The Buteyko Method
What is The Buteyko Method?
The Buteyko Method was developed in 1952 by Ukrainian Dr. Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko. The Buteyko Method is a breathing technique designed to improve functional breathing patterns. While breathing is an involuntary activity, it is subject to change by stressors of everyday life, processed foods, excessive sitting and talking, lifestyle choices, and environmental factors.
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Who is Buteyko Breathing for?
Early on the method was popular with adults and children suffering from asthma. Over the years, the Buteyko Method has shown to be successful in helping improve a number of breathing related problems including:
Respiratory: asthma, rhinitis, hayfever
Neurological: Anxiety, stress and panic attacks
Childhood development: dental health, craniofacial development and ADHD
Sleep disordered breathing: insomnia, snoring, central sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea
Other symptoms: wheezing, coughing, blocked nose, chest tightness, dizziness, irritable bowel syndrome, and general exhaustion
How should we breathe?
Functional breathing involves breathing in and out through the nose. The breath should be light, regular, effortless, and with the primary movement from the diaphragm.
There is a common belief that the more air we breathe, the healthier we are. Few people realize that in order to increase blood flow and oxygen delivery to the tissues, breathing should be slowed down so that less air enters the body. You know that you are taking less air into the lungs than normal when you experience a tolerable feeling of air hunger. You may feel body temperature increases to indicate an improvement to blood circulation or an increase to saliva production – traditionally observed in Yoga as activation of the body’s relaxation response.
Buteyko Breathing Media
CTOM Step by Step exercise to unclog your nose
Nasal breathing activates our parasympathetic nervous system which is our “rest and digest”. Give this exercise to unclog your nose a try and let us know how it went!
I Spy with MYO EYE Podcast | Episode 4
ft. Patrick McKeown
Patrick is the President of Buteyko Professionals International and a member of the Management Board and the Advisory Faculty of the International Academy of Breathing & Health.
CTOM Exclusive Interview with James Nestor
In today's episode Brittny chats with James Nestor, the author of "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art". This book has been a real game changer for those involved in the airway, sleep, and TOTs space. James shares his personal story of years of chronic mouth breathing and his commitment to getting this knowledge out to the public. Listen to hear James's journey around the world and all those he visited with, even ancient skulls and burial sites!
