Buteyko-Course-Manual

Buteyko Breathing
Course Manual
by Drs. Eduard Reuvers
FOR USE WITH THE
ADVANCED BUTEYKO COURSE
WWW.ADVANCEDBUTEYKO.COM

Buteyko Breathing Course Manual
Copyright 2019 by Drs. Eduard J.A. Reuvers
All rights reserved.

Foreword
This Buteyko Course Manual will help you prepare for the Buteyko Breathing
course, and give you a better idea of what the course is about. Please read this
manual before starting the course, or on the very first day of the course. It
contains important information to help you get started in the best possible way.
May 2019
Drs. Eduard Reuvers,
Advanced Buteyko Institute
www.advancedbuteyko.com/eduard
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1. About the Buteyko Course
The complete Buteyko Breathing course consists of seven personal teaching
sessions with a Buteyko instructor over a period of 4 to 6 weeks. The course is
structured according to the principle of gradual training. Before each teaching
session you’ll be given some homework to do to prepare for the session. Then
during the teaching session you’ll meet with your instructor in person or via a
video calling app (Skype, Facetime or Whatsapp) to review your practice, solve
any issues and receive additional guidance and instruction to improve your
practice and raise it to a higher level.
Using this gradual teaching system, you’ll start with the most basic versions
of Buteyko Breathing and gradually increase your level of skill. We do customize
the approach for each student so not everybody will progress in the same way.
Eventually you’ll arrive at highest levels of Buteyko Breathing and be practicing
in a relaxed yet very powerful way, which boosts your practice and brings results
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more quickly and effectively.
The course is customized depending on the suitability of the various Buteyko
exercises for each person. After the seven teaching sessions you’ll have learned
how to safely practice Buteyko Breathing at a gradually increasing level of skill
and hopefully have achieved a great improvement in your breathing scores and
overall health and a corresponding reduction in chronic disease symptoms.
After the course your Buteyko instructor will still be available for regular
ongoing sessions as needed, to help you improve your breathing further or
maintain your progress.
Account Setup
After you’ve finalized your signup for the course, your instructor will make
an account for you to login to the app and website. You’ll receive an automated
signup email from our website system when your account is made. This signup
email contains your account email and password. When you have your login
details, please:
1) Download and login to the Advanced Buteyko app. You can get the app at
www.advancedbuteyko.com/app.
2) Fill in the online Buteyko form using the link in the signup email.
Alternatively you can use this public link: www.advancedbuteyko.com/
form but do make sure to fill in your account email address correctly.
Preparation for the First Teaching Session
A convenient time will be arranged to meet with your instructor for your first
teaching session, either individually or in a group setting, on location or via
Skype, Facetime or Whatsapp video.
To prepare for your first Buteyko Breathing teaching session, we suggest you
do level 1 two or three times (using the Advanced Buteyko app), then move up to
level 2 and do that a few times also. So when you speak with your instructor, you
will have done some Buteyko Breathing sessions already at level 1 and level 2.
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If level 1 didn’t go too well, it is best to do it a few times more before moving
on to level 2. Only go to level 2 if you feel level 1 went quite allright. When you
meet with your instructor, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions, and will
receive additional personalized instruction and guidance on levels 1 and 2,
before moving up to level 3.
Doing Your First Buteyko Session
To do your first Buteyko Breathing session, just open the Advanced Buteyko
app and press the START button with the selected level set at level 1. The audio
instructions will then start playing automatically. Please follow the audio
instructions to the best of your ability and remember to keep it easy.
Timing your Buteyko Exercise Sessions
It’s best to do your Buteyko Breathing exercises on an empty stomach, so
either before a meal or a few hours after a meal, rather than directly after a meal.
We also recommend to spread out your sessions evenly over the day. So perhaps
you could do one Buteyko session in the early morning before breakfast, perhaps
another one in the late morning, then one before lunch, one in the late afternoon
before dinner, and the last one in the late evening before going to bed. You can
change these suggested times as you wish, whatever works best for you is fine.
