Who Buteyko was and what he discovered. How the nose, diaphragm and tongue work together. The first core exercises.
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Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko had high blood pressure himself. Lying in hospital expecting to die, he noticed that the dying patients around him were all breathing hard and deep. When he restricted his own breathing, his pressure fell. That observation began thirty years of research.
We breathe between twenty and thirty thousand times a day. It is the most repeated action in your life. Correct the thing you do most, and you get the largest change.
Nasal breathing produces nitric oxide in the sinuses. The nose warms, humidifies and filters the air. Breathing through the mouth loses all of it.
Carl Stough, an American researcher, rehabilitated patients with chronic lung disease using diaphragm work alone. A properly working diaphragm massages the internal organs and releases neck and shoulder tension.
The whole tongue should rest against the palate, not just the tip. Tongue position directly affects the shape of the face, the jaw and the position of the neck. A tongue that falls backwards produces snoring.
Five seconds in, five out. Six breaths a minute, with no pause between them.
Close one nostril and breathe slowly for two and a half minutes, then switch.
Hands on the ribs, push against them and feel a 360° expansion. Shoulders stay still.
Press the whole tongue to the palate and hold for one minute, until it tires.
This video is from the Buteyko Clinic International channel. It is not one of our lesson recordings.