Personally I am no longer interested in my personal sports performance, I am however deeply interested in peace of mind and restful sleep. Your book Anxiety Free has been perfect for me. Thank you.
Found your book "The Oxygen Advantage" by way of James Nestor's book "Breathe: The New Science of a Lost Art" and I've really enjoyed exploring the different techniques that are discussed as well as the accompanying studies and stories. I'm 32 years old, in relatively good health but I've been a mouth breather for as long as I can remember. My friends and family started telling me that I would hold my breathe in my sleep for long periods of time and frequently when I was around 20 years old, so I did a sleep study back in 2015 and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I've used a CPAP machine ever since then, and while my sleep seemed to be improved, I would still wake up 2-3 times a night from fidgeting with the CPAP equipment. I've now been trying the sleep tape technique for a week, but so far it's seemed to be ineffective at keeping my mouth closed. My girlfriend has said that I've been snoring and have stopped breathing for a short periods of time. One thing I know I struggle with is eating within two hours of going to sleep. I also need to increase the "Breathe light Breathe Right" technique throughout the day and before I go to bed, but I'm not sure I'm performing the breathing exercise correctly. It's confusing to me to breathe less with each in-breath, because if I do that then eventually I won't breathe in any at all. Is that how I'm supposed to do that? Nonetheless, the material is wonderful and it's given me new hope for a healthier life all the way around. Cheers!
Shakespear said there is no such thing as good and bad there is only what your thought tells you. If you drop the thoughts of good and bad there is just what is, it is neither good nor bad it just is, live with what is dont think about it just go with it. Thank you for this video and thank you for caring enough to share your experience and wisdom
My teacher calls centration not concentration. When why hear and stop talking with mind. This is related also with the way of watching. When we see something, and we redirect our atention to some object is concentration, but when we watch something and we open periferic watching and we see what is around we are centrated. Also importan the natural post of exalation. Great video, very clear!
The story of my life…lack of concentration! I’m a butterfly mind I really struggle to focus wholeheartedly on anything..even my mind/breathing flutters everywhere. I know this is practice and at age 63 teaching the old dog new tricks isn’t gonna be easy ..but I must try to get my breathing into gear to help with anxiety. Thanks Patrick 👏
The Buddha said that everyone is asleep to the world but awake to their desires and aversions, which is one of the meanings of Buddha, typically people try to push undesirable thoughts out of their mind creating more aversion and instantly creating a desire because their desire is to get rid of aversion. So when your agitated you focus on your thoughts first which agitates your breathing then makes you feel agitated and behave agitated, but if you focus on the breath first and bring it under control until its normal and peaceful and don't try to push the agitated thought out of your mind your breath will control the agitation and you'll feel at peace and act like that. It doesn't matter what the thought is about, as long as your breathing is peaceful you'll feel peaceful. By moving the attention to your breathing you take the energy away from the thought.
What a great video! Thank you Patrick! I wonder if you could re-upload the same video without this loud distracting background music ? I wait for your reply! Thank you again!
This is an inspiring video, thank you Patrick. I discovered you this year on a podcast from Bob on the Bob & Brad Physical Therapist channel. I'm reading your book now.
I see Oxygen Advantage on Audible but I don't see Anxiety Free on Audible, Any idea when you plan to put it on Audible as I prefer listening than reading.
So glad I listened to this. I've been doing Butekyo Breathing for about two months now. I used to just focus on my breathing but later have started spliting attention between other things and breath hold times are not going up - even going down in some cases. Time to focus solely on my breathing;
Patrick - great video - actually brilliant insight.......matches my experience 100%. It's a shift in "State" - "State" is defined by a specific pattern of Thought / Physiology (incl. Muscular blocks) / Breathing Pattern / ......Wilhelm Reich...90 years ago.
I was surprised how much an irregular sleep pattern/cycle influences ones mental state. I’m currently working on getting it back to normal again. I was wondering, can too much sleep affect your breathing throughout the day aswell? Thanks.
I am now reading teh Oxygen advantage and it's a great book. I love you work, recently i have been coming to the conclusion about nasal breathing on my own, but i after reading the book i have begun to take a close attention to it throughout the day and during exersice. I jsut want to ask about measuring the BOLT score. Do i start the breath hold after a medium exhalation, or do i need to exhale all the air in the lungs? There is a difference in the score between the two.
