How to ease asthma symptoms - 3 effective breathing exercises
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- Manage your asthma symptoms with these 3 easy yet effective breathing exercises - recommended by breath coach Tom Stijven from justbreathe.be. Follow this guided breathing training and feel the benefits in just 2-3 weeks!
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Sometimes I have terrible bouts of asthma where the meds don't work. This breathing technique helps a little
Go ahead and say it! It’s crap! It helped this person because she does have it. So she’ll swear by it. Looks like she wants to sell you something too!
Same thing here
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try Hestamin diet. Maybe cause of your asthma is food.
Letter About Asthma by K.P. Buteyko MD-PhD:
Two hundred years ago asthma was considered a mild ailment. Having asthma generally meant having a long life free of other diseases. However, no one could explain how asthma prevented other ailments or why asthmatics lived longer than others. Today, we know that asthma is not an ordinary disease.
Bronchospasm, the main component of asthma, acts as a protective mechanism, helping to maintain biological constants and important functions at near-normal levels.
We have also learned that asthma or bronchospasm cannot exist unless the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) level in the lungs is abnormally low. Since the metabolic and immune systems can function correctly only if the CO2 level is normal, the limit of the asthmatic's CO2 level protects him or her and allows for a long and healthy life. It is this powerful defense mechanism that provides the asthmatic with an improved biological system. Evidently, bronchospasm is one way the organism has adapted to its environment.
Modern drug treatment for asthma is aimed at neutralizing this protective mechanism. The organism then fights back again and again with more intensive bronchospasms leading to a rapid deterioration of asthma from drug treatment. It is not possible to cure asthma by removing a protective mechanism like bronchospasm. Only when the condition responsible for the bronchospasm is removed, can asthma be reversed.
K.P. Buteyko once said that:
To test the validity of the scientific discovery made by us almost 30 years ago, it takes 30 seconds of time: offer an asthmatic hyperventilation - he will have a suffocation attack, offer to reduce breathing - will relieve the attack. The cause of the asthma attack is hyperventilation of the lungs, no one said this before our scientific research. And so I have been asking scientists for 30 years to spend 30 seconds to check this (1986).
This helps me alot bc I have asthma really bad and I almost died. and when I give up and think I am about to die I start cry and I try to breathe so this is very helpful.👍🏽
Letter About Asthma by K.P. Buteyko MD-PhD:
Two hundred years ago asthma was considered a mild ailment. Having asthma generally meant having a long life free of other diseases. However, no one could explain how asthma prevented other ailments or why asthmatics lived longer than others. Today, we know that asthma is not an ordinary disease.
Bronchospasm, the main component of asthma, acts as a protective mechanism, helping to maintain biological constants and important functions at near-normal levels.
We have also learned that asthma or bronchospasm cannot exist unless the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) level in the lungs is abnormally low. Since the metabolic and immune systems can function correctly only if the CO2 level is normal, the limit of the asthmatic's CO2 level protects him or her and allows for a long and healthy life. It is this powerful defense mechanism that provides the asthmatic with an improved biological system. Evidently, bronchospasm is one way the organism has adapted to its environment.
Modern drug treatment for asthma is aimed at neutralizing this protective mechanism. The organism then fights back again and again with more intensive bronchospasms leading to a rapid deterioration of asthma from drug treatment. It is not possible to cure asthma by removing a protective mechanism like bronchospasm. Only when the condition responsible for the bronchospasm is removed, can asthma be reversed.
K.P. Buteyko once said that:
To test the validity of the scientific discovery made by us almost 30 years ago, it takes 30 seconds of time: offer an asthmatic hyperventilation - he will have a suffocation attack, offer to reduce breathing - will relieve the attack. The cause of the asthma attack is hyperventilation of the lungs, no one said this before our scientific research. And so I have been asking scientists for 30 years to spend 30 seconds to check this (1986).
I was on meds 3 tablets a day which made my asthma worse. Pranayama and matsyasana helped me a lot. I stopped taking meds even though it hurt me severely and started practicing breathing exercises more. I'm not giving any medical advice here. Just sharing my experience. Slow Breathing exercises help a lot. To be clear I'm not completely healed but in control. I can still eat icecream and enjoy my day normally.
Other than this video, do you happen to have any links to any other breathing exercises you do that you find helpful? I have mild asthma so getting my breathing under better control would benefit me I believe
Can you please tell the pranayama you do for asthma?
