The program covers the following:

1. The physiology of breathing.
   

2. Popular misconceptions and myths about oxygen and carbon dioxide.
   

3. The history of Professor Buteyko and his method.
   

4. The importance of nasal, diaphragmatic breathing and how to maintain it.
   

5. The connection between balanced breathing and health, between incorrect breathing and disease.
   

6. How food, drink and other substances affect your breathing.
   

7. Breathing and exercise - are you exercising yourself to death ? 
   

8. Sleep - rest, repair and rejuvenation or a nightmare ? 
   

9. Conventional treatments of snoring and sleep apnoea and why they seldom work.
   

10. Medication - generally treating symptoms not causes.
    

11. Anxiety to panic - emotional to physiological response.
    

12. Breathing and asthma (if relevant) - Australian, New Zealand and UK clinical trials and BBC documentary.
    

In addition, participants are taught and coached in:

1. monitoring their breathing and assessing the effects of various factors on it by a combination of pulse and Control Pause measurement.
   

2. correcting bad posture and dysfunctional breathing habits.
   

3. retraining their breathing using a combination of reduced volume breathing at rest and restricted breathing with physical activity.
   

4. addressing symptoms of hyperventilation using extended pauses and other techniques (individualised depending on age & condition).
   

5. maximising physical performance.
   

Course Structure:

1. Flexible, but usually five 1.5 - 2 hour sessions of initial information, instruction and practice plus free follow-up sessions, phone and email support as required over 6 months as clients improve their breathing.