@@OxygenAdvantage You are such an Angel to do all your videos, I'm deeply grateful to you & I pray that you are or eventually live an ethical lifetime of eating Fruit & Plant-Based Vegan lifestyle as well. Respectfully with many blessings to you for unified positive evolved consciousness oneness~
Patrick. I'm french...and I have a question: I'm doing breathing exercices with air restriction on a daily basis and I have seen tremendous changes in m'y well-being. THANKS 🙏 If I stop practicing, how long does it take to loose all the benefits of my training and come back to my initial "stressed" state ? Thanks !! 🙏🙏 Alex from Back To Relaxation
@@OxygenAdvantage I'm not sure I understand what the Bolt score is...but if you're talking about the CP I have 40" & body temperature in the morning at around 36,7/36,8 C. Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Alex
Hi @grime7002, This is from Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown. Functional breathing courses can be booked via our website www.oxygenadvantage.com. A full range of courses are available under the 'Learn it' tab. This one is probably the best way to introduce yourself to the OA method: oxygenadvantage.com/live-breathing-classes/ Hope that helps.
Background noise is so distracting. It's getting more common now, a. terrible situation. Freedom of speech we need,we should also have freedom of listening. Stop this irritating noise, alow us to listen.
Question: my children seem to be breathing through their noses, but not into their stomach. They exhale by pushing their tummy out and inhale into the upper chest by pushing their tummy in and up!! It is hard for them to coordinate an inhale into the lower lungs.. Is there a tip u can give me..
They probably have incorrect oral and body posture, causing the chest breathing. Just because they may not mouth breathe doesn't mean that they are doing things right. I've been a nose breather my whole life, but had bad oral posture and incorrect breathing.
@@greenbudgieplays8092 thanks 4 responding. Sounds right. Especially during the night while sleeping. What can I do? Did u find ways to stomach breathe during sleep?
I'm wondering if this could help me lose the desire to smoke cigarettes by increase of oxygen to the brain and helping me stay focused. Have you heard testimonies? Thank you!
Hi Becky, Breathe Deep would help in this situation. Breathe Deep improves attention, balances emotions and helps in dealing with stress. It increases blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain. Stimulates the vagus nerve. Achieves optimal movement of the diaphragm and helps bring a calmness to the body and mind. And when your mind is calm, concentration and attention span increase. There are some studies to help support this. clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03728530 www.verywellmind.com/deep-breathing-for-nicotine-withdrawal-2824751 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7064378/
Hi, Lyonel. How to improve BOLT score: 1. You need to be practicing about 60 minutes of breathing exercises every day. 2. If you go for a walk, go for a walk with your mouth closed. 3. Slow down your breathing during walk. 4. If you are suited to do the breath holds, do 5 reps of breath holds during that walk (one to two times daily), with about a minute, gap between each breath hold. 5. Do 15 minutes of slow, reduced breathing before you go to sleep.
very hard to understand, I mean all of his videos. Can't someone tell me if Patrick affected with a condition that prevent him from spelling some words properly? I'm kinda stunt it's not even mention anywhere.
I love this guy. He's teaching presence and attention in a relaxed body, our real purpose as beings.
Personally I am no longer interested in my personal sports performance, I am however deeply interested in peace of mind and restful sleep. Your book Anxiety Free has been perfect for me. Thank you.
I'm glad to hear that my book helped you.
God bless you brother. Thanks for your work.
Oh my God. Thank you so much, you have spoken to my heart. All of this is about me. I will follow your suggestion. God bless you.
I’m post acute covid and finding McKeown is a literal life saver in reclaiming my breathing.
Found your book "The Oxygen Advantage" by way of James Nestor's book "Breathe: The New Science of a Lost Art" and I've really enjoyed exploring the different techniques that are discussed as well as the accompanying studies and stories. I'm 32 years old, in relatively good health but I've been a mouth breather for as long as I can remember. My friends and family started telling me that I would hold my breathe in my sleep for long periods of time and frequently when I was around 20 years old, so I did a sleep study back in 2015 and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. I've used a CPAP machine ever since then, and while my sleep seemed to be improved, I would still wake up 2-3 times a night from fidgeting with the CPAP equipment. I've now been trying the sleep tape technique for a week, but so far it's seemed to be ineffective at keeping my mouth closed. My girlfriend has said that I've been snoring and have stopped breathing for a short periods of time. One thing I know I struggle with is eating within two hours of going to sleep. I also need to increase the "Breathe light Breathe Right" technique throughout the day and before I go to bed, but I'm not sure I'm performing the breathing exercise correctly. It's confusing to me to breathe less with each in-breath, because if I do that then eventually I won't breathe in any at all. Is that how I'm supposed to do that? Nonetheless, the material is wonderful and it's given me new hope for a healthier life all the way around. Cheers!