@@purnimadas4368 slow anulom vilom and slow breathing helps .
I had a severe asthma attack at a party once and it was the worst feeling of my life because I got very close to dying. The feeling of not being able to breathe is HORRIBLE. My dumbass left my inhaler at home. I was panicking and hitting the walls. A friend noticed me and was trying to ask what was wrong. I couldnt talk. I eventually collapsed on the floor. It was like all the sound got muted and everything was a blur. I was surrounded by people at this point. Someone ran to get their mom who was a nurse. I ended up vomiting on the floor and was suddenly able to take a breathe. I was crying and three people had to help me into a bathroom. My face was dark purple. I looked like something out of a horror movie. The nurse said me throwing up was the best thing that could have happened. I did not know until that night but if you do not have an inhaler and you begin having an asthma attack, make yourself throw up because it forces open your airways. I feel the need to share that advice with everyone now. Be careful out there.
Thank you so much for sharing you might have just saved a life😊
Ugh i hate that feeling of not being able to breathe. But i second that! Throwing up has helped me in the pass. I thought it was so weird but it really does help
Thank you so much. I forced myself to throw up. I feel better now 😮😅
Letter About Asthma by K.P. Buteyko MD-PhD:
Two hundred years ago asthma was considered a mild ailment. Having asthma generally meant having a long life free of other diseases. However, no one could explain how asthma prevented other ailments or why asthmatics lived longer than others. Today, we know that asthma is not an ordinary disease.
Bronchospasm, the main component of asthma, acts as a protective mechanism, helping to maintain biological constants and important functions at near-normal levels.
We have also learned that asthma or bronchospasm cannot exist unless the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) level in the lungs is abnormally low. Since the metabolic and immune systems can function correctly only if the CO2 level is normal, the limit of the asthmatic's CO2 level protects him or her and allows for a long and healthy life. It is this powerful defense mechanism that provides the asthmatic with an improved biological system. Evidently, bronchospasm is one way the organism has adapted to its environment.
Modern drug treatment for asthma is aimed at neutralizing this protective mechanism. The organism then fights back again and again with more intensive bronchospasms leading to a rapid deterioration of asthma from drug treatment. It is not possible to cure asthma by removing a protective mechanism like bronchospasm. Only when the condition responsible for the bronchospasm is removed, can asthma be reversed.
K.P. Buteyko once said that:
To test the validity of the scientific discovery made by us almost 30 years ago, it takes 30 seconds of time: offer an asthmatic hyperventilation - he will have a suffocation attack, offer to reduce breathing - will relieve the attack. The cause of the asthma attack is hyperventilation of the lungs, no one said this before our scientific research. And so I have been asking scientists for 30 years to spend 30 seconds to check this (1986).
@@cjbartoz Wow I didn't know that😲 thanks for sharing
I was having a shortness of breathing in 2 days, after watched this i trained for 5 mins n IT GOT BETTER, NO WHEEZING TQ.
I’m working towards my JROTC Raider’s team, but my asthma is in the way. I’m working 24/7 to fix it, and this helped a ton.
How lucky we are, got your video so could save our life 🥺...
Thankyou so much for this video it really saved me...
HARE KRISHNA ❤
I was breathless a no. of times after meals & after exercise. Later I found out that I was dehydrated as I was drinking more caffeine which further dehydrate the body.
Doctors always us to drink more plain 💧. I drink almost upto 10 cups of plain 💧 a day.
After I learned, I slowly drank a cup or more of water & a pinch of seasalt on the tongue & after a while, I was no longer breathless.
Now I drink a cup of water 1/2 hour before every meal & exercise. I have not experience any more breathless.
I have night time asthma when i wake up at 1 or 2 am in the morning and i feel the chest tightness and wheezing:>. I can't tell my parents of what situation I'm in anymore i tried to talk to them about my situation and they never listen to me, they say that "it's normal just don't drink cold water" and then do nothing. bro I can't even focus on my school because of having asthma and lack of sleep:>
Sounds like they should get in trouble for neglecting your medical needs lol
You please take care,my dear. Practice these exercises. The first one is very easy. And yes, please give up drinking cold water. It makes your asthma worse. Just drink room temperature water. And after you get used to that, start drinking water 1:38 which is slightly warm( maybe like for 30 seconds in the microwave) Believe me, it will help a lot. You could also go to a good homeopathic doctor or try taking homeopathic medicine called BC 2. You can google it online and order it online. It's very cheap. Just take 3 tablets 3 times a day and God willing you will be ok very soon. Once you get better, stop taking the medicine. And don't drink coffee when you take any homeopathic medicine or it won't work. Another thing, don't eat or drink anything 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after taking any homeopathic medicine. Good luck my dear,get better and God bless you 🙏
I don't have asthma but find it useful thank you very much, Blessed Be.