There’s no need to be too strict about the precise times as long as you make sure
to do the actual sessions.
During the initial 4 to 6 weeks of the course, we strongly recommend you do
three to five Buteyko sessions per day and to keep to the Buteyko guidelines (as
explained in chapter 2) rather strictly if possible. After the course, you can go
down to just doing one or two sessions per day to maintain your progress and be
a bit more lax with the Buteyko guidelines as well.
In the beginning of the course, a Buteyko session will take about 15 minutes
from start to finish. After a few weeks, when you can do the more advanced
levels, there will be some shorter levels as well, some of which take just 8 to 9
minutes.
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Relaxed Effort
In the Buteyko Breathing course, we aim to gradually and steadily improve
your breathing over time. Being disciplined and consistent in doing your daily
Buteyko Breathing sessions will definitely help you reach impressive results. But
don’t be too strict with yourself: stay relaxed, and maintain an open & inquiring
mind. It’s very important to stay in a balanced state of relaxed effort: staying
relaxed while gently pushing your breathing to gradually higher levels. It’s all
about building momentum and making gradual progress, while being in a state
of relaxation.
Getting Ready
Before moving on to the next chapter of this manual, please make sure you
have already downloaded the Advanced Buteyko app, are logged in to the app,
and have submitted the online Buteyko form on the website. You should be in
touch with your instructor to make an appointment for your first teaching
session, and be ready to start doing your Buteyko homework sessions at level 1 &
2 diligently, starting today.
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2. Course Guidelines
Please follow these guidelines to get the most benefit from your Buteyko
Breathing course. It's important to also understand the reasons for these
guidelines, so if something isn’t clear to you, please do ask your instructor.
Exceptions and adaptations of these guidelines can be made after consulting with
your instructor.
1) During the course you'll attend regular teaching sessions with your
instructor to review and improve your practice of the Buteyko Breathing
exercises. During the teaching session your instructor will review your practice,
give additional instruction and guidance, new homework assignments, and
Buteyko exercise levels for you to do.
2) Do the exercises following the instructions and inquire with your Buteyko
Instructor for further clarification if needed. Do 3 to 5 Buteyko Breathing sessions
per day during the coming month for best results. 4 or 5 sessions per day would
be best and 3 is still allright. But doing just 1 or 2 sessions per day is not enough.
Keep at least 2 hours between your sessions and avoid doing your sessions on a
full stomach (directly after a meal). There are 61 Buteyko exercise levels and in
general we recommend to raise your level once a day, doing each level at least 3
times before going up to the next level.
3) Breathe through the nose during all your activities (not through the
mouth). Exceptions can be made after consulting with your instructor. The nose
is specialized in breathing only, while the mouth is primarily used for speaking
and eating. Breathing through the nose is better in so many ways: it helps retain
water from the air you exhale, helps cool the brain (like air-conditioning),
prevents overbreathing, and improves NO (nitric oxide) and CO2 (carbon
dioxide) levels. Nasal breathing also makes you look more intelligent - you can
test this by opening your mouth while looking in the mirror. In short, the mouth
is great for speaking and eating, but it’s not a healthy alternative to nasal
breathing.
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4) Keep your mouth closed during physical exercise. This improves
endurance and recovery. If you can’t manage doing your activity with a closed
mouth, your fitness level may not be good enough for that activity. Take a break
or continue your activity at an easier level, or slower pace. Do keep an open
mind because there are activities where mouth breathing is recommended during
certain stages.
5) Don’t sleep with your mouth open. If you find that your mouth is always
dry when you wake up in the morning, you probably sleep with your mouth
open. In that case we recommend to try to use a small piece of "3M Micropore"
tape to help keep the mouth closed during sleep. When you first try using the
tape, just use a very small piece of tape to keep your upper lip connected to the
bottom lip. After you get used to it, you can try out a larger piece of tape
horizontally covering the whole mouth. Take it slowly and play with it; do it step
by step.
