Buteyko Breathing

08/10/2025

🚫 “Just take a deep breath” won’t fix your stress. 🚫

When you’re stressed, your breathing becomes:
⚡ Fast
⚡ Shallow
⚡ Irregular

This keeps your body stuck in fight-or-flight mode.

✅ The real solution? Learn to breathe with intention:
✨ Nasal breathing – calm the nervous system.
✨ Diaphragmatic breathing – engage the body’s natural relaxation response.
✨ Controlled cadence – slow, steady rhythm to shift from stress to balance.

Breathing isn’t about big deep breaths… it’s about the right breath. 🌬️

06/10/2025

WE ARE COMING TO LONDON!

Train as a Certified Buteyko Breathing Instructor with Patrick McKeown in London, 15–17 Jan 2026. ✨

In just 3 days you’ll gain:
✅ Practical skills to work with clients
✅ Tools for conditions like asthma, anxiety & sleep apnea
✅ A pathway to global certification through our online program

Join a worldwide network of instructors transforming health through breath. 🌿

📍 London, UK
📅 15–17 Jan 2026
🔗 Register: https://buteykoclinic.com/pages/live-certification/buteyko-certificate-training-live-in-person-with-patrick-mc-keown-2

05/10/2025

🌬️ Your breath is information. 🌬️

When you’re stressed, rushing, or under pressure, your breathing changes—faster, shallow, and from the chest. This sends a primal signal to the brain: “There’s danger.” ⚡

But here’s the power: 👉 You can flip the switch instantly.
✨ Slow down your breathing.
✨ Breathe from the diaphragm, not the chest.
✨ Send calm signals to your brain… and it will send calm signals back.

The way you breathe = the way you live. 🧘‍♀️

💡 Hack your nervous system. Control your breath, control your life.

03/10/2025

💓 Vagal Tone & HRV: What Your Heartbeat Reveals

We often think a steady heartbeat = healthy. But the truth?
👉 A perfectly regular heartbeat is not a good sign.

Your heart is not a metronome—it’s designed to adapt. That adaptability is measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV): the tiny differences in time between beats.

✨ Why HRV matters:

High HRV = resilience, energy, emotional balance
Low HRV = stress, illness, higher risk of heart disease & more

🧠 The vagus nerve connection:
HRV reflects vagal tone—your body’s ability to relax, recover, and connect. Low vagal tone is linked with anxiety, depression & chronic stress.

🌬️ Can you improve it?
Yes—through balance:

Slow breathing (4.5–6.5 breaths/min)
Stress management & healthy habits
Avoiding overtraining

🔑 Takeaway:
HRV is your body’s stress & resilience score. By improving vagal tone with breath and lifestyle, you boost health, calm, and long-term vitality.

02/10/2025

✨ Your sleep and mental health are deeply connected. ✨

Did you know that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), insomnia, and poor-quality sleep can fuel anxiety, depression, and even PTSD?
💤 Sleep fragmentation and lack of deep, restorative sleep can worsen mood, increase irritability, and drain your energy.

📊 Research shows:

20% of people with depression also have OSA.
20% of those with OSA experience depression.
A staggering 73% of individuals with PTSD suffer from OSA.

The good news? 👉 Sleep studies and targeted interventions can identify and reduce OSA, helping to restore better sleep, mental health, and overall well-being.

🌙 When treating mental health, we must also consider sleep and breathing—because the relationship is bidirectional.

29/09/2025

27/09/2025

Our upcoming Buteyko Method Instructor trainings for the rest of 2025 and early 2026.

Study with Patrick McKeown and take your career to the next level. Head over to the website to learn more.

25/09/2025

✨ Meet Alana from Brisbane, who traveled over 23 hours to train the Buteyko Method with Patrick McKeown in Galway.

Her journey with Buteyko breathing has been life-changing—not only for herself, but for her clients struggling with anxiety, panic disorder, asthma, and sleep apnea. 🌬️💙

Alana shares how the resources, handouts, and training portal make it easy to bring these techniques into daily life. She praises Patrick’s humble, inspiring teaching style and encourages anyone thinking about becoming a practitioner to take the leap. 🚀

🌍 The world needs more Buteyko practitioners—could that be you?

📍 Next in-person training: London, UK
🗓️ 15–17 January 2026
📧 hello@buteykoclinic.com

22/09/2025

This day last month we were getting ready to welcome over 25 new Buteyko Method Instuctors to Galway, Ireland. We had such a fabulous week with everyone. We had so many different

We can't wait for our next in-person training in London this January! Head over to our website to learn more now.

17/09/2025

Discover how breathing exercises can transform your sleep and overall well-being! 💤

In our latest video, Samantha chat's with Patrick McKeown about his new book that explores the power of breath for everyone—kids, teens, and adults—addressing issues like snoring, mouth breathing, and even upper airway resistance syndrome. Hear how these techniques not only improve sleep quality but also support mental health, as shared at a recent mental health conference.

Plus, learn about the incredible synergy between breathwork and myofunctional therapy for optimizing your airway and daily habits. Ready to breathe better and sleep deeper?

17/09/2025

Patrick McKeown speaking at the Integrative Medicine for Mental Heath (IMMH) Conference this weekend on Physiological Breath Training. Patrick shared the stage with some amazing experts in their fields such as Dr Gabor Maté, Dr Robert Lustig and more.

09/09/2025

🌙✨ #1 on Amazon Hot New Releases in Respiratory Diseases! ✨🌙

Patrick McKeown’s The Breathing Cure for Better Sleep has just hit the top spot, and it’s changing the way people think about breathing, sleep, and health.

STOP SNORING, SLEEP APNEA & INSOMNIA
BREATHE WELL. SLEEP DEEPLY. WAKE RESTED.

In this groundbreaking book, internationally acclaimed breathing expert Patrick McKeown shares over 20 years of clinical experience and the power of the Buteyko Breathing Method to help you:

✅ Transition from mouth to nose breathing with ease
✅ Stop snoring and reduce sleep-disordered breathing
✅ Fall asleep easily, stay asleep deeply & wake refreshed
✅ Support women’s unique sleep needs at every stage of life
✅ Boost CPAP/oral appliance effectiveness with functional breathing
✅ Improve daytime energy, focus & mood — in as little as 7 days

Imagine falling asleep peacefully, staying asleep naturally, and waking up full of energy — night after night. With simple, science-backed exercises, this book makes it possible for all ages and all sleep problems.

🙏 Thank you to everyone supporting this journey — hitting #1 is a testament to the growing impact of Patrick’s work and the Buteyko Clinic community.

📘 Ready to transform your nights and your health?
Start today. Sleep the way nature intended.

👉 Grab your copy now and join the breathing revolution!