?
Yes. CARLON writes Mindful Minutes to Apple Health and captures live heart rate during sessions. You get real session RMSSD, HR sparklines, dive reflex detection, and HR Range tracking.
Is this a medical device?
No. CARLON is a non-regulated wellness app. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always consult a physician before starting breathwork if you have cardiovascular, respiratory, or neurological conditions. Never hold your breath or breathe intensely in or near water, while driving, or standing — practise seated or lying down, and stop if you feel light-headed.
What makes CARLON different?
CARLON guides through haptics, not screens. You close your eyes and feel every breath. Plus: real biometrics (heart rate, HRV, breath sync) — not just a timer.

Ready to feel it?

CARLON is in closed beta. Tell us a little about you and we'll send an invite — we read and reply to every message personally.

Request beta access

Or just write us: jan@vitalkultur.com