What are Buteyko Breathing Techniques?
A practice which was
invented by Dr. Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko in 1968 in Moscow, Russia,
buteyko breathing techniques are a series of breathing exercises and stretches
which stabilize ones breathing rate. Concentrating on the intake
of liters of air, buteyko forces the sufferer to take more effective
breaths rather than the shallow over-breaths of an asthmatic
(http://www.ultra.net.aw.buteyko/#whatisbuteyko).
The Buteyko clinics claim that "buteyko does not involve
physiotherapy or diaphragm breathing techniques, meditation, religion,
hypnotherapy. rebirthing, vitamins, special diets, or positive thinking.
There is no physical contact with the instructor or anyone else in the
class (http://www.buteyko.co.nz),
just a series of exercises which will stabilize ones rate of breathing
and be the key to solving hypertension.
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