Is your Breathing holding you back? With Patrick McKeown

“How many people - youngsters going in to do exams,
people going to do a public talk…- respond to these stressful
situation with hyperventilation, respond with fast, harder
breathing, with mouth breathing and with irregular breathing…
what is that telling the brain? That it is under
threat!”





You could say our breathwork journey started 20 years ago when we
began yoga, however we only really began to understand the vast
and sheer importance of it in the last few years. 


When we first discover Patrick Mckeown and his work we knew we
had to get him on the podcast! This episode is our second attempt
at recording with Patrick, our unfortunately ended in technical
issues… or was it unfortunate? What was originally planned to be
a remote recording resulted in Patrick driving down to us,
spending the afternoon with us, having lunch and recording in
person. Thank you technology for not always working!


Patrick McKeown is one of the world’s leading experts on
breathing and sleep.


Over the last 20 years, he has coached thousands of people to
breathe better, to improve their health, mental focus, and sports
performance. He has authored bestselling books including Asthma
Free Naturally, Close Your Mouth, The Oxygen Advantage and The
Breathing Cure, and his research is published in journals
including the Journal of Clinical Medicine. He is a fellow of the
Royal Society of Biology in the UK for his contribution to the
fields of breathing and sleep medicine.


Patrick is founder of Buteyko Clinic International, the largest
Buteyko Breathing Clinic in the world. In 2014, he created his
own science-backed breathwork training program, Oxygen Advantage,
which continues to develop in line with his clinical experience
as a breathing coach, and with the latest scientific research. He
has trained thousands of breathing instructors in both methods.


We could have spoken for hours. Patrick’s knowledge on breath is
(pardon the pun)“breathtaking”! From his back story of overcoming
asthma to his extensive knowledge on how breathing affects your
anatomy, how you sleep, anxiety, stress, your health and so much
more…


A great episode! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.


Patrick has also kindly offered 50% off for anyone who
uses the promo code HAPPYPEAR50 on either of his books:


https://oxygenadvantage.com/atomic-focus/


https://oxygenadvantage.com/the-breathing-cure/


Lots of love,


Dave and Steve


To find out more about Patrick and his work check
out: https://buteykoclinic.com and
www.oxygenadvantage.com


Produced by Sara Fawsitt and Sean Cahill


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