6) Avoid eating foods containing a lot of complex proteins, especially when
combined with other foods. Foods such as chicken, duck, all seafoods, unboiled
milk and young or unripened cheeses are quite difficult for the stomach to break
down, and they take a longer time to process. Your breathing will most likely be
worse than usual after eating foods rich in complex proteins — it will take a few
hours for your breathing to recover its usual values. These foods take a lot of
energy to process, and temporarily drain your energy.
7) Avoid overeating & keep your stomach feeling light. When eating, just
stop eating if you're not really hungry any more. This will help improve your
energy levels, and enhance your progress with Buteyko Breathing.
8) Vegetables and fruits are foods that complement your Buteyko Breathing
practice very well. They are light and easy to break down and contain many
healthy vitamins, enzymes and amino-acids your body needs to function well.
They are an excellent replacement for food rich in complex proteins.
9) Avoid sleeping on your back. Try to sleep on your stomach, or the left or
right side. Why? When you sleep on your back, your lungs experience very little
resistance and will expand more, leading to the tendency to over-breathe during
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sleep. With Buteyko, we’d rather see you avoid over-breathing, and sleeping on
your side will help.
10) Make sure to have some natural sea salt or rock salt at home. Taking
some natural salt (not table salt) helps your body improve its electrolyte levels
while your breathing is getting better. Specifically, sea salt prevents the
occurrence of minor headaches, dizziness and/or exhaustion due to a low level
of electrolytes during or directly after a Buteyko session. If you experience these
symptoms during or after a Buteyko breathing session, take some sea salt or rock
salt and be sure to let your instructor know as well.
Of all these guidelines, the most important ones are numbers 1 and 2 — be
consistent and diligent in doing your daily Buteyko breathing exercises, and
attend the teaching sessions with your instructor.
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3. Measure your Breathing
In Buteyko Breathing, we measure the breath using the Easy Breath-Hold
(EBH, also called the Control Pause or CP). The Easy Breath-Hold is explained in
the level 1 exercise of our Advanced Buteyko app. You will also do the Easy
Breath-Hold together with your instructor during the first class of the Buteyko
group course.
How to Measure
The Easy Breath-Hold measures how many seconds it takes before you
experience the feeling of lack of air (very minor air-hunger) after starting a
breath-hold after a normal exhalation.
For consistent and accurate measurement, the Easy Breath-Hold should be
measured when sitting and at rest. It is extremely important not to push your
measurement: It should always feel easy and without difficulty - that’s why we
call it the Easy Breath-Hold. If you notice the start of any difficulty, you should
stop the Easy Breath-hold immediately.
The most common error in Easy Breath-Hold measurement is to push the
score higher, beyond the first feeling of air-hunger. Please remember that the
Easy Breath-Hold is not a competition but a scientific measurement very much
like measuring your pulse.
Meaning of the Easy Breath-hold Score
The average modern person has an EBH of about 15 to 20 seconds. With an
EBH of 20 seconds or lower, people are at high risk of developing serious chronic
disease. With an EBH of less than 10 seconds, chronic diseases may become
acutely life-threatening, requiring emergency care at the hospital. The ideal EBH
is 60 seconds which indicates optimal breathing and very strong health. An EBH
of 80 to 180 seconds indicates the breathing is extremely very well suited for high
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performance by athletes.
To learn more about the Easy Breath-Hold (or Control Pause), watch the video
at www.advancedbuteyko.com/videos#ebh
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4. The Buteyko Effect: Breathe Less to
Get More Oxygen
Most people do believe that better breathing can lead to bringing more
oxygen to your cells. Most people believe that if you breathe more, you’ll get
more oxygen, and that if you breathe less, you’ll get less oxygen. The process by
which the body brings oxygen from the lungs to cells is however more
complicated than most people would think, and it’s a bit counter-intuitive as
well, so most people misunderstand how it actually takes place. The real story is
that for most people in most situations, if they want to deliver more oxygen to
their cells, they need to learn how to breathe less.
