Kupaa. The break is what keeps you in flow.

Flow is the state of complete absorption where focus feels effortless and time disappears. It is where your best work happens, and one of the most satisfying things a mind can do. Kupaa gets you there with timed focus sessions and a guided breathing break between them, the active recovery that keeps the next session going at full depth.

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Inside Kupaa

One tap to start. Focus, then breathing, then focus again, until the cycle is done.

One tap to start. The session runs itself.
Kupaa focus timer showing a 25 minute session, the first of four.
The breathing break that keeps you in flow.
Kupaa guided breathing screen with an animated breathing orb.
Tune the pace, sound, and length to how you work.
Kupaa settings for appearance, breathing rhythm, sound, and behavior.

Built on how focus works

Flow takes time to reach, and a single interruption sets it back by far more than the interruption itself. Kupaa is designed around three findings from flow and focus research.

01 Flow entry

15 to 25 min

to reach flow state

Concentration builds gradually. The opening minutes of a session are not yet deep work.

Csikszentmihalyi, 1990

02 Interruption cost

23 min

to recover from one interruption

Attention residue stays on the old task long after you switch back to the work.

Mark, Gudith & Klocke, 2008

03 Active recovery

3 to 5 min

of breathing restores HRV coherence

It restores the autonomic state that sustained focus depends on, rather than draining it.

Lehrer & Gevirtz, 2014

Most focus tools count minutes. Kupaa manages the rhythm those minutes depend on. The breathing break is active recovery that keeps the session going, rather than empty time that lets focus drain away.

Kupaa for Mac

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