Nov 24, 2015 | Anxiety, Asthma, Asthma and Exercise, Asthma and Food, Exercises to Combat Asthma, Exercises to Combat Sleep Disorders, History of Buteyko, How is Your Breathing, Information about Buteyko, Science of Sleep Disorders, Sleep Disorders, The Facts About Asthma, What is Insomnia?, What is Sleep Apnea?, What is Snoring?, Your Breathing Muscles
When we take a breath of fresh air into our lungs, oxygen passes from the lungs to the blood where it is picked up and carried through the blood vessels by a molecule called haemoglobin. This oxygen-rich blood is then pumped by the heart throughout the body so that...
Nov 24, 2015 | Anxiety, Asthma, Asthma and Exercise, Exercises to Combat Asthma, Exercises to Combat Sleep Disorders, How is Your Breathing, Information about Buteyko, Sleep Disorders, The Facts About Asthma, What is Insomnia?, What is Sleep Apnea?, What is Snoring?
Breathing can be measured in two ways: the first is to count the number of breaths per minute; the second is to determine the size of each breath. Normal breathing rate for a grown adult at rest is about twelve breaths per minute, taking in half a litre of air per...
Mar 25, 2014 | Exercises to Combat Sleep Disorders
There are only two ways to increase carbon dioxide in the lungs. The first is by reducing the breathing volume and the second is by partaking in more physical exercise. Carbon dioxide is the end product from our metabolism, so the more we move our muscles the more...
Mar 25, 2014 | Exercises to Combat Sleep Disorders
Our lives are so busy and so frantic with tens of thousands of thoughts each day that the mind never gets a break. This madness increases our breathing and creates insomnia, but since everyone is caught up in it, few see it for what it truly is. So, it is highly...
Mar 25, 2014 | Exercises to Combat Sleep Disorders
It is of vital importance to practice reduced breathing every day. After all chronic hyperventilation is a habit and the only way to change a habit is to practice doing the opposite. By doing so your brain recognises this new activity as habit and it becomes your...
Mar 25, 2014 | Exercises to Combat Sleep Disorders
To normalise your breathing volume, you need to practice special exercises to relax your body. This is done by bringing relaxation to your body and silently encouraging your breathing to decrease to the point where you feel a hunger for air. With a sustained shortage...