You r blessed
Do two exercises ...100 %. Cure in 15-20 days ...1st anulom vilom slowly slowly ....2nd do hands straight and up and down ...again and again ...100 times a day
What is anulom vilom
Couldn't get it
@@manalgelanne23521. close one side of your nose using thumb.
2. Inhale
3. Remove your thumb and close another side of your nose by pointer finger.
4. Exhale
5. Inhale
6. Repeat
@@manalgelanne2352it's a Pranayam dear search youtube you will know how to do .
Jay Hind
Follow satvic movement n do pranayam 1 hour a day in the morn8ng n patanjali course is amazing for asthma
This is a very helpful video, thank you! I am doing a treatment called LDA Immunotherapy through my Naturopath for Asthma and severe food allergies/ intolerance due to a leaky gut. Did you know the majority of Asthma comes from diet and possibly a leaky gut?! Reg Dr’s won’t tell you this! 🤦🏻♀️😒
Whenever I get asthma I try to distract my self (like this video or watch some movie while taking my medicine) but because I can't sleep or rest for so many days until the symptoms is gone it just feels like I'm dying then started to cry (sometime I feel better after 4 hours of cry) so drop your tears jacker movie recommendation so I can cry without wanting to die in the first place
thank you i am at the hospital right now because i had a servere asthma attack.
You had asthma attach because of this exercise?
You picked good music for this. It is helpful for relaxed breathing
Good informative video, my brother was suffering from this condition. He visited Planet Ayurveda and they gave him an asthma care pack. Now his condition is fine.
My friends son died of asthma
Mu brother and me in 50d had inhaler since children
Are you asthmatic?
Thanks what is the instrument your holding in your mouth was it in haler? I have asthma attacks too i do the form of tai chi and it's not a cure all but now I get less asthma attacks but I really need my asthma medication can you breathe in and out naturally if you practice every single day breathing in and out breathing exercises.? Thanks for sharing this story important information about asthma attacks it's no fun getting them at all i know that I have to be very careful about it that's exactly how my dad passed away Margie Sanchez where he was working wasn't a good place to be people smoking in the restaurant of star of the sea it closed down afterwards thanks for sharing this important information miss Margie Sanchez USA San Diego Diego in Claremont area thanks you. Have a great weekend. 😊😊
Can I do in pregnancy... I have wheezing attack every 2-3 days due to allergy
Please go to a good homeopathic doctor and get treatment
I gonna try this because I am a asthma patient and I can't breath well
Where we get that aurofit inhaler 🙏🏻
i don't have an inhaler so i just have to wait till it's over because my parents don't understand asthma and don't really know how I feel
trust me,i feel you.. i truly hope you’re doing much better now
I can feel you my parents also didn't took this serious and are never serious i have this prob from 10 yrs ...
Be strong❤
Why don’t that? This is something serious. Don’t they know there are doctors for this?
same they will ground me if they found out i was having an asthma attack without an inhaler.trying to calm myself down and trying not cry lol
lil bro ur asthma is not going away i hope u got a inhaler bud
Can children do these execises
when you said hold in exercise 2 you mean hold when your lungs are empty or full?? becase it looks your lungs are empty when you are holding
Exactly - empty. That's what they mean about reducing your sensitivity to carbon dioxide.
Think you so much I thought I was about to die
Hello, how long do I need to do the first two exercises and which exercise program do I use on the app?
Letter About Asthma by K.P. Buteyko MD-PhD:
Two hundred years ago asthma was considered a mild ailment. Having asthma generally meant having a long life free of other diseases. However, no one could explain how asthma prevented other ailments or why asthmatics lived longer than others. Today, we know that asthma is not an ordinary disease.
Bronchospasm, the main component of asthma, acts as a protective mechanism, helping to maintain biological constants and important functions at near-normal levels.
