Shut Your Mouth
All breathing, in and out, should be through the nose. The nose and associated passages are magnificently capable of filtering, humidifying, temperature controlling and volume regulating the air before it enters the lungs.
The mouth, by comparison is gross and crude. Keep it generally closed.
Breathing at rest should be inaudible with very little observable movement of chest, abdomen or shoulders. (Gentle diaphragmatic breathing.)
Generally, the less you breathe, the better oxygenation you get whereas the more you breathe, the more you deplete your valuable reserves of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), the less oxygen your cells receive and the more your body has to defend against this loss (asthma, apnoea, mucus in airways, etc).
You don’t eat
through your nose
so don’t breathe
through your mouth!
We’ll teach you to breathe correctly
and the results will astound you!
Buteyko graduate completes first marathon with her mouth closed.
Karen Magdangal completed a Buteyko course in the Phillipines conducted by Jac Vidgen of Buteyko Asia.
Nasal breathing in sport, athletics and other physical activity reduces dehydration, increases oxygenation,
lowers pulse rate, improves performance and aids recovery.