Are you still doing it? Would be great to hear about your results! Best regards
Shakespear said there is no such thing as good and bad there is only what your thought tells you. If you drop the thoughts of good and bad there is just what is, it is neither good nor bad it just is, live with what is dont think about it just go with it. Thank you for this video and thank you for caring enough to share your experience and wisdom
My teacher calls centration not concentration. When why hear and stop talking with mind. This is related also with the way of watching. When we see something, and we redirect our atention to some object is concentration, but when we watch something and we open periferic watching and we see what is around we are centrated. Also importan the natural post of exalation. Great video, very clear!
The story of my life…lack of concentration! I’m a butterfly mind I really struggle to focus wholeheartedly on anything..even my mind/breathing flutters everywhere. I know this is practice and at age 63 teaching the old dog new tricks isn’t gonna be easy ..but I must try to get my breathing into gear to help with anxiety. Thanks Patrick 👏
This man is a genius, thank you!
So beautifully said 🙏
So, who’s reading the comments while listening to Patrick encouraging us to stay one point focused???? Guilty 😬
I just read ur book currently.
I feel like Meditation really helps.
Prana is co2 (maybe)
The Buddha said that everyone is asleep to the world but awake to their desires and aversions, which is one of the meanings of Buddha, typically people try to push undesirable thoughts out of their mind creating more aversion and instantly creating a desire because their desire is to get rid of aversion. So when your agitated you focus on your thoughts first which agitates your breathing then makes you feel agitated and behave agitated, but if you focus on the breath first and bring it under control until its normal and peaceful and don't try to push the agitated thought out of your mind your breath will control the agitation and you'll feel at peace and act like that. It doesn't matter what the thought is about, as long as your breathing is peaceful you'll feel peaceful. By moving the attention to your breathing you take the energy away from the thought.
Well said. I am currently reading Oxygen Advantage. Thank you!
Many thanks Irvin. Enjoy the book. Patrick
What a great video! Thank you Patrick!
I wonder if you could re-upload the same video without this loud distracting background music ? I wait for your reply!
Thank you again!
This is an inspiring video, thank you Patrick. I discovered you this year on a podcast from Bob on the Bob & Brad Physical Therapist channel. I'm reading your book now.
Hello Patrick...you describing the Buddhist anapansati meditation practice... focus in the breath the first step into freedom
I love this guy
I see Oxygen Advantage on Audible but I don't see Anxiety Free on Audible, Any idea when you plan to put it on Audible as I prefer listening than reading.
So glad I listened to this. I've been doing Butekyo Breathing for about two months now. I used to just focus on my breathing but later have started spliting attention between other things and breath hold times are not going up - even going down in some cases. Time to focus solely on my breathing;
Patrick, would you talk more about sugar in our diet? Thank you. Very thankful I found your videos.
Good stuff
excelente precise info.
Thank you so much.
Patrick - great video - actually brilliant insight.......matches my experience 100%. It's a shift in "State" - "State" is defined by a specific pattern of Thought / Physiology (incl. Muscular blocks) / Breathing Pattern / ......Wilhelm Reich...90 years ago.
Great great video, thank you!
I was surprised how much an irregular sleep pattern/cycle influences ones mental state. I’m currently working on getting it back to normal again. I was wondering, can too much sleep affect your breathing throughout the day aswell? Thanks.
Thank you, Jackie Treehorn -- I wish every first comment was identical to yours.
Very useful 👌 appreciate your precious knowledge 🙏
I am now reading teh Oxygen advantage and it's a great book. I love you work, recently i have been coming to the conclusion about nasal breathing on my own, but i after reading the book i have begun to take a close attention to it throughout the day and during exersice. I jsut want to ask about measuring the BOLT score. Do i start the breath hold after a medium exhalation, or do i need to exhale all the air in the lungs? There is a difference in the score between the two.
