#216: How you breath will affect your physical and mental performance with Patrick McKeown
Patrick is the author of The Oxygen Advantage. I’ve been reading his book (highly recommend!), and since I’ve found breathwork to really help my anxiety and stress, I thought we could help even more people by having Patrick come on and really foster a better understanding of the breath and breathwork.
A surprising 75% of the anxiety population has breathing pattern disorders. Yet, we can self-regulate our stress and anxiety through our breath. So, if you’re stressed or anxious, this podcast is for you!
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SHOW NOTES
01:11 - Patrick’s background
02:50 - How he found breathwork and how it helped his asthma sleep issues
03:57 - How breathwork originated and how it can help a lot of health issues
O4:40 - Functional breathing and mindfulness
06:20 - The breathing technique he uses and and how it helps people
07:10 - Nasal vs mouth breathing
08:48 - Breathing pattern disorders
08:30 - Biochemistry and carbon dioxide
09:16 - Air hunger and oversensitivity to carbon dioxide
10:20 - How to self-regulate stress and anxiety through our breath
12:55 - How you breathe during sleep will affect your sleep quality
13:52 - Nitric oxide
14:50 - How breathing affects your psychology
15:44 - Breathing techniques and how to use them
19:17 - Recovery through breathwork
22:41 - Breathing for yoga
24:24 - Irregular breathing and the stress response
28:09 - Activating the relaxation response
28:58 - Exercising with your mouth closed
31:30 - What other programs he offer
32:19 - How women’s breathing is different from men’s
33:34 - What is a BOLT score
34:25 - The effects of mouth breathing in childhood
36:20 - Breathing technique clinical trials
