Breathing Free : The 5-Day Breathing Programme That Can Change Your Life

by Teresa Hale

At the heart of the Buteyko Method lies the recognition that some 200 diseases, including respiratory conditions like asthma, develop because of hyperventilation. By altering your breathing patterns, you can radically improve your health, relieve symptoms and sometimes even eradicate illnesses without the need for drugs. The simple breathing exercises are based on 45 years of practical and empirical research by leading Russian medical scientist Professor Buteyko and are now used with great success around the world. Written by the founder of London's leading alternative clinic, the Hale Clinic, as well as a top practitioner of the Method, this book is set to radically improve the health of all those who embark on its 5-day programme.

Genres: Health

224 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

Reviews

[Debbie]

If you think you are breathing correctly, think again! This book is eye opening. It makes sense, and after reading it makes me even more wary of our modern healthcare system. Those who have been saying that we, as a nation, are over-medicated have been basically shut-down and are treated with great disdain. This book explains the cause of many of our ills and provides a simple solution...retrain the way you breathe. By doing so, you can get yourself off the medications that are only treating the symptoms.

[Clint]

Let's be honest guys. This book describes a wonderful technique but the price tag is absolutely crazy. This "book" should be a pamphlet. There is so much that is repeated every chapter, page and even paragraph!

*spoiler*
Breath shallow through your nose, don't take deep breaths. That's all. That's the buteyko method and that's seriously all you need to know in order to make your life better. The rest is just explaining the history of how amazing Ms. Hale is and how much she will help you.

[Kathy (McDowell) Miller]

I read this book because my fiance suffers with COPD and emphysema, and I suffer with his snoring. Before reading this book, I didn't know there was an easier course of action for asthma sufferers than taking (way too many) medications. I have hope of helping my fiance to tackle and defeat this horrible disease--or to at least get him off most of his meds and to help us both get a better night's sleep.

[Deana Young]

An interesting book on Breathing for everyone -- not just asthma suffers. But it goes against the grain of teaching you to breath shallow to help you better. Rather then to breath deeply. The book recites story after story. I listened to it on audio and it got boring after a while. You were told what you need to do, and then too many stories showing success in using this program.

[Marsha]

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