Thanks Plamen. Always measure BOLT- after a normal relaxed exhalation. See the videos on homepage of oxygenadvantage.com
@@OxygenAdvantage You are such an Angel to do all your videos, I'm deeply grateful to you & I pray that you are or eventually live an ethical lifetime of eating Fruit & Plant-Based Vegan lifestyle as well. Respectfully with many blessings to you for unified positive evolved consciousness oneness~
Thanks 🤗🇩🇴!!!
I could listen to your voice and your teachings all day if it was''nt for the ''pollution''' I hear @ the background.
👍
What if the person suffering from these concentration difficulties has low-key ADD?
Great information but background music is agitating.
Patrick. I'm french...and I have a question: I'm doing breathing exercices with air restriction on a daily basis and I have seen tremendous changes in m'y well-being. THANKS 🙏 If I stop practicing, how long does it take to loose all the benefits of my training and come back to my initial "stressed" state ? Thanks !! 🙏🙏 Alex from Back To Relaxation
It depends on your bolt score. If it drops significantly then symptoms return.
@@OxygenAdvantage I'm not sure I understand what the Bolt score is...but if you're talking about the CP I have 40" & body temperature in the morning at around 36,7/36,8 C. Thanks 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Alex
Addedum....Before practicing I was at 25" for the CP and 36,4 body temperature.
Yes, the CP is the bolt score.
@@jounitamola8491 thanks !!🙏
What course is this from? where cam I buy?
Hi @grime7002,
This is from Oxygen Advantage by Patrick McKeown. Functional breathing courses can be booked via our website www.oxygenadvantage.com. A full range of courses are available under the 'Learn it' tab.
This one is probably the best way to introduce yourself to the OA method: oxygenadvantage.com/live-breathing-classes/
Hope that helps.
The music in the background of this video was distracting
Background noise is so distracting. It's getting more common now, a. terrible situation. Freedom of speech we need,we should also have freedom of listening. Stop this irritating noise, alow us to listen.
Question: my children seem to be breathing through their noses, but not into their stomach. They exhale by pushing their tummy out and inhale into the upper chest by pushing their tummy in and up!!
It is hard for them to coordinate an inhale into the lower lungs.. Is there a tip u can give me..
They probably have incorrect oral and body posture, causing the chest breathing. Just because they may not mouth breathe doesn't mean that they are doing things right. I've been a nose breather my whole life, but had bad oral posture and incorrect breathing.
@@greenbudgieplays8092 thanks 4 responding. Sounds right. Especially during the night while sleeping. What can I do? Did u find ways to stomach breathe during sleep?
They are fine ,there's nothing wrong with their breathing .
@@tonyofarrell7318 No they are not. Chest breathing is dysfunctional and inefficient. It causes many health and aesthetic issues.
@@3DTilman Just search up diaphragmatic breathing
I'm wondering if this could help me lose the desire to smoke cigarettes by increase of oxygen to the brain and helping me stay focused. Have you heard testimonies? Thank you!
Hi Becky, Breathe Deep would help in this situation. Breathe Deep improves attention, balances emotions and helps in dealing with stress. It increases blood flow and oxygen delivery to the brain. Stimulates the vagus nerve. Achieves optimal movement of the diaphragm and helps bring a calmness to the body and mind. And when your mind is calm, concentration and attention span increase. There are some studies to help support this. clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03728530
www.verywellmind.com/deep-breathing-for-nicotine-withdrawal-2824751
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7064378/
How do you increase your BOLT score?
Hi, Lyonel. How to improve BOLT score: 1. You need to be practicing about 60 minutes of breathing exercises every day. 2. If you go for a walk, go for a walk with your mouth closed. 3. Slow down your breathing during walk. 4. If you are suited to do the breath holds, do 5 reps of breath holds during that walk (one to two times daily), with about a minute, gap between each breath hold. 5. Do 15 minutes of slow, reduced breathing before you go to sleep.
very hard to understand, I mean all of his videos. Can't someone tell me if Patrick affected with a condition that prevent him from spelling some words properly? I'm kinda stunt it's not even mention anywhere.
Nose breathing lowers my oxygen levels. Why??
Hi Jimbob. It shouldn't . Read more here oxygenadvantage.com/science/how-to-breathe-while-running/
I cant even pay attention to what you're saying
I have such bad attention span