The key point to understand is that CO2 makes it easier for oxygen to be
released from the blood by haemoglobin. Haemoglobin has a chemical bond with
oxygen molecules and the strength of this bond is determined by the CO2
content of the blood. More CO2 in the blood lowers the strength of this bond
between oxygen and haemoglobin. So if there’s more CO2 in the blood, the
haemoglobin will release more oxygen to be used by cells.
Oxygen supply to the cells is not just dependent on how much oxygen we
breathe in, but also on how much CO2 we breathe out. If we breathe out too
much CO2, the CO2 content of our blood becomes dangerously low, inhibiting
efficient oxygen distribution. Overbreathing causes the blood to be scrubbed
clean of CO2, which negatively impacts the oxygen supply to your cells.
Most people have the perception that oxygen is good (like God) while CO2 is
evil (like the devil). But when we look at how our blood brings oxygen from the
lungs to cells, it becomes clear that oxygen needs CO2 to help it be released from
the blood in sufficient quantity. Oxygen and CO2 are really team players who
work best in each others presence.
The scientific formula that describes how CO2 causes haemoglobin to release
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more oxygen to cells is called the ‘Bohr Effect’ and it is an essential element of
Buteyko Breathing theory. The expanded version of the Bohr Effect is called the
‘Buteyko Effect’ and it goes as follows:
In this formula, MVr is the Minute Breathing Volume at rest - it is simply how
many liters of air we breathe per minute. If we breathe fewer liters of air per
minute (MVr goes down), it causes the CO2 content of the blood to go up (PaCO2
rises). PaCO2 going up in turn leads to a decreasing strength of the chemical
bond between haemoglobin (Hb) and oxygen (O2) which is called Hb-O2 affinity.
And when this Hb-O2 affinity goes down, haemoglobin lets go of more oxygen
so the oxygen content of venous blood goes down (SvO2) which causes the
oxygen difference between arterial and venous blood (a-vO2 diff) to rise. This
means that the oxygen supply and the oxygen consumption by cells (VO2) has
gone up which leads to better health and fitness and a decrease in chronic disease
symptoms.
To learn more about the Buteyko Effect and the definitions of the terms used
above, please read the online article on the Buteyko Effect at
www.buteykoeffect.com/buteykoeffect.php.
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5. Better CO2 Levels
“Carbon dioxide is the chief hormone of the entire body; it is the only one that is
produced by every tissue and that probably acts on every organ.”
Yandell Henderson, Ph.D. - Cyclopedia of Medicine (1940)
When we breathe too much, we exhale too much CO2 and so the CO2 content
in our lungs and blood goes down. Most people are not aware that CO2 has
many important functions in the body - the most important being that CO2 plays
an essential role in maintaining blood pH and delivering oxygen to all cells in the
body.
To illustrate the importance of healthy CO2 values of the blood, here’s a list of
the health problems that will occur when CO2 levels are too low:
1. A low level of CO2 strengthens the bond between haemoglobin and
oxygen and makes it difficult for oxygen to leave the blood, so your body
cells will receive less oxygen. A high level of CO2 weakers the strength of
the bond between haemoglobin and oxygen (Hb-O2 Affinity), so your
body cells receive more oxygen. This effect is known as the Bohr effect or
perhaps more accurately, the Verigo-Bohr Effect. It was first discovered in
1892 by the Russian scientist Bronislav Verigo, and later in 1904 again by
the Danish scientist Christian Bohr (the father of Niels Bohr).
2. The organism may compensate for the lack of oxygen supply caused by
low CO2 by raising blood pressure and raising the heart beat. Higher
blood pressure helps oxygen leave the blood more easily, while a higher
heart beat pumps the blood around more quickly so more oxygen can be
distributed. But these 2 compensation mechanisms create other problems
in the long term...
