Your resting respiratory rate is how many breaths you take at rest in a minute. It’s a good way of checking in with your own body.⁣ ⁣ Normal resting respiratory rates in healthy adults should be around 10-14 breaths per minute. Higher than this can suggest underlying chronic or acute hyperventilation or poor breathing mechanics.⁣ ⁣ Poor breathing mechanics are often characterised by shallow mouth breathing and an inability to use the diaphragm optimally, the body’s main muscle of breathing. Shal