Part 3. Buteyko Breathing Exercises vs. NormalBreathing Exercises Artour Rakhimov

http://youtu.be/HzXsk_bMRqwHistorical changes in durations of Buteyko breathing sessions; from 10-15 min (1970s) to 30-40 min (in 1980s), and then to 15-20 min (in 20th century). Evolvement for the NB course: start with Frolov or DIY devices and later progressed to Buteyko breathing exercises. The original idea to combine the Buteyko method with breathing devices (the Frolov device, in particular) was suggested by Leo Volkov, a Buteyko teacher from Australia who was a translator for the 1st BIBH Conference in New Zealand in 2000. He sent me an email with his experience with the Frolov device, and soon later I was buying 24-piece boxes of Frolov devices from Russia. Later, this resulted in the development of the Amazing DIY Breathing Device. Advantages of devices for breathing exercises: - easier to practice (diaphragm too) and learn, - higher final CPs, - faster progress. New innovations and differences: C. Teaching Buteyko breathing exercises with 6 preliminary requirements, numerous contraindications (in the past, only hypertension and panic attacks were mentioned in Soviet sources) and 3 effects related to overtraining (overtraining, lost CO2 sensitivity and blunted CO2 sensitivity). Extra contra-indications include: - Presence of transplanted organs - Pregnancy - Brain traumas and acute bleeding injuries - Blood clots - Acute stages (exacerbations) of life-threatening conditions (infarct, stroke, cardiac ischemia, severe asthma attack, metastasizing cancer, septic shock, multiple organ failure, near-death experience, etc.) Insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2 diabetes) - Loss of CO2 sensitivity - Low weight (underweight) breathing students. Students of the NormalBreathing course: 1) are screened for temporary restrictions and contra-indications to ensure safety of breathing exercises 2) systematically learn crucial requirements for practicing breathwork 3) gradually progress to more difficult breathing exercises 4) are informed and monitored for prevention of potential problems due to: - general overtraining due to breathing exercises - a loss of CO2 sensitivity - blunted CO2 sensitivity. Our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/artour2006 The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzXsk_bMRqw /. The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, bestselling Amazon writer, health educator, scientist, breathing teacher and trainer, and the author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com.

Part 2. Promotion of breathing retraining: Buteyko vs NormalBreathing Artour Rakhimov

http://youtu.be/LR1DfvBG60wSo, what are the differences for the NormalBreathing course in comparison with the Buteyko method taught by Soviet doctors? 1. Promotion of the NormalBreathing course is based on the idea of improving body oxygen levels. In the past, the first ideas related to promotion were based on: - The Buteyko breathing method - Importance of CO2 - Breathing less air - VEDB (Volitional Elimination of Deep Breathing) - Fighting with hyperventilation. Our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/artour2006 The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR1DfvBG60w/. The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, health educator, writer, breathing teacher and trainer, and the author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com.

What is Buteyko method? How to define Buteyko breathing technique? Artour Rakhimov

