Buteyko Clinic Method; (with DVD and CD) the Complete Instruction to Reverse Asthma, Rhinitis and Snoring Permanently: Suitable for Children and All Adults. [Paperback]

"Thousands of people have found that breathing training has helped them to control, and even overcome their asthma. If you want to teach yourself this valuable technique I thoroughly recommend you read Asthma Free Naturally by Patrick McKeown."
--Patrick Holford website

DVD, CD and 150 page Buteyko training manual. One of the most experienced Buteyko practitioners in the western world, Patrick McKeown teaches five adults and two children with asthma how to successfully apply the Buteyko Clinic Method.

This set contains the complete instruction of therapy from Patrick's clinics. Average results are a 50% improvement to symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and breathlessness within two weeks.
A lifelong asthmatic until he successfully applied the Buteyko Method. Accredited by the Late Professor Buteyko in 2002, McKeown has since taught thousands of asthmatics how to recover from their condition. His books include the best sellers Asthma free naturally and Close Your Mouth. His renowned AsthmaCare clinics are now available in eight countries worldwide including the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland.

Each exercise and lifestyle guideline is simply and thoroughly detailed to enable YOU to successfully REVERSE asthma, rhinitis, snoring and other breathing difficulties. This DVD is also suitable for COPD.

1) How to stop wheezing and coughing
2) All Buteyko exercises for children and adults image of Patrick McKeown
3) Getting the most from physical exercise
4) Correct diet and sleeping.
This Buteyko DVD comes with manual and Buteyko Clinic CD.

As a once severe asthmatic who has successfully reversed their condition, I am delighted to show both children and adults how they can take control too. This DVD shows for the first time how to stop wheezing and coughing, the significance of the CP and how to tailor exercises to your lifestyle.
The Buteyko Method has achieved substantial popularity since its arrival from Russia many years ago. It has been subject to six independent trials in the Western world illustrating a 50% reduction in the need for preventer medication and a 90% reduction in reliever mediation within three to six months. This is not to mention the improvement to quality of life.
It often dismays me as to why the Asthma Society's do not advocate nasal breathing and correct volume breathing. My only conclusion is that there is indirect pressure from powerful drug companies not to consider effective non-drug methods. If you are sceptical about the Buteyko Method, read some of the trials, House of Commons debate or media coverage from around the world. You have nothing to lose but your asthma. For further information visit my website.

This book explores:
* why you have asthma and more importantly how to reverse it;
* how to know when you are making progress;
* how to stop wheezing and coughing permanently;
* how to reduce and often eliminate your dependency on reliever and preventer medications;
* how to exercise correctly and eliminate exercise induced asthma.
Changing your diet, removing triggers and physically exercising will help reduce your asthma by about 15%. This book addresses all of that, plus the remaining 85%.
My background to writing this book stems from my personal experience of having asthma for well over twenty years. Just like you, I know what it is like to feel constant chest tightness and to be awoken most nights fighting for breath. I know too well, that suffocating feeling when you want to draw more air into your body and no matter how much air you draw in, you still feel suffocated. For most of my life, I had to limit my physical exercise as I was never sure if my lungs were able for it. This was my life and it may be yours.
But I also know what it is like to breathe completely free without the need for asthma medications. I can now experience the highs of being able to run each week without fear of my airways closing. I sleep each night without being awoken struggling for air. My breathing is no longer a struggle and effort; it is effortless and gentle. My overriding goal with this book and DVD is to provide you with the tools to do just that.
In 1997, my life changed forever when I discovered the work of the late Russian doctor Konstantin Buteyko who uncovered the link between breathing volume and a number of conditions, including asthma. You might say that you have tried breathing exercises before and they were of no use. Yes, I did too, but this approach is a lot different. This is about learning to correct your breathing volume.
This book is based on 50 years of research, and on my experience of teaching thousands of asthmatics through the AsthmaCare clinics about how to take control naturally. This approach is simple to understand, and can be incorporated easily into your way of life. It does require commitment, but the same goes for anything worthwhile. It can be taught to children over 4 years of age and all adults with different severities of asthma and COPD.
The expected improvement is 50% less coughing, wheezing and breathlessness within 2 weeks. There is no magic or potions. It is based on normal physiology, makes a lot of sense and uncovers the link between your breathing and your asthma.
Furthermore, 6 independent trials in the Western world and the results from hundreds of thousands of asthmatics worldwide have validated the Buteyko Method.

One of the most experienced Buteyko practitioners in the western world, Patrick McKeown teaches five adults and two children with asthma how to successfully apply the Buteyko Clinic Method.

A lifelong asthmatic until he successfully applied the Buteyko Method. Accredited by the Late Professor Buteyko in 2002, McKeown has since taught thousands of asthmatics how to recover from their condition. His books include the best sellers Asthma free naturally and Close Your Mouth. His renowned AsthmaCare clinics are now available in eight countries worldwide including the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland.

Each exercise and lifestyle guideline is simply and thoroughly detailed to enable YOU to successfully REVERSE asthma, rhinitis, snoring and other breathing difficulties. This DVD is also suitable for COPD.
Included is;
1) How to stop wheezing and coughing
2) All Buteyko exercises for children and adults
3) Getting the most from physical exercise
4) Correct diet and sleeping.
This DVD comes with Close Your Mouth manual and Buteyko Clinic CD.

