438: Start Breathing Through Your Nose to Completely Transform Your Health | Patrick McKeown

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Patrick McKeown (IG: @buteykoclinic) is an international breathing expert and author.

Since 2002, he has worked with thousands of clients, including elite military special forces, Olympic coaches and athletes.

Atomic Focus, The Breathing Cure and The Oxygen Advantage are Patrick’s latest books.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The biggest factors that negatively impact our breathing
• Sleep disordered breathing in kids
• Why do kids have breathing problems when they’re sleeping?
• Is your child mouth breathing during the day?
• Teaching someone how to breathe correctly
• A breathing exercise to decongest your nose
• Functional breathing vs. dysfunctional breathing
• People with sleep disordered breathing will not achieve flow states
• What happens when somebody takes in a breath through their mouth vs. nose?
• Consider your breathing when you get into a tricky situation
• How to measure your BOLT Score
• Reducing your breathing volume for 15 minutes before sleep
• Changing your breathing patterns
• Nasal breathing during physical activity
• Excessive talking impacts your breathing
• Mouth taping trains you to breathe through your nose
• Yoga has the potential to transform lives
• Patrick’s thoughts on Wim Hof breathing
• How Patrick prepares before public speaking
• The positive side of being an introvert
• What does a nasal dilator do?
• The benefits of breathing through your nose
• What air hunger is telling you
• Training elite athletes how to breathe better
• The causes of nasal snoring
• The factors that impact our breathing patterns

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Related links:

Patrick McKeown - The Oxygen Advantage (book)

Patrick McKeown's websites (Oxygen Advantage) and (Buteyko Clinic)

Follow Patrick McKeown on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Patrick McKeown - Atomic Focus (book)

Patrick McKeown - The Breathing Cure (book)

Patrick McKeown - Breathing Re-Education and Phenotypes of Sleep Apnea (article)

3M Micropore Tape

Myotape

Wim Hof (books)

Buteyko Breathing Belt

Free Buteyko Method for Children

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