3. A drop in CO2 content of the blood immediately causes a change of blood
pH into the alkaline direction. This change in blood pH negatively
influences the activities of all 1000+ enzymes and vitamins. When the
blood pH reaches 8 or higher, the organism dies. We need CO2 to maintain
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a balanced blood pH, which is achieved by the bicarbonate buffering
system of the blood.
4. With low CO2 content, the airway passages and blood vessels constrict
and become narrow. With higher CO2 content, these passages relax and
increase in diameter, allowing for the improved flow of air and blood. CO2
acts as a relaxant for the smooth muscles of airway passages (bronchi) and
blood vessels.
5. A lack of CO2 negatively influences important metabolic processes that
rely on CO2. For example, CO2 is required for the carboxylation of
pyruvate and acetyl in the metabolic pathways of gluconeogenesis and
lipogenesis. Also, the synthesis of the essential aminoacid glucamine (and
the non-essential asparagine) require CO2 molecules. Many other
biosynthetic reactions require the involvement of CO2 molecules, and low
CO2 levels make it more difficult for them to take place. This will affect
your energy-level.
6. Low CO2 levels increase the excitability of the nervous system. Smaller,
subtle stimuli can then easily cause a big reaction by the nervous system,
making it enter a state of high excitement, characterized by high stress, low
relaxation and low ability to focus (ADHD).
7. Low CO2 content worsens brain function and intellect. For neurons to
synapse with brain cells in an orderly and efficient manner, an ideal level
of CO2 is needed. A lack of CO2 makes communication between brain cells
more erratic and thus lowers your IQ and EQ.
8. Low CO2 levels cause an increase in respiratory center excitability. This
means that your breathing will respond very quickly and strongly to an
increase in physical activity, making you quickly feel exhausted and out of
breath. With high CO2 levels, your respiratory center will allow the
breathing to stay more normal during exercise, so you can do more
exercise without feeling out of breath.
9. Having low CO2 levels in the blood causes your body cells to absorb less
sugar from the blood, raising your blood sugar levels. The rate and
efficiency in which sugar is delivered to cells is regulated by the level of
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carbon dioxide. If CO2 levels are optimal, sugar can be burned more
quickly and blood sugar levels are more stable.
10. A low CO2 level also weakens your immune system by lowering the
antibody-antigen affinity. This means that it becomes more difficult for
your antibodies to attach to and disable viruses and bacteria.
To learn more about CO2, we recommend you to read Yandell Henderson’s full
article available at www.advancedbuteyko.com/CO2
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6. Breathing Health Zones
In Buteyko Breathing, the Easy Breath-Hold (EBH) is the main indicator of
your breathing and general health. If your EBH is 60 seconds, you’re in a state of
optimal health according to Professor Buteyko. But if your EBH is lower than 60,
your health is in a state of weakness and chronic disease.
The extent to which chronic disease actually manifests depends on the
duration of your EBH. With an EBH of about 40 to 50 seconds , you likely won’t
really notice serious symptoms of chronic diseases. But as the EBH goes down to
5 or 10 you will surely notice various chronic disease symptoms arising and
getting stronger, simply due to having a low EBH which implies worsening
oxygen distribution and low blood CO2 values.
The table below describes how specific EBH values relate to your breathing
pattern, the CO2 content of the air deep in your lungs and your general health
status. For example: the breathing of a person with an EBH of 20 seconds (in the
grey column) can be described as hyperventilation. This person breathes
approximately 10.5 liters air per minute while this would optimally be 3.5 liters
air per minute (with an EBH of 60). With an EBH of 20 seconds you are breathing
an amount of air equal to what 3 people with an EBH of 60 seconds breathe: It’s
simply way too much.
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7. Nitric Oxide
Nitric oxide (NO), a gas which promotes fitness and health, is produced by
our own bodies in the lining of the arteries and in the nasal passages. Nitric oxide
(NO) is not to be confused with nitrous oxide (N2O) which is better known as
‘laughing gas’.
