Patrick McKeown | Reach Your Full Potential With Buteyko Breathing

#143 Patrick Mckeown is the President of Buteyko Professionals International. He is also a member of the Management Board and the Advisory Faculty of the International Academy of Breathing & Health.

Patrick was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and later studied in the Moscow clinic of the founder of the Buteyko Breathing Method; the late Professor Konstantin Buteyko. He was honoured to be awarded a Diploma in the Buteyko Method by Professor Buteyko.

Patrick’s current professional affiliations include being a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), a Member of the Physiological Society (UK), a Member of the Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences, a Fellow of Buteyko Professionals International, and a Fellow of the International Academy of Breathing & Health.

In this episode we cover

The principles of buteyko breathing Why we want to avoid over breathing and losing too much carbon dioxide Some of the protective mechanisms that the body creates (in the form of disease) to limit the loss of CO2 Why we snore and how breathing can impact this Why Patrick believes that no one that is mouth breathing is reaching their full potential How the Buteyko breathing method can benefit digestive health The signs that can indicate that babies and children are breathing poorly And so much more