Buteyko Amatsu Blog
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Hi, I am Sarah Barnes, Amatsu Therapist, and Buteyko Instructor. Let me show you how a holistic therapy like Amatsu can benefit you without resorting to more drastic interventions. Buteyko Amastu's blogs will give you information about breathing properly can reduce your anxiety, the problem and cause of shallow breathing, and some tips to follow.
Buteyko Amatsu Blog
1y ago
Do you experience chest tightness? Wake up most nights fighting for breath?
Do you get the suffocating feeling of being desperate to take in more air but never feel satisfied, no matter how deeply you breathe? Do you avoid taking exercise because it makes you feel more breathless? Do you often have a stuffy nose and therefor breathe through your mouth a lot of the time? Do you feel panic if you leave the house without your inhaler?
The Buteyko method of breathing can correct your breathing habits that are exacerbating your asthma so that you can breathe freely through the nose. It does this by ..read more
Buteyko Amatsu Blog
1y ago
The most accurate predictor of longevity is unexpectedly lung size and respiratory health. If you breath 20,000 times a day but only from your upper chest. This is shallow breathing and it puts a stress on the whole respiratory system. It can be done as the body compensates but eventually it will wear it down. Using the analogy of a car, if when the car is at traffic lights and you keep revving the engine, giving the car far more fuel than it needs, eventually engine parts will start to run down. The same principle goes for the body. Why would you want to over work the body and end up getting ..read more
Buteyko Amatsu Blog
1y ago
How you breathe can fundamentally affect your mental state and the way you feel. James Nestor in his book Breath: The New Science of a lost Art, argues that many of us have got into the habit of bad breathing. Imagine the office worker opening up her emails in the morning and finding 150 emails waiting to be answered. Immediately, she reverts to upper chest, shallow breathing. She sighs a lot, her breathing becomes irregular and even after the initial stress has passed, this breathing pattern can become habitual and put her into a long-term stress response. This dysfunctional breathing ..read more