Method for operating a lighting device in a motor vehicle during an audio output of a breathing exercise in the motor vehicle

A method of operating a lighting device in a motor vehicle during an audio output of a breathing exercise audio file in the motor vehicle, comprising:

• receiving an audio file, which is intended to be provided for an audio output in the motor vehicle and configured to describe a breathing exercise;
• recognizing at least two different audio sections among audio sections of the breathing exercise described in the audio file by applying an audio section recognition criterion among audio section recognition criteria to the audio file;
• for each audio section of the audio sections recognized, ascertaining a corresponding actuation command to actuate the lighting device during the audio output of the audio section;
• and
• outputting, based on the audio file, an audio of the breathing exercise by an audio output device in the motor vehicle and at a same time operating the lighting device according to the corresponding actuation command for the audio section, which is currently being output.