http://youtu.be/xQv0IwBD-Y0Part 1. What is the Buteyko method? How to define the Buteyko breathing technique? Many Buteyko practitioners have been involved in trials, teaching new students and practitioners. This video presentation is about Dr. Artour Rakhimov's vision related to innovations and developments in breathing retraining and teaching the Buteyko method. Directions of developments and innovations: - Safety - More severe states of known conditions - New or more serious health conditions or diseases - Less time for students with higher efficiency or better long-term results. What is the Buteyko course? Should it exactly follow all ideas suggested by Dr. Buteyko? What is the Buteyko (original) method? There are 4 different criteria or approaches that can be used to answer this question: 1. Anything that within the main idea of the method: The cause of chronic health probems is overbreathing (low CO2 in the lungs); the direction to go is to increase CO2 in the alveoli of the lungs by reducing ventilation). The Buteyko Table of Health Zones reflects healthy states and stages of diseases. 2. “Back to Nature idea” 3. A specific fixed set of methods. Probably those that was originally used by Buteyko and his colleagues (the classical method) 4. Not specific methods and techniques (tools), but specific practitioners or closest people... (better certified or spent more time etc.) Reverse order: 4. Specific or certified people – My view: the Buteyko method is about specific methods and techniques that 1) can be reproduced and used by others (new students, new teachers) and 2) able to provide better results. Buteyko's criteria: 90% success rate for treating diseases by breathing practitioners, having 60 s CP. 3. What is the original Buteyko method? A. Historical changes were also common: breathing exercises 12-15 min, 30-40 min, now 15-20 min.... B. For example, here are Dr. Buteyko's quotes about effects of high blood glucose (hyperglycemia) in people with diabetes mellitus: “... We are convinced that the increase of sugar level is not a pathologically damaging factor. Sometimes we observe a tenfold rise of blood sugar, and so what? Nobody died from such a hyperglycemia. Sugar is not poisonous. That is clear for everybody.” This the quote from the main Russian source on the Buteyko method, from the 2nd Conference of Buteyko doctors, KP Buteyko, The theory of the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus. Basic principles of hormone therapy. In: Buteyko method. Its application in medical practice, ed. by K.P. Buteyko, 2nd ed., 1991, Titul, Odessa, pages 5-10. These days, due to 21-century research on inflammation caused by glucose metabolism, it is clear that even normal blood glucose has mild toxic and addictive effects due to existence of cleaner fuel: dietary fats. If someone teaches the Buteyko method, does this mean that this Buteyko practitioner should also advise their diabetic patients to ignore hyperglycemia? Similarly, Buteyko had serious wrong ideas in relation to use and effects of breathing devices. He claimed that overbreathing during device sessions would cause overbreathing after sessions. This is not correct since any Buteyko teacher who tried devices agrees that devices lead to higher final CPs after sessions of the same duration and similar intensity (air hunger). Note that my personal opinion is that Dr. KP Buteyko was the greatest medical man. He made more significant health contributions than contributions made by any other 10 famous medical people combined. My understanding of the Buteyko breathing method: - Changes are normal for when applied now vs. in the past. Teaching Buteyko breathing method factors: - Not people or practitioners, not diplomas, but tools and results. Some tools and differences are to be discussed later. Efficiency of breathing retraining is in results (CP for 99+% of people): - Safety for special situations and conditions (vs. damage) - Increased success rate for more severe conditions (more serious forms or more difficult conditions) - Less time and better results - Better long-term results (not breathing exercises). Our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/artour2006 The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQv0IwBD-Y0 /. The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, bestselling Amazon writer, health educator, breathing teacher and trainer, and the author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com.

How to Achieve Automatic Diaphragmatic Breathing 24/7 Day-Night: Prevent Chest/Thoracic Respiration Artour Rakhimov

http://youtu.be/ACkG3F5FU5sHow To Achieve Automatic Diaphragmatic Breathing 24/7, Day & Night – Prevent chest or thoracic respiration with breathing retraining and high body oxygen levels Is it possible to unconsciously breathe with the diaphragm 24/7? There are many people out there who claim to be able to teach people to use diaphragmatic breathing, but in many cases this retraining takes many months or even years before the person will reach a point of doing so automatically, or without consciously deciding to change their breathing pattern e.g. while sitting somewhere comfortably for an hour a day and focusing on their breathing pattern. Meaning there is no guarantee that they are breathing diaphragmatically through the night or even while at rest, during the rest of their day. The reasons for this are very simple. Their methods do not address the causes of chest breathing, which can be categorized as, too fast and too large inhalations, causing low body and brain oxygenation. Many of them also claim that breathing more air improves body oxygen levels, and that CO2 is a toxic waste gas, this is incorrect. Modern people breathe about 2 times more air than the medical norm and most people are still suffering from a lack of oxygenation. When we breathe more than the medical norm at rest – which can be as little as 12 small diaphragmatic breaths per minute, and about 500 ml of air per breath – it is called hyperventilation. Hyperventilation causes alveolar hypocapnia (or CO2 deficiency in the lungs), which reduces blood flow and oxygenation of the diaphragm muscle. While arterial hypocapnia makes smooth and skeletal muscles tense, the diaphragm included. In fact, hyperventilation or (overly) deep diaphragmatic breathing, reduces oxygen delivery to all vital organs in the human body. Sick people tend to breathe about 2-3 times more than the medical norm. Which means they suffer from low CO2 levels in the lungs and reduced O2 levels in their body cells. Many of us may have brief moments of additional hyperventilation (on top of what we have now) when surprised. Where people in the past had only 4-5 L/min for minute ventilation at rest, modern numbers are about 12 L/min for normal subjects. Hyperventilation makes modern people oxygen deficient (see instructions for the body-oxygen test below) and this makes them chest breathers. Therefore, automatic (unconscious) diaphragmatic breathing is very rare these days. In this video, Dr Rakhimov explains how, with the students from his breathing retraining course who improve their body oxygen test results (see how to test below) to a level of 30 CP, first thing in the morning, they automatically switch to diaphragmatic breathing. Regardless of age and how accustom they have become to chest breathing. Many of them start out unable to move or even feel their diaphragm, but by the time they reach a body oxygen level of 30 seconds, first thing in the morning, diaphragmatic breathing becomes their new normal. So, in short, what are the major benefits of automatic diaphragmatic breathing? Diaphragmatic breathing 24/7 is necessary for ideal oxygenation of the arterial blood (about 98-99%) and efficient lymphatic drainage of abdominal organs, as up to 60% of all lymph nodes are located just under the diaphragm. Our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/artour2006 The YouTube URL of this video is: /. The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, health educator, writer, breathing teacher and trainer, and the author of the website www.NormalBreathing.com.

