Learn The Buteyko Breathing Method in one To one Online Sessions
Pure Buteyko
When we started out in 2002 breath-work was almost exclusively the domain of athletics and eastern disciplines. Then as an ever-increasing amount of studies came in showing the correlation between hyperventilation and common ailments and the benefits of slow diaphragmatic nasal breathing the medical community started to recommend breathing programmes more often.
Today optimal breathing is considered fundamental to well being. The reason is obvious: The way we breathe affects every cell in our body. Whether you suffer from asthma (1), rhino-sinusitis (2), poor sleep (3), anxiety (4), reduced heart rate variability (5) or stress (6), you should really take a closer look at you breathing.
Learning Buteyko is not about practising breathing exercises and then going back to poor habits. It is a method that teaches you how to change your breathing full time so that your breathing is continuously: nasal, slow and diaphragmatic. In short, we will train you to breathe optimally. Find out why our students say: “everyone should try this.”
We are running one on one online sessions with practitioners, who since 2002 have been teaching, writing about and training other teachers in the Buteyko breathing method. If you would like to book a session with us, or find out more, read on.
How our online courses work:
The benefits of learning with us:
Buteyko taught by expert practitioners
One to one learning that is tailored to suit your needs
Learn at times that are convenient for you
Learn at your own pace
Easy scheduling and rescheduling of sessions
Class notes on completion
Affordable personal training with a free follow up session
Get help with:
Asthma, Rhinitis / Hay Fever, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis
Anxiety, Racing Mind, Depression, Stress and Panic Attacks
Sleep Issues: Snoring, Sleep Apnea, Fatigue and Insomnia
What's Included:
A 90 minute one to one personal Buteyko training session taught by Ciaran Mckeown with ample time for questions and answers
A personalised plan for you to incorporate within your day based on your ability and needs
A Free 60 minute one to one follow up session within two weeks at a time and date of your choice
Detailed easy to follow training notes
Training Objectives
Your personalised training routine will re-educate your breath in order to:
•Bring a greater awareness and agency towards your breath
•Lessen any fear response that is associated with your breathing
•To become habituated to full-time nasal diaphragmatic optimal breathing
•To monitor and prevent upper chest mouth breathing
•To decrease the sensitivity you have towards carbon dioxide and thus be able to normalise your breathing volume and respiratory rate (resetting your breathing centre)
•To become accustomed to controlling your inhalations and exhalations under stress
In short these exercises allow your breath to always have the following characteristics:
- Nasal
- Slow and quiet
- Diaphragmatic
- With an optimal respiratory rate and volume
- With a natural pause after each exhalation
Our Advice
Stick with It:
Most of the exercises can be practised while you are doing other things, however like anything that is new it may be a little hard for you at the start. Our advice is to get past the first couple of weeks.
The Benefits After Just Two weeks:
For those with asthma: you will have less wheezing and coughing and quieter breathing. Allergy sufferers, you will have less congestion, less fatigue and you will begin to notice how your consumption of tissue has gone down!
If you have anxiety or stress while your triggers may not go away they will be more easily managed. This is because the fight or flight symptoms that are generated by your triggers are lessened. In simpler terms: the levels at which you feel anxiety, irritability or sadness will be much less extreme. Your sleep will also improve: you will sleep deeper, wake up less and be more alert throughout your day.
Two weeks is also usually when the exercises become easier to do. Measure your Control Pause before every exercise session for extra motivation and commit to the two-week challenge.
Pure Buteyko Online Learning FAQ
This course is for candidates wishing to learn the Buteyko breathing method in a way that is completely tailored to their needs.
You can book a session with us at any available time slot. All time slots are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
We will email and Whats App you an invitation to join the online session approximately 30 minutes before it begins. We will also send you an SMS reminder and email the day before your session is due to start.
Yes you can; a friend or carer can be present while you are learning the method.
You will learn techniques and guidelines that will allow you to retrain your breathing.
The Buteyko breathing method is a series of exercises that retrains your breathing so that your breathing is continually: Effortless, slow and gentle, that it is nasal, driven by your diaphragm with your mouth closed and with a correct tongue posture. And finally that there is a natural pause after each exhalation.
Nasal diaphragmatic breathing influences the parasympathetic nervous system, the rest and digestion state. It is shown to reduce the levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the body. It is also proven to lower heart rates and blood pressure. For anxiety sufferers, the greatest benefit is that it prevents the onset of hyperventilation and fight or flight symptoms.
The initial session is ninety minutes long. The follow up session is one hour long.
The cost for the programme is $145 USD. There are no other fees.
Yes, you may change your session time here, however, please let us know at least 2 days in advance.
We conduct sessions across all time zones. When you book with us you will be shown and allocated a time slot in your local time zone.
A mobile phone, tablet or computer with Skype or Zoom installed. We will ask you for your Skype Name during your booking. Then we will reach out to you using that Skype Name when it is time for your appointment. If you are using Zoom we will Whats App and e-mail you an invitation ten minutes before your session. You will also need a notebook and a pen. When your session is completed we will email you notes from your session.
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1. New Zealand Medical Journal: Buteyko Breathing Technique for asthma, an effective intervention
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14752538/
2.University of Limerick: Role of Buteyko breathing technique in asthmatics with nasal symptoms
3. Breathing retraining in sleep apnoea: a review of approaches and potential mechanisms
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31940122/
4. How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6137615/
5. Frontiers in Public Health: The Impact of Resonance Frequency Breathing on Measures of Heart Rate Variability, Blood Pressure, and Mood
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5575449/
6. Frontiers in psychology: The Effect of Diaphragmatic Breathing on Attention, Negative Affect and Stress in Healthy Adults