We have also learned that asthma or bronchospasm cannot exist unless the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) level in the lungs is abnormally low. Since the metabolic and immune systems can function correctly only if the CO2 level is normal, the limit of the asthmatic's CO2 level protects him or her and allows for a long and healthy life. It is this powerful defense mechanism that provides the asthmatic with an improved biological system. Evidently, bronchospasm is one way the organism has adapted to its environment.
Modern drug treatment for asthma is aimed at neutralizing this protective mechanism. The organism then fights back again and again with more intensive bronchospasms leading to a rapid deterioration of asthma from drug treatment. It is not possible to cure asthma by removing a protective mechanism like bronchospasm. Only when the condition responsible for the bronchospasm is removed, can asthma be reversed.
K.P. Buteyko once said that:
To test the validity of the scientific discovery made by us almost 30 years ago, it takes 30 seconds of time: offer an asthmatic hyperventilation - he will have a suffocation attack, offer to reduce breathing - will relieve the attack. The cause of the asthma attack is hyperventilation of the lungs, no one said this before our scientific research. And so I have been asking scientists for 30 years to spend 30 seconds to check this (1986).
Clinical trial conducted at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Buteyko breathing techniques in asthma: a blinded randomised controlled trial.
Simon D Bowler, Amanda Green and Charles A Mitchell
- The study was carried out from January 1995 to April 1995.
- This study uses the gold standard of trials (blinded randomised controlled trial).
- The asthma patients were taught Buteyko the proper way, by actual Buteyko instructors.
- Quite a large group of asthma patients were taught.
Buteyko group:
Respiration after 3 months (l/min): 9,6
Bronchodilators after 3 months: 96% less
Inhaled steroids after 3 months: 49% less
Reduction of symptom scores after 3 months: 71%
After 6 weeks quality of life for the Buteyko group improved with 54%
Control group:
Respiration after 3 months (l/min): 13,3
Bronchodilators after 3 months: 7% less
Inhaled steroids after 3 months: remained the same
Reduction of symptom scores after 3 months: 14%
Additional results from the trial:
1: Asthma patients have lower CO2 values than the normal population
The study showed a big difference between end-tidal CO2 values of asthma patients and people without asthma: the normal group had an average end-tidal CO2 of 43 mmHg whereas the asthma patients had an average end-tidal Co2 of 34 mmHG. That's a big difference in CO2 levels which agrees with Professor Buteyko's claim that asthma is caused by low CO2 values.
2: Asthma patients breathe more than the normal population
Minute breathing volume was higher in asthma patients than in the group of normal people (without asthma). This agrees with Professor Buteyko claim that overbreathing (hyperventilation) causes asthma.
3: Asthma patients who practice Buteyko need less medication as they become better at Buteyko
The finding that the relative reduction in beta2-agonist medication was related to the proportionate reduction in minute volume with Buteyko is extremely meaningful. This really means that the more progress asthma patients make with Buteyko, the less medication they need. This is such an important finding that the title of the study could well have been: "Asthma patients who practice Buteyko Breathing need less medication as they become better at Buteyko"!
4: Buteyko does what it promises: change breathing habits and reduce disease symptoms
The finding that Buteyko lowers the average minute breathing volume from 14 liter/min to 9.6 liters/min proves that Buteyko Breathing really does significantly change breathing habits. The finding that asthma symptoms went down by 71% proves that Buteyko does improve health and reduces chronic disease symptoms. So these two finding combined together in effect prove that Buteyko Breathing does do what it promises.
5: Buteyko reverts hyperventilation
The finding that Buteyko lowers the average minute breathing volume from 14 liter/min to 9.6 liters/min is also a highly significant finding for people suffering from hyperventilation. Those suffering from hyperventilation can learn and practice Buteyko Breathing to reverse and improve their hyperventilation symptoms.
The Buteyko group experienced a significant reduction in the need for reliever medication and steroids, along with a greater improvement in quality of life.
If an "Asthma Pill" came on the market today that would achieve such results, it would be prescribed to all asthmatics tomorrow.
On a side note:
“The control group showed little change in medication and quality of life despite being taught the conventional breathing exercises (relaxation techniques and abdominal breathing exercises which did not involve hypoventilation) that continue to be the mainstay of treatment in hospitals and clinics. It is interesting to note that half the control group was later taught the Buteyko breathing exercises (exercises in which subjects reduced the depth and frequency of respiration) and the results from this group were consistent with earlier findings.”
