Do you have Asthma? Hayfever?
Do you snore or have sleep apnea?
Why suffer?

....close your mouth and learn to breathe!!

Experience the clinically trialled benefits already found by thousands of people worldwide - up to 70% less coughing, breathlessness and wheezing, reduction of other symptoms and improvement in quality of life, sleeping, and enhanced ability to exercise

Welcome to the Buteyko Breathing Centre incorporating AsthmaCare UK, the oldest established UK Buteyko clinic. On this site you will find information on the Buteyko Method, our courses, and how to contact us. The Buteyko Method has been extensively medically trialled and proven to be a highly effective drug free Asthma treatment, and effective in mitigating the symptoms of all breathing related illnesses. In the 1950s, Russian medical scientist Dr Konstantin Buteyko identified over 150 disorders which can be resolved by normalising the breathing, and he developed a series of breathing exercises and strategies to do this.

Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema, Hayfever, Allergic Rhinitis, Panic Attacks, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are a few examples of conditions which the Buteyko Method can relieve. Buteyko is also an extremely safe and effective holistic treatment for snoring and Sleep Apnea. The Buteyko Method involves taking no additional medication and can be safely used by people over the age of 3 years.

The Buteyko Breathing technique, a treatment for Asthma, breathing exercises - endorsed by the medical profession - Read about Buteyko on Wikipedia HERE

Course Content
About the UK Buteyko Breathing Centre
What is Buteyko?
Buteyko theory
Buteyko trials and results
Frequently Asked Questions
Buteyko for children
Buteyko and sport
'Breathe less to be less Breathless! - article

Each of our Buteyko practitioners has been practising the Buteyko Method for themselves, has been teaching the Method for a MINIMUM of 5 years and has taught a MINIMUM of 100 client. We are covered by Professional Indemnity and we are dedicated to creating the same level of health benefits for you as we have received ourselves from Dr. Buteyko's Method.

A Buteyko Breathing Centre course provides:
An individual personalised programme delivered by a qualified, experienced, professionally indemnified practitioner

• Follow-on support, by telephone, e-mail or in person
• Free-of-charge refreshers for 12 months on any of our courses
• A Money Back Guarantee
  - Within 30 days of attending a course you should experience a reduction in symptoms and improvement in key indicators of health. If you don't you may attend a suitable future course at no extra cost.
  
  If, after you have attended this additional course and practised the breathing exercises for a further month, your condition still has not improved we will refund your course fee. This guarantee applies only to those with ASTHMA - other conditions may take longer to show improvement.

Is Buteyko education or therapy! Small group or one-2-one learning? Whch is best for you?

• Dr Buteyko always chose to teach and to train his practitioners in a groups, as far as possible. His experience was that this form of teaching achieved greater results than one-to-one teaching.
• ONLY ButeykoClinic trained and Buteyko Institute trained practitioners have trained by observing groups (minimum of 50 clients) being taught. NOTE that most of these practitioners have had breathing problems themselves, and are only considered qualified once they completed the tuition of 50 clients.
• The published and peer reviewed Clinical trials measuring the effects of Buteyko on asthma at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane (1995) and in Gisborne (New Zealand) (2000), were taught by experienced Buteyko Institute practitioners to groups of asthmatics, those participants having commmitted to a minimum of 9 hours tuition over 5 sessions. The results of the clinical trial held in Brisbane in 1994 showed asthmatic participants achieved a 96% reduction in asthma reliever medication and 49% reduction in steroid use within 12 weeks of practising the Method.
• When you have the opportunity to OBSERVE a group of people obtaining REDUCTION OF SYMPTOMS and REDUCTION OF NEED FOR RELIEVER MEDICATION within two weeks, there will be no doubt in your mind as to the negative effects of Chronic Hyperventilation and the positive effects of Buteyko.
• You SHARE EXPERIENCES and work with people of all ages and stages of life, children, businesspeople, etc. and you learn from each others' mistakes and triumphs! AND you get SUPPORT from the knowledge that you are not alone in having to put time and work into correcting your breathing.
• You MOTIVATE each other and learn HOW TO MOTIVATE your family!
• Discussions cover a wide variety of topics than in a one-to-one.
• You gain EXTRA INFORMATION - useful stuff for now and useful as your health improves.
• It is more FUN learning in a group! When you come back for follow-ups in the future you can see how other people have improved.

"We hope you can take a course soon. In the meantime you may have some questions, in which case please don't hesitate to contact the Centre by phone or by e-mail to clarify anything or to book a consultation or a place on a course.

We hope to hear from you and in doing so allow yourself the opportunity to improve the quality of your life, in the way that many thousands of people worldwide have, including the practitioners of the UK Buteyko Breathing Centre''.

Linda Meads
Buteyko Breathing Centre