Welcome to the Buteyko Breathing Centre

We are the oldest established Buteyko clinic in the UK, and run regular face-to-face or private Skype courses to help people who suffer from:

• Asthma
• Allergies
• Hayfever
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Sinusitis
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Anxiety/Panic Attacks
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Snoring
• Sleep Apnea
• Migraines

Do you have any of the above conditions?
Have you been taking ever-increasing amounts of medication to control your symptoms?
Why continue to suffer?
Learn to breathe normally with us. Restore yourself to health- safely, gently and effectively.

Clinical evidence and our experience of teaching Buteyko to over 1000 people indicates that by learning Buteyko with us you can expect to improve your quality of life in many ways. Within 3 months you can expect to be….

• breathing easily and gently
• sleeping quietly and waking refreshed
• experiencing less unpleasant symptoms of migraines, asthma, allergies, hayfever, CFS
• feeling and acting from a calmer state
• SAFELY needing less pills and puffers
•  seeing big improvement in your sports and exercise performance
• feeling increased vitality and well-being
• enjoying eating, better digestion and appetite
• normalising body weight

You may wish to discuss your options with a practitioner so please call us to book Workshop or One2one Skype course. The sooner you start, the sooner you'll feel better!

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. Let us, safely and effectively teach you to normalise your breathing.

On this site you will find information on the Buteyko Method of breathing re-training. The Buteyko Method is a highly effective drug-free treatment for bronchial Asthma. by using our asthma breathing exercises, you can 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.

Following a number of successful medical trials showing the efficacy of the Buteyko method in reversing the symptoms of bronchial asthma, it is now recognised by the BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY as a valid intervention for Asthma, category B. This means Consultants, GP's and Asthma nurses can refer patients to take the Buteyko course with us.  No other complementary therapy has this category relating to Dysfunctional Breathing. The Buteyko Method involves taking no additional medication and can be safely used by people over the age of 3 years and well into the eighties.

Buteyko is extremely effective in mitigating the symptoms of a range of disorders such as migraines, and Chronic Fatique Syndrome/ME.

• 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
  

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, Skype or in person
• Free-of-charge refreshers for 6 months on any of our courses

Small group, or one-2-one learning? Whch is best for you?

• Dr Buteyko always chose to teach and to train his practitioners in groups, as far as possible. His experience was that this form of teaching achieved greater results than one-to-one teaching.
• Well trained practitioners have trained by observing groups (minimum of 50 clients) being taught. MOST successful Buteyko practitioners have had breathing problems themselves, and only qualify once they have sorted their own health and have taught a minimum 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 to take part in learning Buteyko in a group of people, and see them obtaining REDUCTION OF SYMPTOMS and REDUCTION OF NEED FOR RELIEVER MEDICATION then 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 wider 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.

"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 Buteyko Breathing Centre.

We hope you can join us on a Workshop or a One2One Skype soon. In the meantime you may have some questions, in which case please don't hesitate to contact either Gina Larsson or Linda Meads by phone or by e-mail to clarify anything or to book a phone consultation or a place on a course."

We look forward to hearing from you.

Linda

Linda Meads
Buteyko Breathing Centre
January 2012