References:
Buteyko breathing techniques in asthma: a blinded randomised controlled trial. (1998) Published: Medical Journal of Australia, 1998 Dec 7-21;169(11-12):575-8. By: Bowler SD, Green A, Mitchell CA.
Self-Management of Asthma Through Normalisation of Breathing - The Role of Breathing Therapy by Tess Graham, Physiotherapist, Practitioner of the Buteyko Method
Article Review "Buteyko breathing techniques in asthma: a blinded randomised controlled trial" by drs. Eduard Reuvers, 2017.
About The Buteyko Method: A Summary of the Pathophysiology of Chronic Hyperventilation by Ira Packman, M.D.
The fact that chronic hyperventilation (CHV) has an effect on the lungs is easily understood and explained. The systemic (whole body) effects however, are physically and physiologically distant from the lungs and therefore are more difficult to understand. The multi-system, wide spread systemic ramifications of chronic hyperventilation are numerous.
These effects are all caused by the initial effect of pulmonary hypocapnia (low CO2) which causes spasm of the airways leading to asthma. The loss of CO2 from the lung on a long term basis causes a compensatory response throughout the body. This concept is called homeostasis which means that the body is always trying to stay in balance and return to its most comfortable state.
A partial list of homeostatic controls would include:
- Constant body temperature
- Constant whole body water volume
- Glucose levels
- Mineral balance including sodium, potassium, magnesium, zinc etc.
- Acid base balance (Ph control)
The acid base/Ph control mechanisms are very sensitive and closely controlled, because the Ph of the body affects the function of every body system. It is this system that is activated when patients chronically hyperventilate.
Understanding this concept, we can follow what happens with CHV.
- The lungs continuously blow off too much CO2 causing local pulmonary hypocapnia (low CO2) and arterial hypocapnia.
- The arterial hypocapnia immediately changes the Ph of the circulating blood causing an increase in the Ph (alkalosis).
- The increase in the Ph causes a decrease in the delivery of Oxygen to all the bodies tissues due to the Bohr Effect (In an alkalotic environment, the hemoglobin molecules in the red cells hold onto the oxygen molecules more tightly and will not release the O2 to the tissues).
- The kidneys see the alkalosis/Ph change and know that it must correct the bodies Ph back towards neutral (neutral Ph is a Ph of 7.40). Once CHV becomes long standing the kidneys response becomes an ongoing process in which the kidneys excrete bicarbonate in an attempt to correct the alkalosis which was created by the CHV.
- The net result is a depletion of the bicarbonate buffers due to continuous over excretion of bicarbonate which also causes the loss of electrolytes including magnesium and phosphorous which are lost with the bicarbonate.
- The loss of phosphorous also decreases the production of ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate) and ADP which are the bodies’ main source of energy.
- This then causes a decrease in the functioning of many organs including the muscles, heart, lungs, bone marrow, immune system and liver.
- These functional changes, coupled with the arterial spasm that occurs directly due to the low CO2 levels in the blood, are expressed in the long term as muscle fatigue, hypertension due to arterial spasm, decrease in the oxygenation of the brain, migraine headaches due to arterial spasm, spasm of the arteries supplying the gut, decrease brain function with memory changes, alterations in the production of proteins and metabolism of lipids in the liver causing elevated cholesterol.
This is just a partial list of the systems, organs and bodily functions which are affected by CHV and the subsequent low CO2 levels in the lungs and blood.
This concept regarding the origins and causes of these diseases is very radically different from the way medical schools teach about these diseases. It is revolutionary and may be too simple for many academicians to accept or understand.
Getting Started
by Peter Kolb
While the Buteyko method introduced into the west has been getting excellent results, it does not entirely accord with Professor Buteyko’s recommended practice. During two weeks he spent in New Zealand in December 2000, he demonstrated the Buteyko technique as it should be practiced.
Aim
Firstly, it needs to be understood that breathing too much is a bad habit that leaves you with a debilitating shortage of carbon dioxide and bicarbonate. It usually results from long term, undischarged stress. Any stress makes you breathe more. If this is sustained over a long time period it becomes a habit. The physiology behind this habituation process is well understood. Buteyko therapy aims at reversing this, by habituating to less breathing. You do this by developing and sustaining a feeling of a slight shortage of air over a long time period. This gradually restores your carbon dioxide and bicarbonate levels back to normal.
