another satisfied customer here

My physio sent me to the course as I was a very shallow & irregular mouth breather. Newborns breath thru their noses, most of us forget that as we grow & breathe thru our mouths - dunno why as we have nothing in our mouths to filter pollens etc from air.

About 12 months ago my heart started racing on occasion & before the course I would usually make it worse by hyperventilating.

My physio learnt about Buteyko from a severely asthmetic patient who arrived full of breath & energy after doing the course. Since then most of her colleagues have done the course & a Butyeko-trained physio has joined the practice.

A hint from the course while learning to breath thru the nose - use a small piece of narrow Micropore tape along or across the mouth (fold a pleat in each edge for ease of removal) to keep it closed.

Some folks did not use the tape, or only did so for a few nights, but I seem to need it permanently. I find that if I forget it, I wake with a very dry mouth & throat, especially if I have moved onto my back which I don't like doing as it hurts my thyroid, as well as affecting my breathing.

Strangely enough I have no trouble with a small piece of tape across my mouth, whereas the thougth of a CPAP or dental appliance makes me choke.

sandra