I’m 66 yo and have been doing breathwork for over 30 years. I can do a 60-70 second pause consistently. I nose breathe throughout the day. I also have cultivated the ability to take one breath a minute. Daily meditative breathwork is essential to my wellbeing and positive moods. I encourage everyone who struggles with their breathing (and health) to Stay the Course with patience and strong intention.p; you’ll get there. Cheers and Smooth Sailing ⛵️🌝⛵️ from Sydney

My CP started at 15. Lots of fluctuating 15-20 for a few weeks. Yesterday CP 30! Rather pleased with this. Carrying on with mouth tape, mindful /aware of what breathing is doing With grateful thanks. Carrying on.

Excellent video, this is what I have been experiencing for years, hyperventilation.....This video gives me hope that I might soon be able to take a normal breath and learn to calm my asthma and anxiety down. Thank you Patrick, so grateful for this information.

Excellent info , I think your videos saved me from going to the hospital last night. I always knew I had a problem but never knew what the problem was. Thank you for your work with all my heart.

The exercises helps my stress...🤗💕👏🏼

Excellent!! Very informative!

Great video Thanks

I appreciate the realistic mention of progress. My first instructor said I would see improvement every few weeks. This was incorrect. I was also poisoned by natural gas in my home over a long period of time. And this greatly effected my breathing. Which was why I began the Buteyko, but felt very frustrated with the lack of progress.

ok thanks

When regularly inhaling/exhaling, does it matter how long the duration of the breathe is as long as it is light and through the nose? Or is it the same as the control pause exercise where you take a short duration of a breathe?

This is great.

I'm a smoker but have a CP of 50. I walk about 2 hours a day (with the dogs) and used to be a good swimmer. I have been using Patrick's technique but find it hard to maintain all day - but it is healthier.

My CP has gone up from 16- 22 secs in a week, so I am encouraged. Can’t imagine it being 40 but I will start from here with the recommendations. Thank you I do feel it can improve.

What is the answer to the title's question!?

Thank you for making it clear, on-confusing. Now I’m going to try. My CP is 20 (with a struggle),

I have anxiety & would LOVE to do the deep breathing exercises, but I have 2 problems: 1. I had a stroke & though I got off of my ventilator, I have zero control over my breathing. I take very quick & shallow breathes about every 3-5 seconds. I was a singer, so I know how to breathe w/my belly versus my chest, & I can slow my breath down a TINY bit by doing that, but I can not hold my breath at the top or anything. I can only move my head & right arm, so physical exercise does not happen. However, I do take yoga therapy, but I can't do the breathing, & I really feel like I am missing out on something! For every breath the teacher takes, I take 3-5 breathes! 2. A few years ago, I broke my nose. I was a "mouth-breather" already, but I was learning not to be when I broke my nose...now my nose is crooked, & it is very difficult to breathe through one of my nostrils. So, is there anything I can do, or am I just out of luck?

Nice

my cp doesn't rise after excercise (with mouth closed). I tried walking and running.

I'm a 48yo athlete, and that pesky Covid messed me up. I'm on day 91 since first symptoms. The breathing issues started on day 11. Although I no longer to gasp for air like I did for two weeks, my breathing is not the same . I have sleep apnea now, for the first time ever, and constant breathlessness. I always trained breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth, like we were taught. Now I'm exclusively nose for everything for two months . When looking for breathing/lung info in regard to Covid/breathlessness etc, seems everyone advocates 'pursed lip breathing'. I tried it during my breathing issues during Covid and it seemed to help a bit . I just want to feel normal again. Wish I knew there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and I will be recovered in X amount of time. To not know if my lung issue is permanent is kinda scary

I yawn or sigh fairly often. At least a few times an hour. Didn't know just one could have that long of an effect.

what are the reduced breathing exercises tho?

This is great info! What are the best exercises in step 3 in order to improve CP?

Hello Patrick ..I have started ur method just few days ago only feel quite better.but my 1simple question is does these exercises Will really help me to get out of chest tightness due to pneumonia.which occurred 2 month's back

Thank you very much for the video. One question, is there any link between the carb consumption(especially the non-paleo, grains, sugar and dairy) and lower CP ? As if the carb metabolism deprives you from oxygen or cause sinus issues ? This may explain the benefit of paleo in many disorders !

Which physical exercises do you advise for moving from 20 to 40?

Dear Patrick, thanks for all these videos and information through books. Buteyko method helped my young daughter, it was life changing with better sleeping. I feel I don't breathe properly, but I don't think I overbreath, I feel it may be the opposite, too little breathing (when concentrating I think I unconsciously hold my breath). Would Buteyko help me to regain my energy and hormonal balance? I have hypothyroidism. My control pause now is 45 sec. I think I could do longer. But I'll try first thing in the morning as you mentioned. Thanks a lot!

I've been practicing Wim Hof for about a year now and I don't think it is helping, especially after doing the control pause test. I'm at 16 seconds. I've been feeling anxiety for over 5 years due to traumatic experience. I see you have books on the subject. Do you have an audiobook which offerrs breathing exercises?

So where is the instruction?This title is misleading.Where is the technical instruction on how to do it?

Hy i have been sighing alot..!! Can you please tell how to control excessive sighing and how often a normal person should sigh??

Patrick, I have unresponsive late stage neurological Lyme and mold exposures plus reactivated EBV. Adrenals are shot, stomach down. My CP is 9-10. Sick for 9 years. I am always hypoxic on tests and low C02. When I go outside I pass out cuz my body can’t adjust to outside air. I’ve also gone from 119 lbs to 230 because I cannot walk much. Do you have any recommendations?? I so hope you see this. They tell me I’m hyperventilating but I’m not trying to breath higher nor do I look like I am and at night when I sleep I have apnea and snoring for first time in life and I breath 22 breaths a minute. I experience this without trying to. X

Thank you Patrick! One question tho. Is the natural pause of breathe should come after exhale or before exhale?

