What's Your Control Pause & How's Your Breathing

Episode # 3 What’s Your Control Pause & How’s Your Breathing

Hi, this is Michael Lingard bringing you the third episode of Better Breathing Means Better Health entitled “What’s Your Control Pause & How’s Your Breathing”

Now you know your control pause, what does it mean and how can you improve on it?

If your control pause was under 10 seconds you are breathing almost 3 to 4 times more than normal and need to try to change this urgently because medicine will not change your breathing, but will simply control symptoms. If you achieved 20 to 25 seconds with your comfortable breath hold, your breathing is about 2 to 3 times more than normal. A control pause of 25 to 35 seconds still means you are over-breathing, almost twice much as you need but you will only have problems when under stress or hit by any of the triggers that make your condition worse.

If your control pauses 35 to 45 seconds it is good for most people, but you will still benefit from improved breathing in many other ways.

It is very unlikely that your control pause was over 45 seconds as this would mean your breathing would be normal, a rare situation for anyone today.

A control pause of 45 to 60 seconds is what we should all try to achieve and this will be the target for this full training course.

So just to let you know what the rest of this course will cover I’ll give you an outline of the next episodes.

Already you have been advised to try to always breathe through your nose and not to mouth breathe. However many people find it difficult to nose breathe because it is congested or stuffy, this is in part because they haven't been using their nose in the past, and as the old saying goes “If you don't use it, you lose it!” So the next episode will tell you how to unblock and clear your nose to get it back to perfect working order.

You will learn how to reduce your breathing through relaxation, you will have advice on good posture for better breathing and what is the best way of avoiding over-breathing when asleep.

You will learn how to check your pulse, how to reduce coughing bouts and a later episode will explain how certain foods may cause a problem for people, and you will be given a dietary screening that will help you improve your diet at the same time will improve your breathing.

You will learn how to avoid mouth breathing when talking. Towards the end you will learn about anti-hyperventilation exercises that you will be able to use whenever you feel your breathing is getting out of control, at times of stress or after exercise. You'll be told what danger signs you should be aware of and when to see your doctor.

And finally when you have improved your breathing you will be told how to stop exercises and monitor breathing with just a minute check-up each day. You'll be told about a summary of the Buteyko Method for your doctor to read so that he or she knows what you're doing and can help you on your way. The next episode is entitled “Nose Clearing & Your First Buteyko Exercise”

Remember in preparation for the next episodes and for recording your exercises you should purchase “The Breath Connection – The Buteyko Guide to Better Breathing & Better Health” by Michael Lingard £10.00 from Amazon .co.uk and Lulu.com HERE