Maximum Pause
While it is possible to stifle an asthma attack with a long and uncomfortable breath hold know as a maximum pause (MP), this procedure does not reverse your asthma and does not retrain the respiratory center to pace your breathing correctly. Professor Buteyko is emphatic that the maximum pause has no therapeutic value in restoring healthy breathing, which is the aim of his therapy. It is also dangerous for people with various disorders such as hypertension, heart disease, epilepsy, kidney disease and diabetes. It can also destabilize your breathing, making it worse. Unfortunately the maximum pause has been introduced into a westernized version of the Buteyko technique, much to the annoyance of the Professor.
An understanding of the physiology behind the Bueyko method leaves no doubt that the maximum pause cannot improve your breathing.
DIY/Self-help
Professor Buteyko is firmly opposed to the DIY/self-help approach. The Buteyko technique relies 100% on patient compliance for effectiveness. Learning it from a script is like learning Yoga or martial arts from a book. Most people will experience changes in their bodies as their CO2 levels rise. These changes vary from one individual to another. Buteyko practitioners help you deal with these changes, keep you motivated and ensure that you do the breathing exercises correctly. Support for your Buteyko practitioner enables him to continue his work of bringing the technique to other sufferers.
Nevertheless, very few people around the world have access to a Buteyko practitioner. So here are some basics to help get you started.
Medication
Do not make any changes to medication. Steroids must be taken as prescribed. Because of carbon dioxide shortage asthmatics often don’t make enough Cortisol (natural steroid) and must have supplements. Steroids are not just anti-inflammatories but they are needed by the body and without the right amount it can be almost impossible to get breathing back to normal. Your doctor will be able to review your need for steroids when you stop having asthma symptoms.
Bronchodilators must be taken only when needed. As you progress, discuss with your doctor the possibility of weaning yourself off long acting bronchodilators and replacing them with short acting ones. That will give you more control over using them when needed. You should find that within days you will be able to overcome asthma attacks with reduced breathing and won’t need the bronchodilators. Nevertheless, you must always carry them with you for emergencies.
Nose breathing
Always breathe through your nose. If your nose is blocked perform the following exercise: After breathing normally (do not make any exaggerated breathing manoeuvre), hold your breath for as long as is comfortable, and then gradually resume very gentle breathing. It may help to pinch your nose, nod your head a few times or do some other form of exercise. In stubborn cases or when the blockage is due to a cold, you may have to try a few more times.
To avoid breathing through your mouth in your sleep, you might like to experiment with a little light medical paper tape to keep your mouth closed. Mouth taping at night is not recommended by Professor Buteyko, but most people find it extremely valuable. If you do, protect your lips with suitable cream, use a low tack tape (some are quite aggressive), and make sure you fold a tab or handle at each end for rapid and easy removal. Do not go to sleep with tape on your mouth if this causes any form of anxiety.
Comfort
Make sure you’re comfortable before starting the exercises. Remove unnecessary clothing since the improved blood carbon dioxide will dilate blood vessels in the skin, thereby warming you up.
Posture
To get your posture right stand with your back to a wall, heels, shoulders head and bottom touching the wall. Now drop your shoulders. Keep this upper body posture when sitting.
Relaxation
While maintaining your posture, relax all the muscles in your chest, neck, shoulders, arms, tummy and particularly the diaphragm. It’s a good idea to tense them up a bit first before relaxing them so that you can properly identify them and make sure they are all relaxed.
Normal Breathing
Take off your shirt and stand in front of a full length mirror. Watch your chest and tummy for breathing movement. Make sure that your chest does not move at all, and only the upper part of the tummy moves, between navel and breast bone. The second thing to check for is that the tummy moves out with each in breath and not the other way around. Many people get this wrong. Your out-breath must be free, relaxed and unforced.
Reduced breathing (RB)
Your aim is to develop a feeling of slight hunger for air, sustain this over a period and do this frequently. In fact, this should become a habit so that you do it all the time until you have achieved your health goal.
Try to feel your breathing and become aware of your breathing pattern. Now try to maintain this pattern while taking in just a little less air on each breath so that you develop a slight hunger for air. Initially try to sustain this for two minutes, then five and then ten.
If you follow all the steps correctly, then you should feel really calm, good and even a little sleepy. If you already practice relaxation techniques, yoga etc, you can combine them with reduced breathing.
Measuring your breathing
Hyperventilators breathe more than normal in order to achieve lower than normal blood carbon dioxide levels. It follows that if you have to breathe more than normal, then you will also not be able to hold your breath as long as you should. Professor Buteyko has cunningly used this principle to measure your blood carbon dioxide by testing how long you can hold your breath.