Does big breath mean full breath?

how do you brethe when you excercise

Hello i hope you see this, about a year ago my feeling of need an air need of a deep breath, need of a yawn started. But i couldn't yawn properly i wasnt relaxing. I try to relax 7-10 times just one of them is proper. So about a week ago i went to doctor and she told me you look like an athma. use this inhaler. When i see buteyko methot i try control pause and its so short. Now i am doing this takng a littlle breath and out and holding it and then doing it again taking short and hold. I still have problem need of yawn and deep breath like sigh need a relief with deep breath. I think my asthma caused by my problem of deep breathing probably my oxygne levels was fine but i try to do deep breaths for relief and it distrupt my normal breathing. Maybe i don't need a sigh of relief or yawn maybe it become habit. What do u think

How can you increase blood circulation with breathing ? My hands and feet always cold. I am a regular nose breather and have 99 to 100 oxygen saturation.

And are there any breathing exercises that you suggest to attain higher levels of CP?

I am just recovering from COVID I have Asthma also. It’s been 26 days, My CP has been 21-23 I am still wheezing and coughing how long before I feel some relief. I have been mouth breathing all my life. I only now have shut my mouth and nose breath.

It's all very well Patrick saying physical exercise is the answer, but there are many forms, so WHAT KIND OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE is he recommending, what is the best kind?????

Wow I always thought breathing shallow & holding my breath unintentionally before I exhale was a major problem & I was trying to be conscious & fix it the whole time. So does this mean deep breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth should be avoided as a relaxation technique ?

Is walking and bicycling (normal speed) enough physical exercise? Or should swimming and rowing for example be included to gain CP? Thanks in advance!

Dear Sir. Please I have a question. I have been using your Butyeko excercises for a few weeks and I can definitely feel the benefits. However, do you have a video to guide us for how we should breathe during physical excercise? At the moment, I am running and playing sport breathing just through my nose, which I admit, I find difficult at times. Should I be doing that? If you have a video, please do share it. I have looked but can't see it. Thanks.

Is he saying hold your breath for 40 seconds between breaths?

How often should i do it so i could see proper results? Once a day in the morning?

forcing many yawns seems to be the one thing that helps me to fall sleep

one thing i dont understand, does he want us to breath less or just slower? To me it sounds like "breath as slow and as little as possible all day" Isnt the CP higher when you take deep breaths before holding your air?

How should one do during the night when one is unconscious of how one is breathing?

very confusing combining thsi with wim hof method where you take massive big breaths in for 20-30 breaths then hold on the exhale for as long as possible foloowed by another big breath in with hold

I've been measuring my CP for a couple of weeks and the highest I've gotten is 11. I didn't breathe through my mouth too badly before learning this info but have really focused on making sure everything is only through my nose. I've even maintained breathing only through my nose during a HIIT workout a few days ago with little difficulty. My question is similar to Ed Love...I exercise regularly (5-6 days/week), don't snore and really have little noticable health issues other than allergies in the summer and a nostril that tends to feel full off and on. According to this info, I should be experiencing a whole lot more health issues. What's going on???

I've only been doing this a couple of days, but I think I have been pushing it too hard, and perhaps this is a common mistake. I just did an easier version of step one and it seemed my pulse went down . My cp is only 5 and that is pushing it. I would love to get off to a blazing start to get my breathing in to a more comfortable range.

How can I progress holding me cp?

What If you have ME/CFS and can't exercice ?

My cp is 30, just starting on this.

when do you do the CP? at the end of every exhale?? I'm kind of confused the goal of 40 seconds seems too much, even 10 seconds sounds a lot, I would appreciate some guidance thank you

It's very hard to do a control pause. I feel like I'm starving for air and then my body will take a large breath in

Hm my CP seems to be 7 seconds. Not that surprising that i am anxious all the time and have these weird allergies that came out of nowhere.

Should I continuedoing wim hof at the same time I'm doing this?

Any suggestion for a teenage boy with autistic spectrum?

With the Wim Hof method, I get a 3min cp with buteyko 1min. I think the whm teaches you to go a lot deeper. If I didn't do whm before I heard about Buteyko, I think I would struggle to hold on as long, so maybe the 1min cp isn't giving an accurate assessment of my health but simply showing that the whm helps to override the autonomic nervous system.

Should i stop the cp as soon as i feel like i want to breath or try to fight the feelings to get my cp higher

Put the microphone up on your collar so the volume will be louder

Wim Hof recommends vigorous breathing.Is not WimHof's method contradictory to what you are teaching ? Which method is scientific- yours or his ??PL enlighten.

I tried, I cannot hold my breath very long after exhaling. My body wants air.

This confuses me big time. e.g. my CP is tiny, 5 seconds or so, yet I breathe from my diaphram maybe 10x a minute, and I race up skyscrapers for fun, beating nearly everybody half my age of 51. I'm also the healthiest person I know. It makes no sense to me?!

What is a CP?

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40 seconds is a long time, I just would like to see by myself someone doing this with normal breathing and exhalation without cheating and keeping some air in the lungs. I get to 25, had been a nose breather all my life, exercising every day and having a frequency of 6 breaths a min.

I think Conor Mcgregor should work with this man.

Serious question, is this related to tantric sex?

I am so very fustrated, I have gotten my cp to 40 seconds, even 60 at times, but, my speech has not progressed, Any other suggestions are welcomed. , other than keep practicing.

More lighter.. And slow

This is the worst breathing technique .Its actually painful to do.It sets off an anxiety attack .