Patrick McKeown is creator, CEO and Director of Education and Training at Oxygen Advantage®, Director of Education and Training at Buteyko Clinic International and President of Buteyko Professionals International. He is a leading international expert on breathing and sleep, and author of bestselling books including The Oxygen Advantage. He joins Philly this week on The Wellness Way to talk about all things sleep and breathing. 
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS

The Buteyko Method has shown to be efficacious in helping improve a number of breathing related problems including asthma, rhinitis, hay fever, anxiety, stress and panic attacks, dental health, craniofacial development and ADHD, insomnia, snoring, central sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea.


There was a 2012 study in Stratford upon Avon of children aged 6 to 57 month olds showing that those who have untreated breathing problems while sleeping will have a 40% greater risk of developing special education needs by age 8, including ADHD. 
We spend a third of our lives asleep and if we’re sleeping with our mouths open then it can be detrimental to our oral health. Mouth taping can help ensure we breathe through our noses while sleeping. Make sure you don’t use regular tape, try the MyoTape in the link below. 
Asthma affects around 8 to 10% of people, for ways to reduce the effects of it you can find Patrick’s tips in the link in the show notes. 
75% of the population have dysfunctional breathing.

 
BEST MOMENTS
‘It’s great to have an idea of how your physiology influences your state of mind’
‘You’re giving this to your kids for life’ 
‘If you breathe through your nose it filters the air’ 
‘On a day-to-day basis, you will experience an increase in energy, better concentration, an enhanced ability to deal with stress, and a better quality of life’
 
EPISODE RESOURCES
Oxygen Advantage
Zoom clinics for anxiety, asthma and sleep problems
BBC Buteyko QED documentary
Dispatches Documentary Orthodontics
Free Buteyko technique for children
MyoTape
 
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ABOUT THE GUEST 
Patrick McKeown is creator, CEO and Director of Education and Training at Oxygen Advantage®, Director of Education and Training at Buteyko Clinic International and President of Buteyko Professionals International. He is a leading international expert on breathing and sleep, and author of bestselling books including The Oxygen Advantage. His focus — to empower more people every day to breathe better, feel better and achieve their potential.
Patrick’s interest in breath training began when he discovered the Buteyko Breathing Method, aged 26. After a lifetime of asthma medication and inhalers, he found immediate relief from his symptoms, and has remained asthma-free ever since. He traveled to Moscow, Russia, to learn from Dr. Konstantin Buteyko, and was accredited to teach the Buteyko Method in 2002.
For the last two decades, Patrick has provided breathwork training and breath-based sports and mindfulness coaching to thousands of people. In that time, he has:

Written bestselling books including Asthma Free, Naturally, Close Your Mouth, The Oxygen Advantage and The Breathing Cure
Been awarded fellowship of the Royal Society of Biology in the UK
Contributed to scientific journals including the Journal of Clinical Medicine
Trained hundreds of breathing instructors
Founded Buteyko Clinic International — the foremost Buteyko breathing clinic in the UK
Been featured on many popular health and fitness podcasts, TedX, and in publications including USA Today, MindBodyGreen and Men’s Health
Devised his own research-backed breathwork training program, Oxygen Advantage®, which continues to develop and grow in line with his clinical experience as a breathing coach, and with the latest scientific research

Many people first discover Patrick McKeown’s work by reading his 2015 bestselling book, The Oxygen Advantage. The book has an important place in