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 | How is Your Breathing
There are three basic steps towards breath retraining: ✦ Step One Become very aware of your breathing. Feel, watch and listen to your breathing as much as you can during the day, paying particular attention to what causes you to take big breaths. Ask yourself...
Mar 25, 2014 | How is Your Breathing
As babies we instinctively know how to breathe using the diaphragm, with the tummy moving up and down with each breath. For the most part, the breathing volume matches the exact needs of the metabolism; this is how the human body was intended to function and...
Mar 25, 2014 | How is Your Breathing
Some of the symptoms of hyperventilation affect: ✦ The respiratory system in the form of wheezing, breath- lessness, coughing, chest tightness, frequent yawning, rhinitis (hay fever), snoring and sleep apnoea. ✦ The nervous system in the form of a light-headed...
Mar 25, 2014 | How is Your Breathing
‘Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.’ Nathaniel Emmons For the vast majority of people, breathing is an everyday fact of life which occurs on a subconscious level. It is something that is all too often taken for granted – until...