3D Flash NormalBreathing Intro Video - 16 Seconds Artour Rakhimov

http://youtu.be/mJTtdjBSXiMHere is our short 3D Flash NormalBreathing Site Introduction Video - only 16 Seconds long. Learn how to breathe slower and less using breathing retraining, the Buteyko method, Frolov-DiY devices and other techniques such as lifestyle changes with correct diet, sleep and exercise programs. Our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/artour2006 The YouTube URL of this video is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJTtdjBSXiM/. The video is created, with help of Freelancers, by Dr. Artour Rakhimov, who is a health educator, Amazon writer, breathing teacher and trainer of Buteyko teachers, and the author of the websites www.NormalBreathing.com, www.NormalBreathing.org, www.NormalBreathing.net. Music credits to be added.

Chest Breathing Causes Health Problems - How Diaphragm Functions Artour Rakhimov

How & Why Chest Breathing Causes Health Problems – Functions and Benefits of the Diaphragm

This video begins with Dr. Artour Rakhimov showing you how to conduct a simple ‘Chest Breathing Test’.

The route of breathing test can be done as follows:
- Place one hand on your chest and one over your belly button or navel.
- Without thinking too much about how you ordinarily breathe, begin to take, slow, deeper breaths.
- Then, monitor which of your hands moves the most, if you breathe more into your chest than into your belly or diaphragm, then the hand on your chest will move more and vice-versa. Usually your breathing pattern will be evident after 1-3 breaths.

Dr Artour Rakhimov then goes on to explain how despite the fact that most medical and physiological text books clearly state that 80-90% of our breathing should be done using the diaphragm – with the upper chest playing a much smaller role – probably 90+% of people are breathing predominantly with their upper chest, during sleep, at rest, and throughout most of the day.

When watching healthy people with ‘normal breathing’ we can see that they have very little visible movement in the chest at all, with perhaps a small movement in the 2 lower ribs, which is hardly noticeable and typically inaudible.

Even when someone is breathing 2-3 times more than the norm it would still be difficult to notice based on the sound alone. Usually if a person is breathing 4 times the norm (hyperventilation), it would become evident audibly.

So, are there any negative effects of chest breathing? Can it create suffering?

There is no simple answer to this question, as it is not such a popular point of discussion. But in this video Dr. Rakhimov hopes to shed some light on the subject, as he shares the information that he found from several medical studies.

