Let go of tension, one muscle at a time.
Relexa guides you through progressive muscle relaxation, breathing and grounding, with a calm voice in your ear and nothing to figure out. Five minutes is enough to feel the difference.
- Core sessions free, forever
- Journal encrypted on your device
- No ads, no data selling
Tense, hold, release. That's the whole trick.
Progressive muscle relaxation teaches your body the difference between tension and calm. Relexa paces every step, so you only have to follow along. Full walkthrough →
Check in
Tap where you feel tight, or how you feel right now. Relexa suggests a session that fits the moment.
Tense
A calm voice guides one muscle group at a time: hands, shoulders, jaw. Tighten gently for a few seconds.
Release
Let go and notice the warmth that follows. That contrast is what switches your body into rest.
Notice
Rate your tension before and after, keep a few lines in your journal, and watch it ease week by week.
Everything you need to come down from a hard day.
Short when you're busy, slow when you need it. See every feature →
Four sessions, from a 5-minute reset to deep relaxation before bed.
Quick Relief, Full Body Scan, Sleep Preparation and Anxiety Reset, plus Custom Sessions you build yourself and multi-week programs.
For the moment before a meeting.
Nervousness, panic, burnout: pick what's happening and get 60 seconds of relief.
Paced breathing that slows you down.
4-7-8, box breathing, the physiological sigh and more, with voice and haptics.
A gentler end to the day.
Ultra-slow sleep PMR with ambient soundscapes and music that plays all night.
A little room for your thoughts.
Mark where you hold tension and write a line or two. Encrypted on your phone.
A small, steady companion for your calmer moments.
Obli is a smooth river pebble, named after oblutak, the Croatian word for a stone the water has worn round and gentle over time. That's the idea behind Relexa too: small, patient moments of care add up.
You'll find Obli throughout the app, welcoming you back without guilt, sharing a short tip for the day, and keeping you company while you breathe, write or wind down for sleep. Never pushy, never in a hurry.
Breathing
Journaling
Sleep
Your progress
Calm by design, screen by screen.
The right voice makes it easier to let go.
The original Relexa voice is free with every session. Premium adds seven more, including two native Croatian narrators. In Croatian, Zlata is free.
Your journal is private. Genuinely.
What you write in your journal is encrypted on your own device before it ever reaches our servers. We don't hold the key, so we can't read what you write. Not our support team, not our engineers, nobody but you.
Encrypted on your device
Every entry is locked with a key generated only on your phone, before it's ever sent anywhere.
We hold no key
Our servers only ever store your journal text encrypted. There's no master key, no backdoor, no way for us to unlock it.
Yours alone
Only your password or your own saved recovery code can unlock your journal, on any device.
Every core session is free. Premium makes it yours.
Guided PMR, breathing, grounding, quick resets, programs and the journal stay free, always. Premium is for when you want to go further.
- Choose your voice. Seven extra narrators, including Croatian Marko and Zlata.
- Sleep System. Ultra-slow sleep PMR, ambient soundscapes and music that plays all night.
- Custom sessions. Pick the muscle groups, pacing and hold times yourself.
- Smart Detection. Notices harder days and quietly offers something smaller.
- More tools. Vagus Nerve Reset, advanced breathing, deeper mood insights.
A century-old technique, not a trend
Progressive muscle relaxation was developed by physician Edmund Jacobson in the 1920s and remains one of the most widely studied relaxation methods in clinical practice. Read the full research background →
Tension you've stopped noticing
The body adapts to chronic muscle tension so quickly that it becomes invisible. PMR restores awareness: you can't release what you don't notice.
The tense–release cycle
Deliberately tensing a muscle for a few seconds and then releasing it produces a relaxation response deeper than trying to relax directly.
What research shows
Clinical studies associate regular PMR practice with reduced anxiety symptoms, lower muscle tension and shorter time to fall asleep.
Five minutes from now, your shoulders could be lower.
Download Relexa and start your first session today. No sign-up maze, no ads, nothing to figure out.