How To Breathe Better With Professor Patrick McKeown

When we optimise our performance, we usually think of the basics of training, sleep, and food. Yet, we often miss one important aspect: breathing. If you have ever felt brain fog, a racing mind or insomnia, breathing may be the solution you need. In this episode, Patrick McKeown joins us to explain how mouth breathing can harm our health and performance, and many people still do this unconsciously. He shares that we need to transition to nasal breathing to help us breathe better. The change may be difficult at first, but Patrick encourages us through steps to help guide this change. If you want to know more about the science behind nasal breathing, then this episode is for you. Get Customised Guidance for Your Genetic Make-Up For our epigenetics health program all about optimizing your fitness, lifestyle, nutrition, and mind performance to your particular genes, go to https://wellness.lisatamati.com/epigenetics. Online Coaching for Runners Go to www.runninghotcoaching.com for our online run training coaching. You can also join our free live webinar on runners' warm-up to learn how a structured and specific warm-up can make a massive difference in how you run. Consult with Me If you would like to work with me one to one on anything from your mindset, to head injuries, to biohacking your health, to optimal performance or executive coaching, please book a consultation here: https://shop.lisatamati.com/collections/consultations Order My Books My latest book Relentless chronicles the inspiring journey about how my mother and I defied the odds after an aneurysm left my mum Isobel with massive brain damage at age 74. The medical professionals told me there was absolutely no hope of any quality of life again, but I used every mindset tool, years of research and incredible tenacity to prove them wrong and bring my mother back to full health within 3 years. Get your copy here: http://relentlessbook.lisatamati.com/ For my other two best-selling books Running Hot and Running to Extremes chronicling my ultrarunning adventures and expeditions all around the world, go to https://shop.lisatamati.com/collections/books. My Jewellery Collection For my gorgeous and inspiring sports jewellery collection 'Fierce', go to https://shop.lisatamati.com/collections/lisa-tamati-bespoke-jewellery-collection. Here are three reasons why you should listen to the full episode: Learn how mouth breathing can affect many aspects of your life. Discover the power of nasal breathing and how it can help improve your sleep and concentration. Understand the steps for transitioning to nasal breathing. Resources Follow Patrick's Amazon page for updates on his latest book, The Breathing Cure. In the meantime, you can Patrick's The Oxygen Advantage! **INCLUDE LINK TO EPISODE WITH JAMES NESTOR ONCE IT'S OUT**Why We Sleep: Unlocking The Power Of Sleep And Dreams by Matthew WalkerBreath: The New Science Of A Lost Art by James NestorBOLT Method to test your breathing efficiency.Check out Buteyko Clinic and The Oxygen Advantage for breathing tools mentioned in this episode! Episode Highlights [2:16] Patrick's Journey Into Breathing Patrick shared how he was a chronic mouth breather and had asthma growing up. This condition got worse in time and affected his concentration and studies. Chronic mouth breathing affects 25 - 50% of children, yet the medical industry is not doing anything to address it. Patrick's personal experience and struggles made him realise that no one is teaching how to breathe correctly. Breathing is fundamental to attention and sleep. Listen to the full episode for an overview of how breathing can affect our development and life! [13:35] The Importance Of Nasal Breathing Transitioning to nasal breathing can increase oxygen pressure by 10%. Mouth breathing is often tied to chest breathing, which is faster. Faster, shallower breaths cause the body to think it is in danger.Nasal breathing can help conditions such as asthma, COVID-19 recovery, sarcoidosis, anxiety, depression, functional movement and more. Adults usually breath four to six litres of air during rest. Asthmatics report breathing as much as 10 to 15 litres.Approximately 75% of the people with anxiety have dysfunctional breathing. [21:49] Breathing And Stress Stress is always accompanied by faster and upper chest breathing.Faster breathing causes us to think we're in danger.Light, slow, and deep breathing should be taught to people with anxiety and PTSD.Correct, functional breathing shouldn't be used in five-minute chunks, but instead, be how we breathe every day. [25:59] Breathing And Sleep The problem of snoring lies in mouth breathing. Nasal breathing helps address sleep apnea. Roughly 50% of the adult population sleeps with their mouth open. If your mouth is dry in the morning, you may be sleeping with your mouth open.Listen to the full episode to learn more about the importance of breathing for better sleep....