- Problems with chest breathing and their causes: http://www.normalbreathing.com/index-chest-breathing.php
- Relaxed diaphragmatic breathing exercise: http://www.normalbreathing.com/l-relax-diaphragmatic-breathing.php

There are 2 scientific reasons and benefits why diaphragmatic breathing is much better for us than chest breathing:

1) Using the diaphragm expands your lungs down – allowing many more alveoli (tiny air sacks inside the lungs) to stretch out and get a fresh air supply – meaning the whole lung gets fresh air. As opposed to when we breathe into the chest, which only allows fresh air to reach the top half of the lungs. Due to gravity, the upper part of the lungs, have 5-6 times less blood flow than the lower part. Meaning that even someone who breathes 2-3 times more than the norm will still not be absorbing less oxygen, just due to chest breathing. (For some reason this effect is stronger during sleep – “Nocturnal Hypoxemia”)

2) 50-60% of all lymph nodes are located just under the diaphragm. Lymph nodes are important for clearing the body of toxins and waste products and can only be moved around the body by compression. Most people, who are barely using their diaphragm to breath, will have a build up of toxins from the pancreas, liver, intestines and other organs, just sitting underneath their diaphragm, unable to move due to the lack of movement in the area. Once they begin diaphragmatic breathing, these toxins can be pushed out of the body as nature intended. This is another advantage of having abdominal or diaphragm respiration.

Pages in Spanish:
- Función de diafragma: Beneficios de respiración diafragmática: http://www.respiracionnormal.org/diafragma-funcion/
- Respiración diafragmática : Técnicas e Instrucciones: http://www.respiracionnormal.org/respiracion-diafragmatica/

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The video features Dr. Artour Rakhimov, health educator, writer, Buteyko breathing teacher and trainer of practitioners, and the author of 11 bestselling Amazon books and the website www.NormalBreathing.com.

Measuring Body and Brain Oxygen Levels (Devices and Simple DIY Test)

Measuring Body And Brain Oxygen Levels (and how to increase brain and body oxygenation naturally since your breathing is the main factor for oxygen transport to tissues and cells) Measuring Body & Brain Oxygen Levels (and how to increase brain and body oxygenation naturally since your breathing is the main factor for oxygen transport to tissues and cells)

How much oxygen is in the body? And how can we test how much oxygen is in the body? Here is the link to the page that discusses this topic in more detail: http://www.normalbreathing.com/body-brain-oxygen-content.php/ .

Believe it or not, you don’t have to go to the hospital for an expensive test in order to get an idea of how much oxygen is in your body. (Of course if you are unwell and suffering, you should always go to the doctor for a check up)

As you may already know, using PET scans to measure body oxygen levels in the brain and other organs is probably the most common method used among doctors today. But when solely using these scans, it can be difficult to get a clear picture of your total body oxygen level.

Here is more about body and cell oxygen levels: http://www.normalbreathing.com/co2-cells-oxygen.php

This is due to the fact that the distribution of oxygen around our body is usually very inhomogeneous, or unevenly distributed, and can change from moment to moment depending on which part of the body needs the most oxygen at that time.

For example, the stomach and intestines would use a lot more of the body’s oxygen during digestion than at any other time throughout the day, so taking a scan with the intention of reading body oxygen levels at that time, could leave you with misleading results.

Fortunately, Dr. Buteyko - leading Soviet physiologist who was a Manager of the Respiratory Laboratory for spaceship research in the 1960s - did a wide variety of tests, measuring oxygen levels in the body tissues and their correlation to breathing. From these tests, he was able to create a much simpler test.

In this video, Dr. Artour Rakhimov is here to explain how Dr. Buteyko’s simple test works, and how anyone can do the test in less than a minute (on average - with the exception of deep-sea divers and the like).

In order to do this simple ‘Breath Holding Test’ or ‘Body Oxygen Test’ you will need to:
- Rest for 5 min. - To ensure that you are calm and that your blood pressure is at a ‘normal’ resting rate)
- While seated, begin to monitor your regular breath (trying not to change it from its usual pattern)
- When you are ready, and after an exhalation, pinch your nose and begin holding your breath
- Start timing your breath hold, from the second you pinch your nose
- Hold only until ‘first point of stress or discomfort’ – i.e. not for as long as you possibly can, that would be a very different number
- Then, release your nose, ensuring that your breathing pattern is the same as it was before the breath hold.

If you feel as though you are gasping for air after the hold, this means that your breathing pattern was disturbed. In this case, the number you counted was not your true CP (Control Pause or Body Oxygen Index) and you should repeat the test after 2 minutes.

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This video is created by Dr. Artour Rakhimov, an international educator and writer, breathing teacher and trainer of practitioners, an author of bestselling Amazon books, and the creator of www.NormalBreathing.com.