#216 - How you breathe 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

43:27 - Why you need a coach

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