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Named after Ukrainian medical researcher Konstantin Buteyko, Buteyko Breathing is essentially, breathing retraining. Most people assume their breathing must be fine because they are still alive. However, dysfunctional breathing has a huge impact on your health.
Achieve the deep sleep your body needs. Enjoy a full night's rejuvenating sleep. Wake up refreshed and ready for the day ahead.
Calm your mind. Increase clarity of thought, focus and concentration. Improve cognition, memory and learning ability.
Soothe your nervous system. Modulate the flight or fight reaction and regulate your response to stressful situations.
Manage asthma and sinus naturally with proven Buteyko Breathing Techniques. Reduce the need for medication.
Treat snoring and minimise sleep apnoea. Breathing retraining helps restore healthy night-time breathing patterns.
Improve your physical performance. increase stamina, strength & endurance. Reduce recovery time.
Each class flows through a series of breathing exercises designed to restore perfect breathing patterns. Ideal for beginners to expert breathers. Mim is on hand at every class to help with your technique.
The best place to learn the fundamentals of Buteyko Breathing. In a small group, Mim teaches you customized breathing exercises and the theory underpinning this life- changing technique.
A personal consultation with Mim is available for those who cannot attend the BreatheWell course. Ideal if you prefer a more customised approach and for those who would like to combine naturopathic advice.
The Buteyko breathing technique (BBT) focuses on reducing the effects of ‘chronic hyperventilation’ or over-breathing, a common cause of dysfunctional breathing. The exercises help to slow breathing and ensure that breathing occurs solely through the nose. By incorporating breath retention exercises, individuals can control the speed and volume of their breath, enabling them to breathe more slowly, calmly, and effectively.
Smooth muscle lines the airways, blood vessels, and digestive system. Constricted or contracted smooth muscle may lead to conditions such as asthma, reflux, high blood pressure, headaches, and irritable bowel syndrome. Individuals can relax smooth muscles by altering breathing patterns through Buteyko techniques, potentially alleviating these issues.
The Buteyko breathing technique activates the relaxing or parasympathetic nervous system, reducing the harmful effects of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol. This results in an immediate reduction in anxiety and may help mitigate the long-term impacts of stress.
Through the Bohr effect, the Buteyko breathing technique enhances oxygen delivery throughout the body, including the brain. This improvement in oxygenation can enhance memory, concentration, and energy levels. Additionally, improved circulation can benefit individuals with conditions like chilblains, Raynaud’s syndrome, and diabetes.
Belly or diaphragmatic breathing is the natural way humans are meant to breathe. However, many people lose this ability in childhood and adopt shallow chest breathing, which can lead to additional stress on upper body muscles and contribute to issues such as headaches, neck and shoulder tension, and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain.
Participation in a Buteyko Breathing course can lead to immediate improvements in breathing. Furthermore, due to neuroplasticity, this technique can offer significant and potentially permanent solutions to various health problems.
The Buteyko Breathing Method offers a holistic approach to improving health by addressing the fundamental aspect of breathing. By implementing this technique, individuals can alleviate a range of health issues and enjoy long-term wellness benefits.
Mim Beim’s Breathe Well courses are based on Buteyko Breathing in addition to the work of Patrick McKeown, the world’s leading breathing educator. The training you receive in the Breathe Well course (or one on one sessions) will help to recalibrate the breathing centre in your brain, via neuroplasticity, to restore better breathing.
Most people feel better after the first lesson, and once training has concluded, these benefits are experienced in the long term. Each person is given specific breathing exercises relevant to their individual needs.
“I must be breathing OK, I’m still alive!” is a common refrain. However, you can be eating junk food all day long, or live your life on the couch without exercise, and you may still be alive; but how well are you? It’s the same with breathing. You may be breathing, but are you breathing well?
Signs your breathing may be below par include; mouth breathing, breathing with your chest rather than your belly, snoring, frequent yawning, sniffing or sighing, sore neck and shoulder muscles.
Take my free Breathing Quiz to see how well you breathe.
How long is a piece of string? Although most people notice improvement after the first session, some health conditions may take weeks to months for significant and permanent changes to occur. You may need to practice the breathing exercises for some time.
In general, the longer you have had the condition such as asthma, anxiety, or high blood pressure, the longer it takes to reverse. However, most people become hooked on the technique, as they notice a steady, positive improvement, and the breathing exercises themselves feel good to do.
You are born using your nose and diaphragm to breathe. Studies have shown that around 60% percent of adults identify as mouth breathers. Mouth breathing means having your mouth open while breathing. Problems associated with mouth breathing include restless sleep, daytime fatigue, snoring, bad breath, gum disease, dental cavities, poor concentration, reduced athletic performance, increased risks of coughs and colds, and even poor posture.
The Breathe Well course teaches you nasal and diaphragmatic (belly) breathing. You will be amazed at the difference good breathing makes.
Unlike going to the gym, where, if you stop attending for a few weeks, fitness levels drop, and you need to start from scratch, breathing retraining works by recalibrating your brain’s breathing centre, via repetitive breathing exercises creating new pathways via neuroplasticity. Once the breathing centre has been reset, good breathing patterns remain in place.
It sounds too good to be true, however, Breathe Well training is all about getting your breathing back to where it should be. Before you know it, your breathing will be restored, just as nature intended.
The level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our body is what controls our breathing.
Carbon dioxide is produced in the body all the time. Carbon dioxide is a byproduct (along with water) in energy production. Every cell requires energy, and produces CO2.
The more active we are, the more energy is needed by muscle cells and the more CO2 is produced. That’s why we breathe more heavily when exercising.
When CO2 reaches a certain level, a signal is sent from the breathing centre in the brain, triggering an inhalation.
We exhale CO2 and a new breathing cycle starts.
If you have dysfunctional breathing, it’s likely your CO2 levels are ‘set’ too low.
The Buteyko breathing exercises have one thing in common…. Increasing CO2.
Over time, the Buteyko breathing exercises will recalibrate the CO2 levels to healthier levels.
We guide you through this proven technique, empowering you to optimize your breathing for enhanced wellness, vitality, and a life of optimal health. Join us on this breath-taking journey today.
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