You start the pause somewhere in your normal breathing cycle. This is how you start the pause: Look up with your eyes and at the same time pinch your nose and start a stop watch. Just before it starts to get uncomfortable, stop the stop watch and resume normal breathing. You should be able to resume normal breathing without any effort and without taking deeper or more frequent breaths.
Some precautions:
- Do not take a deeper breath before the pause.
- Do not make any attempt to empty the lungs before the pause.
- Do not worry about which phase of the respiratory cycle you happen to be in before starting the pause. A pause is just an interruption of normal breathing.
The time in seconds is called a Control Pause (CP). Asthmatics typically have a CP of 5 - 15 seconds. (But not everyone with such a low CP has asthma.) Your aim is to achieve a CP greater than 40 seconds, although for perfect health Professor Buteyko recommends a CP of at least 60 seconds.
Doing a Set
When at rest, correctly seated, comfortable and relaxed and after breathing normally for at least five minutes you are ready to do a set. A set consists of
Pulse - CP - Reduced breathing - 3min normal breathing - Pulse - CP
First measure your pulse and then do a CP. Record the results on a table. Then do reduced breathing for ten minutes. Breathe normally for three minutes, then take your pulse again and take another CP. If you’ve done your reduced breathing correctly your pulse should go down and your CP should go up. Sometimes the pulse remains the same. If it goes up you’re not doing it correctly.
After three days you should be able to do around 8 to 10 sets a day. You can then start integrating reduced breathing into your daily life. Ideally you should aim at doing reduced breathing all day.
That takes care of the exercises. Here are a few helpful hints to help your recovery.
- Don’t eat unless you are hungry. Only eat until you have had enough. Eating increases breathing; eating excessively increases breathing excessively.
- Don’t dress too warmly. Be careful not to overdress children. If you are worried about them being cold, check their ears, nose, hands and feet. If these are warm, they’re OK.
- Make sure you get plenty of vigorous exercise. But don’t exercise to the point where you have to open your mouth to breathe.
If any of these recommendations make you dizzy, sick, anxious or give you palpitations, stop immediately. If possible see a Buteyko practitioner.
@@cjbartoz Thank you for the detailed information! It was very informative. However, since hyperventilation is said to trigger asthma, is it safe for asthma patients to practice the Wim Hof Breathing method?
Thank you
We call this pranayama in India discovered 1000yrs back
But whenever i wokeup at sunrise my asthma don’t let me to do the breathing exercises 😢
🌬 As an asthma patient, I understand the struggle. Thanks to Planet Ayurveda, I've found relief through their holistic approach. Sharing this valuable resource with relatives who might need it!
Can’t believe I just watched a video to help me not being able to breathe just for it to be an ad
I'm only 11 and I'm already used to asthma attacks
Thankss ❤
By any chance do you have another version of this video without the electronic drum beat? I know you’re trying to appeal to young people, but we’re not all rave festival hipsters. For someone who is going through asthma at the same moment they’re watching your video, that drumbeat is annoying.
Video has some good exercises but I had to turn the sound off.
Brittany among his asthma is worsened with anxiety or stress why would you feel the need to put in a grumpy.? Or patient people supposed to be dancing to this video?, Ouch.
Bro i had an asthma attack and my nose was plugged it was so scary
Can be done in trimester of pregnancy?
The first exercise is safe. You can do it in pregnancy
My asthma symptoms have significantly reduced since I started using Planet Ayurveda's Asthma Care Pack. So happy!
I am asthma patient...
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Cant believe im having to watch this at the age of 11....
Thank you ❤️
I have asthma but it's also have cough
I feel diZzy doing it
First of all do you have asthma? No one wants to be told how to fix something they don’t have. Because if you don’t have it, then you will never know if it actually works, and simply going by what people say and you hearing what you want to hear are to complete different things.
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It's work
Dust, damp, hsyfever makes it worse. Walking helps with inhaler in bag
Attitude song 😎
Why don't you talk sometimes people can't see the screen and your words are too small
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not as useful video - don’t have an airlift , just asuma
..this was just an add? You should not be giving medical advice
Pointless. No time to read the advice before it disappears.
Hey genius, there's a pause button. Want me to walk you through it?
Skibidi
Just breathe air
Thank you
Thank you