Could changing the way you breathe really improve your health?

Whenever I’ve given talks in the past about changing the way we breathe, inhale and exhale, and explain the dramatic positive effects on well-being, people immediately become very curious! I’m not surprised because so many people regard learning to breathe a bit like erm, learning to grow your nails. Bad breathers develop their habits during […]
Sleep apnea is a medically recognised phenomenon but have you heard about text and email apnea?

The focus on breathing better for health has slowly gathered pace over the last 10 years thanks to the likes of yoga, mindfulness and meditation practices. Some people I’ve worked with refer to what I do in re-training people’s breathing using Buteyko (Boo-tay-ko) techniques as ‘the new yoga’. Regardless, the process of raising awareness of […]
Anyone ever mentioned to you that your nose may be blocked because you dysfunctionally breathe?

I’ve lost count of the amount of people I’ve met in consultations and in Reset Breathing workshops who say that they can’t nose breathe because their nose is blocked. Let me explain why mouth breathing and taking in too great a volume of air on an inhalation (plus sighing and deep breaths) is likely to […]
Why I haven’t encouraged anyone to have a Dry January

Now that you’re slowly escaping from the perils of January (if you see it that way and many do…and there’s only 10 or so days to go), what plans are you making for your health and wellness this Spring and hopefully a glorious summer ahead? Like a dog isn’t just for Christmas, in my opinion, […]
Sleep well by practising Buteyko and welcome back your beauty sleep

Sleep is one of the most powerful tonics that both the medical profession and us lay people recognise for its powers of recuperation. The former still tend to prescribe pharmaceutical methods to help us achieve our sleep goals but there are many people in the UK who will tell you that the drugs simply don’t […]
Is the way you breathe the biggest obstacle to your weight loss goals?

Of all the articles I’ve written on the benefits of changing your breathing, I’m sure you’ll agree that none will be more headline-grabbing than the one about “how struggling to lose weight can be attributed to poor breathing!” In my field of breathing re-training for clients using the Buteyko method, it’s well known that bad […]
Has your dentist ever asked if you are a mouth breather? By guest blogger and Liverpool dentist Dr Matt Lawler

It’s a great question in my opinion because mouth breathing can have a lot of relevance for the state of your oral health. Breathing, one of the most crucial functions of the human body along with how we breathe can have a positive or negative impact on our bodies. Normal breathing is regarded as breathing through the […]
Breath is medicine (previously published in Wirral Life magazine Spring 2017)

In 2016, I was given an opportunity by Wirral Life magazine to begin highlighting the power of the breath and its role in improving health and creating wellness. Hopefully, some of you will have felt the benefits and now appreciate how nature and the breath used correctly, really is pharmacy-free medicine. For the remainder […]
Don’t ignore that breathing gift from nature to protect and enhance your life

Given that breathing is a gift from nature to us, it seems as though it’s one of the easiest aspects of our health to ignore. People with asthma and other related respiratory conditions will tell you how happy they are when they can breathe easily. The same goes for the rest of us human beings […]
Holistic lifestyle tips for everyone interested in relaxing more this time of year and next!

Holistic breathing tips for everyone interested in relaxing more this time of year and next! You’ll have probably guessed in reading previous columns that we favour a more holistic approach to health & wellness. Whenever we speak with employers in hosting ‘wellbeing in the workplace’ workshops or we host one to one or group consults for […]