Masters from Trinity College Dublin.
Accredited as a Buteyko practitioner by the Late Professor Buteyko in 2002.
Written three books including the best selling asthma book Asthma free naturally.
Have taught the Buteyko Method through the Asthma Care courses full time since 2002.
Accredited by the founding Buteyko Clinic of Moscow to teach practitioners since 2004.
Asthma Care is now available in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Malta and Malaysia.

What causes asthma?

If you ask your doctor what causes asthma, the answer is "I don't know".
What is known is that asthma is more prevalent in affluent countries.
It is generally thought that this is due to the hygiene hypothesis of lower exposure to infection during childhood, which results from improved living standards. However, "Challenging this hypothesis, there is growing evidence that in many affluent countries the prevalence is higher among those in low socio-economic status. These socio-economic differentials in asthma support a role of environmental factors in the development of asthma." 15

So what are the environmental factors and how do they cause asthma?
As we become wealthier, our lifestyles change and this has a significant affect on the way that we breathe. With modern living we eat more processed foods, overeat, do less physical exercise, experience more stress and have higher temperatures in the home. Jobs in the modern economy tend to be service-based. As a result they entail very little physical activity and many hours of talking. In addition we are subjected to the unhealthy belief that prevails in gyms, sports class, stress counselling and even western Yoga about the benefits of big breathing.

The modern western lifestyle has quite a profound influence on our breathing-
IT INCREASES IT.

Throughout this DVD, book, I will use different terms such as heavy breathing, overbreathing, chronic hyperventilating, big breathing. They all mean the same thing and are the crux to explaining the cause of asthma and rhinitis.

So what is overbreathing or chronically hyperventilating?
If I told you that you were overeating, you would understand what I mean. Overeating is eating an amount of food greater than that which our body requires.
Likewise, overbreathing means breathing a volume of air greater than that which we require. You might say that you don't over breathe; but for most people it is hidden.
Listed below is a number of characteristics which are typical of people attending my clinics? How many apply to you?

 Breathing through the mouth
 Hearing breathing during rest
 Regular sighs
 Regular sniffing
 Irregular breathing
 Holding of breath (apnoea)
 Taking large breaths prior to talking
 Yawning with big breaths
 Upper chest movement
 Lot of visible movement
 Effortful breathing
 Heavy breathing at night

Normal Breathing Volume:
The number of breaths per minute during normal breathing is about 10 to 12. Each breath is approximately 500 ml. This provides a healthy volume as described in any University Medical textbook of 5 to 6 litres of air per minute.

Typical Asthmatic Breathing Volume:
The number of breaths per minute of a typical asthmatic is about 15-20. Each breath tends to be larger than normal and can vary from 700ml to 1 litre. This provides a volume of 10 to 15 litres of air per minute. A number of trials found that the average minute volume for asthmatics was 14.1 litres (Bowler 1998), other researchers showed a volume of 15 litres (Johnson et al 1995) and 12 litres (McFadden & Lyons 1968).

"Noisy and deep" breathing of an asthmatic had always been considered an outcome of the disease. Nobody could even suspect that "deep breathing" was the cause of bronchial asthma, and increased depth of breathing could provoke the appearance of the symptoms of the disease". K P Buteyko MD

This heavy breathing does not just happen during a symptomatic period. It is chronic meaning that it takes place every minute, every hour, every day.

Practical examples of overbreathing affecting asthma
Exercise causes airway narrowing for an estimated 70-90% of asthmatics.46 In fact, I have yet to see a moderate to severe asthmatic who is not affected by physical exercise. Breathing increases as soon as you commence physical exercise. The heavier your breathing is relative to your metabolic requirements, the greater the degree of airway narrowing.
The second example of overbreathing causing asthma within a few minutes is laughter. We all know a friend or relative who gets into a fit of coughing or wheezing from having a good hearty laugh. As one starts to laugh, large breaths are drawn through the mouth. For some people, 30 seconds of laughter is enough to produce symptoms.
A report published by the America Thoracic Society in May 2005 concluded that laughter causes symptoms among 57% of asthmatics.47 In the same report asthma expert Dr. Garay commented, "Nobody knows how laughter brings on asthma, but it might involve hyperventilation."
So the question to ask is; if you can take yourself into symptoms from a few minutes of laughter or exercise, does it make sense that if your breathing is 2 - 3 times more than required at all times, then it too will cause symptoms?

Why is swimming beneficial?
For years, medical doctors have been telling their asthma patients that swimming was good for them even though, they may not have exactly known why. The answer is simple; during swimming, your face is under water and this reduces your air intake. Although, you may take a breath in through your mouth every few strokes, your breathing volume is a lot less that if you were running or doing other exercise.
As you exercise, CO2 is produced from metabolic activity. This, combined with the reduced breathing volume from swimming, increases CO2 levels and this in turn dilates your airways. It is unfortunate that asthmatic swimmers are not aware of this and often revert to heavy breathing through the mouth as soon as they leave the water.
"One needs to eat less, breathe less, sleep less and physically work harder to the sweat of one's brow because this is good. This is a fundamental change, this is true restructuring. This is what we need to do these days."
Professor Konstantin Buteyko