Important functions of Nitric Oxide in the body
1) Nitric oxide is a powerful vasodilator. This means it relaxes blood vessels,
lowering blood pressure and the heart rate, thus protecting organs from
damage due to a restricted blood supply.
2) Nitric oxide helps improve communication between nerve cells in the
brain.
3) Nitric oxide assists the immune system at fighting off bacteria and viruses.
4) Nitric oxide reduces inflammation.
5) Nitric oxide improves sleep quality.
6) Nitric oxide increases strength and endurance.
The 1998 Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of the role nitric oxide
plays as an important cardiovascular signaling molecule.
When we breathe through the mouth, we don’t benefit from the nitric oxide
produced and present in our nasal passages. By breathing through the nose, we
enrich the inhaled air with nitric oxide in our nasal passages which will then
enter the blood so we’ll receive the many health benefits. So make sure to always
keep breathing through the nose unless you have a very good reason not to!
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8. The Buteyko Exercise Levels
During the course, course participants use the Advanced Buteyko app to learn
and do the Buteyko exercises. The Advanced Buteyko app contains 61 Buteyko
Breathing exercises, arranged by level. You’ll start at level 1 and as you gain
experience and learn valuable skills, your instructor will open up additional
levels for you to do to make your Buteyko practice more powerful and advanced,
and reach better results.
In general, we recommend that course participants raise their level once a day.
So if you start at level 1 on day 1, you’d raise your level to level 2 on day 2, after
doing level 1 three or four times on the first day. This way, you’ll slowly raise
your level day by day. If your progress is smooth, you may be doing the most
advanced Buteyko exercises (at level 13 and higher) after about 13 days.
You’ll also have regular teaching sessions with your personal Buteyko
instructor, so you can raise your confidence, and have a good foundation in the
practice, applying the Buteyko techniques in a way that’s suitable and works best
for you.
You won’t need to learn all levels. Your instructor will pick the ones most
suitable for you. The first 13 levels are the learning levels, where raising your
level means your practice is becoming more advanced and powerful.
After level 13 you’ll gain access to the many advanced levels that provide
alternative ways to practice. There are a number of specialized levels such as
meditation, walking, recovery, nose clearing, etc. Some of the levels are quite
long and take up to an hour while others are very short and take just 5 minutes.
We encourage our students to try the various levels and do the ones they like
most and give best results. Not all levels are suitable for everybody, and your
instructor will provide you with guidance on the best levels for you to use.
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9. Cleansing & Detox
As your breathing becomes better and your Buteyko Breathing scores
improve, all body systems become stronger: for example the respiratory,
metabolic, immune, nervous, digestive, cardiovascular, endocrine and muscular
systems.
As the body gains in strength and health, three cleansing and detox processes
often occur:
1) Autophagy is where individual cells start recycling broken molecules
(proteins, amino-acids, etc) that are stored in the garbage-collectors in each
individual cell. This is a very good sign of increasing health: the body
really starts a deep clean.
2) The body will also start removing toxic substances that were originally
stored in fat cells to get them out of the way and keep them out of the
bloodstream where they can do a lot of damage. When the toxins are again
removed from the fat cells, they will need to really be processed, broken
down and disposed through urine, feces, sweat, breath etc.
3) As the immune system becomes stronger, it starts to seek hidden viruses
more actively and intensively. When it encounters a virus in, for example,
the throat, urinary tract, or somewhere else, the traditional symptoms of
flu, fever, pain, or infection may arise while the immune system is
eradicating the virus. This usually happens after a solid improvement in
your breathing scores (breaking your personal record). Often big
improvement in scores will be followed by temporary symptoms of fever
or cold and the corresponding reduction in wellness and breathing scores.
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These processes are how the body gains health through cleaning up on the
cellular level and by removing toxins, viruses, and infections from the system.
