June 26, 2018
For the best part of 50 years, I breathed through my mouth almost exclusively. I had a deviated septum which, with hindsight, may have contributed to my mouth breathing. I unconsciously believed my nose was only useful for smelling. According to Dr Raymond Silkman: A deviated septum blocks proper nasal […]
January 6, 2018
Have you ever found yourself suddenly feeling sweaty, mind racing, heart jack hammering away and your chest heaving far too quickly? Some examples where this experience may occur are: just before boarding a plane or before the plane takes off sitting in the waiting room of a dentist or doctor […]
October 22, 2017
What came first? The feeling of anxiety or the Sigh? Let us first look at why we Sigh. The Advanced English Dictionary (Version 10.0 2016) defines the Sigh as “an expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration or the like”. It is an outward expression of our inner emotional state. […]
February 19, 2017
Buteyko breathing teaches us how to achieve proper oxygenation of our tissues and organs by breathing less. This appears counter intuitive (or seemingly contrary to commonsense). Why? Well, we are taught and encouraged from an early age to relax and take a deep breath. Pregnant mothers are taught deep breathing exercises during […]
June 14, 2016
In 1992 nitric oxide (“NO”) was named “Molecule of the Year” by the journal Science and in 1998 three US scientists were awarded a Nobel Prize for their discovery of NO as a key messenger in signalling problems in our cardiovascular system. Dr Luis Ignarro, one of the Nobel laureates, considers […]
December 20, 2015
It is perhaps not widely known that sleep should occur before sex and not only sometimes after sex. Of course I am not referrering to the need to sleep immediately before sex. I am referring to the need to have a healthy regular sleep diet of 7 to 8 hours. There […]
November 9, 2015
The answer to this question is critical to understanding and later experiencing the health benefits of nasal breathing. Our nose is a complex organ. It serves to do the following when we breathe: The air is filtered by our nose hairs as we inhale The air is warmed by the […]
September 22, 2015
This is the title to a little known book written in 1870 by George Catlin, sometime lawyer, naturalist and artist. Catlin studied the lifestyle habits of North American, Central and South American Indians whilst living among them. He drew many portraits of them over an 8 year period. He found […]