Sasha Yakovleva co-founded the Buteyko Breathing Center in Crestone, Colorado. She trained at the Buteyko Clinic in Moscow under Ludmila Buteyko and Dr Andrey Novozhilov, and co-authored Breathe To Heal with K.P. Buteyko and A.E. Novozhilov. She came to the method in 2008, when her husband Thomas's asthma left him unable to work or walk far. A phone call to Buteyko's widow, a wire transfer with no contract, and a trip to the clinic changed his life, and then hers. Most guests on this show talk about breathing more fully. Sasha argues the opposite. In the Buteyko view, most modern people take in far more air than they need, and the fix is to breathe less: through the nose, silently, almost invisibly, with a mild sense of air hunger. Patrick Obolgogiani asks her to make that case, to explain what carbon dioxide does in the body according to Buteyko's work, and to say where the evidence is strong and where it is thinner than her field admits. Then you get to try it. Sasha walks Patrick through the first steps of breathing normalization on air: nose, silence, still shoulders and chest, and a two-finger exercise for finding the sweet spot of air hunger. The last third covers meditation and the nervous system, the nose as the body's air conditioner, children, mouth breathing and adenoids, how Buteyko explained asthma, who the method is for, and the myth she most wants gone: that any breathing technique is good for you. What you will hear: Thomas in 2008, and the phone call to Buteyko's widowWhy Sasha says the Buteyko method is not a breathing techniqueThe Soviet laboratory in Siberia where breathing was studied for yearsThe case against "take a deep breath"Healthy breathing is diaphragmatic, nasal, silent and almost invisibleWhy lifestyle, in her account, explains modern over-breathingCarbon dioxide as Buteyko saw it, and what the yogis called pranaThe 150 diseases claim, and where the trials actually sitTry it: nose, silence, stillness, air hungerFocus on the inhale, and let the exhale take care of itselfChildren, mouth breathing and adenoidsAsthma as a defence mechanism, in the Buteyko modelThe biggest breathing myth, according to SashaThe views on asthma, allergies and other conditions in this episode are Sasha's and her tradition's, drawn from the Buteyko Clinic's clinical experience. Alveos makes a wellness wearable, not a medical device. Nothing here is medical advice. Never change or stop prescribed medication, including inhalers, without talking to your own doctor. Find Sasha Yakovleva: Website: breathingcenter.com Video course: Buteyko Breathing Step by Step Community: Buteyko Breath Master Community, live on Sundays Books: Breathe To Heal, Adenoids Without Surgery Art & Science of Breathing is made by alveos. Learn more about Alveos One at alveoslabs.com. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:08 Who Dr Buteyko was, and a husband who could not breathe 08:46 Why the method is not a breathing technique 10:59 A Soviet laboratory in Siberia 13:39 The case against taking a deep breath 16:57 What healthy breathing looks like 21:08 Why modern people over-breathe 25:44 Carbon dioxide is not a waste gas 32:38 The 150 diseases claim and the evidence 36:54 Try it, from nose breathing to air hunger 44:53 Meditation, the nervous system and the exhale 49:21 The nose as the body's air conditioner 50:58 Children, mouth breathing and adenoids 54:48 Asthma from the Buteyko view 58:27 Rapid fire on safety, timelines and myths 62:19 Asthma, alveos and where to find Sasha
