Being sick is no fun. When we are unhealthy, we are constantly aware of our discomfort. When we get sick, getting the right treatment is as important as knowing what is wrong. However, if we are sick and we know that we are sick, it does not help to be told that our lab tests haven’t indicated any signs of disease…

There was a wide range of interesting talks at this conference but for now I will focus on COVID, especially Long COVID as that is what many Buteyko educators are likely to encounter. One of the organisers, Dr Rosalba Courtney, had acute COVID during the meeting and shared…

One of my clients recommended this book to me.  I wanted to learn more about humming since I had been teaching it routinely for years as part of breathing retraining and my client seemed to know more about it than I did…. “Humming many be one of the most powerful natural abilities that we possess.”

Not the Covid-19 virus and all its variants but something we’ve been unknowingly doing to our children. First, there are over 1 BILLION people in the world with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). How did that happen?  Well, it’s a sad story…..

Reading the journal article referenced in this text made me think just as all research articles intend.  But here, the link with breathing and brain function/ cognition flashed in neon lights, reminding me again of the brain-breath connection.
We have all had the experience…..

The editorials in the media call for much needed climate action. On a more immediate personal level it is time to prepare the air in our homes to best support staying healthy and sustaining health during difficult weather, pollution, viruses…

The rosy picture painted by the surgeon and the physiotherapist was excellent marketing and the epidural does last into the second day for full pain relief. However, don’t kid yourself, Day 2-4, I felt like I had been hit by a truck. I could not lift my leg and needed assistance to…

It is well known that medical intervention in the Western world consists mainly of medications, which are often prescribed in unbridled quantity. Increasingly, the numerous side effects of medication are perceived as infuriating and dangerous, and people in turn start…

I recently noted that some Buteyko practitioners talk about abdominal (belly) breathing and some talk about diaphragmatic breathing. So I was asked to explain the difference!

A recent trial conducted in Egypt and published at the Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis shows that theButeyko Breathing Technique not only improves asthma control but…