Symptoms can become acute before they disappear. Detox and cleansing are
often a positive sign, as your health will be stronger afterwards. It's very
important to keep us informed so we can help solve complications.
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10. Medication
If you take any medications to treat chronic disease symptoms, we often see
that as the breathing improves, your chronic disease symptoms will lessen which
will eventually reduce your need for medication.
So when after a few days, weeks, or months of Buteyko Breathing your health
and symptoms have improved significantly, you may find your usual dosage of
medication is too strong. When this happens, please visit your doctor and tell
him about the symptomatic improvements you’ve been experiencing and ask if it
may be suitable to adjust your medication.
Also do keep us informed of any big changes in medication taken during the
course, as this may affect your Buteyko Breathing practice and scores.
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11. Making Progress
When doing the Buteyko Breathing course, progress can manifest itself in
various ways:
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Buteyko breathing scores are going up.
Chronic disease symptoms are improving.
Feeling more energetic, strong, healthy & balanced.
Experiencing typical detox and cleansing symptoms.
Needing a lower dosage of medications.
Some course participants are able to smoothly improve their breathing in less
than 2 months from a CP of 12 to more than 40 (view chart on the next page) and
experience impressive health benefits and improvements in their chronic disease
symptoms. For other course participants, however, the path may be different,
with obvious improvements in some areas, while in other areas progress may —
for the time being — seem elusive.
The point here is that we cannot choose which kind of progress we will
experience in what time period. All we can do is keep doing the daily breathing
exercises. Sometimes we just need to be patient and steady and give our body
some time to adjust so we can make more progress.
At other times, however, we may benefit a lot from changing the approach, or
choosing another Buteyko level to continue our practice with. It’s your
instructor’s job to recognize what’s happening and select a suitable response.
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The chart above is an example chart showing the excellent progress made by one of
our course participants. Their Easy Breath-hold time (or Control Pause) went up from
about 12 to over 40 seconds in less than 2 months. This increase in breathing scores was
accompanied by a complete 100% reversal of all asthma symptoms.
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12. Stay in Touch
When you experience any issues or sudden changes in breathing or health
during or after the course, please get in touch with us immediately.
Sudden Changes in Breathing
If you experience a sudden rise or drop in breathing scores, do inform your
Buteyko Breathing instructor of your current situation. Sudden changes in your
breathing scores can indicate that your Buteyko Breathing practice needs to be
adjusted to ensure smooth progress. The sooner the adjustment is made, the
better.
Lack of Progress
If you don't observe satisfactory growth in scores nor an improvement in
chronic disease symptoms or general wellness and energy level, inform your
instructor so they can have a more detailed look at what exactly is going on.
Changes in Disease Symptoms
If you experience a sudden worsening or improvement of your chronic
disease symptoms, inform your Buteyko Breathing instructor. Sudden changes in
symptoms can be related to your Buteyko Breathing practice.
Changes in Medication
If your doctor prescribes new medications or changes your medication
dosages, please also inform your Buteyko Breathing instructor of this change.
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13. Recommended Videos
There’s a very interesting BBC documentary on Buteyko Breathing (from
1998). It’s about 3 patients with very serious breathing problems, trying out
Buteyko Breathing and seeing how it goes. The video gives a quick overview on
Buteyko Breathing theory and history and shows how effective Buteyko is when
done well and with dedication. The documentary is a great introduction to
Buteyko Breathing to share with family and friends.
You can view the BBC documentary video at this link:
www.advancedbuteyko.com/bbc. We also have some interesting Buteyko
instructional videos at www.advancedbuteyko.com/video and an Australian TV
broadcast on Buteyko (from 1993).
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14. Advanced Buteyko App
Scan the QR code below or visit www.advancedbuteyko.com/app to
download our Advanced Buteyko app for iOS & Android or use the webapp
instead. We do utilize the app in the Buteyko course. When you signup for the
course, your instructor will make an account for you to login to the app &
website.
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