Breathing and the Buteyko Method

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 3, 2024

I have spoken a lot about the Buteyko discovery.
Among other things, I am running an extensive thread on the subject in my Ashram: Breathing. Buteyko and others.

This is a very important subject.

It is one of the few subjects where healing is combined with scientific research—that is, it is based on many years of measurements, studies, and so on.

There are thousands of people who have been healed and continue to heal.

But that is not all!!!

The Buteyko discovery solves not only problems with the body, but also with the psyche.

And that is still not all.

His method genuinely improves human beings as a species.

It is literally accelerated evolution.

And it involves nothing artificial!

You do not introduce anything into your body.

You literally just change your breathing.

And importantly, you return it to NORMAL.

In other words, it is not some kind of unnatural breathing. It is not that there is a normal way of breathing and you start breathing somehow abnormally or unusually. No.

It is modern people who breathe abnormally.

Hence the diseases.

Nothing affects the body as much as breathing.

You can eat and drink anything you like, but it cannot compare with breathing.

You inhale once—and the blood changes RIGHT THEN, instantly!

And whatever you ate or drank becomes unimportant.

These days, there is a trend toward all kinds of alkaline food...

But if you do not breathe correctly, your alkaline diet is 0.1% effective.

Not at all.

Also useful:

https://www.youryoga.ru/school/en/threads/dyxatelnye-programmy.1590/
https://www.youryoga.ru/school/en/threads/dyxanie-zhizni.1400/
How to breathe clean air even while living in the city
Leave the body alone so that it can heal itself
COURSE: "Measuring Devices for Health and Development"
Autonomy

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 3, 2024

In principle, there are different ways to begin practicing the Buteyko Method.

Some people pause after every exhalation; others regularly (for example, every hour) hold their breath for as long as possible after exhaling. As long as possible.

Even simply exercising increases the carbon dioxide level in the blood.

Some people abstain from sex for a month or a year, which also reduces the depth of breathing.
They stop eating meat, stop sleeping too much....

So there are many ways.

But this is only the ENTRY POINT.

That is, it is enough to produce some kind of effect.

To UNDERSTAND that the Method works.

After that, you need to move on to the Method itself.

The point is to remain in it constantly.

This method was not invented by Buteyko.

It already existed.

Yes, Buteyko was a genius. Mainly because he rediscovered something that had existed for thousands of years.
And because he was a scientist and a doctor, he began to PROVE it scientifically, experimentally.

This is very IMPORTANT and valuable.

That is why I say once again that there are options.

You can do it exactly as Buteyko taught. Or you can follow an approach closer to Yoga.

The point here is not the Method, but Knowledge.

That is, there is a certain Law operating in our bodies. And if you attain it in another way, the essence does not change.

Still, I recommend starting specifically with the Buteyko Method.

Everything has already been tested and proven, and everything is scientifically substantiated. Just pick it up and do it.

It’s simple.

And it all works.

You don’t even have to understand how it works. Just follow the method and do it.

It is important to understand that beginners are frightened by this method.

It’s the same as eagles who have grown used to living in a chicken coop being afraid of heights.

But that is only at first.

It is YOURS.

It is not something foreign.

It is even free

You cannot sell something you have always had.

Beginners are afraid of this feeling of not getting enough air.

But that fear is false.

It is merely a little more carbon dioxide in the blood. And that is precisely what is perceived as suffocation.

Because you are used to breathing incorrectly.

It has already become ingrained in the brain.

And that is why the balance needs to be gradually restored.

To return to normal breathing.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 3, 2024

The Vedas say, "Tension is who you think you are. Relaxation is who you truly are."

Many people practicing the Buteyko method, even those with a year or more of experience, make a huge mistake. They try to achieve minimal inhalation by tensing everything they can: the abdomen, chest, diaphragm, and so on.

As if some kind of beast had hidden in their chest and had to be held back by force

And this is the wrong path.

I will simply repeat once again what I said above in this Mahapurna School thread: Do absolutely nothing. Relax everything as much as possible and aim for a slight feeling of "air hunger." It only seems that you are not getting enough air. It is merely a sensation. Like a habit.

It will soon pass.

For example, within 3–7 days.

Balance on the feeling that you would like to inhale a little more, but you are so relaxed that you do not do so.

This comes from total relaxation—not from straining intensely to keep yourself from taking a deep breath.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 4, 2024

There is absolutely no doubt that telling, say, a grandmother who is dying of cancer about yogic breathing makes no sense. But she will instantly understand the Buteyko Method.

This has happened many times before. There have been many such cases.

Quite literally, people had already been discharged from the hospital to die, lying there and dying.
Some of them had also been cut open with a scalpel many times (horrible).

And they were simply told: just start breathing a little less, not all the way, imperceptibly, with a feeling of air hunger.

And they came back to life!

People whom nothing could possibly help anymore simply clung to this straw and defeated death.

This straw is available to those who can no longer do anything themselves.
That is, there is no use telling them something like: come on, take cold showers, go vegan, start exercising... well, all the things we usually say.
They simply lie in bed. They cannot even get up!

You just say: breathe a little less.

And that's it!

A month later, the person is already running around the apartment, and another six months later, they are a healthy person.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 4, 2024

The Buteyko Method is called volitional.

That is exactly what it is called: volitional elimination of deep breathing.

In other words, it will not return to a normal state on its own. You need to apply your will.

But as I said above, it is not as though you strain yourself intensely to avoid inhaling deeply and exert your will to do so, as in sports

That's not how it works.

Willpower is your desire.

Like the morning sun—it will not rise on its own.

You need to control yourself every day, all day long.

The body is used to breathing deeply, and you control it through your will.

At first it is difficult; then the body gets used to it.

I will say even more.

Beginners who have just started think that it is impossible. That is only the case at first.

After breathing according to Buteyko for literally one day, you will be surprised in the evening at how much easier it is to cope with the desire to breathe more deeply.

Moreover, if you have a whole range of illnesses and they bother you less by evening, you do not need any further motivation.

For example, an asthmatic who has stopped suffocating is unlikely to return to deep breathing.

Why go back?

To get sick again?

Here is the Method—it works. Literally right away.

Even panic attacks, a lack of desire to live, and depression go away.

The psyche heals as well.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 4, 2024

The information I’m about to share with you will literally be invaluable.

At some point in Humanity’s evolution, certain people decided that since oxygen provides energy, it must be good, while carbon dioxide is poisonous and causes death, so it must be bad.

And these people called themselves doctors.

They said carbon dioxide was harmful. Oxygen is the real power!

What do we actually have in reality?

What is the fundamental difference between oxygen and carbon dioxide in relation to our body?

Oxygen is merely food.

Yes, yes. Just like your buns and cupcakes...

That’s all.

Just food. Pure energy.

That is the entirety of its functional role in our body.

Carbon dioxide, on the other hand, is a regulatory element.

It participates in a huge number of regulatory functions.

It is an enormous misconception to believe that something so important for regulating the body’s most essential functions is unimportant or even harmful!

Carbon dioxide is a vital regulator.

Without it, even oxygen will not enter the cell.

Because IT decides what is and is not to be in the body.

That is why Buteyko called carbon dioxide the Holy Spirit, Prana, and so on.

Without this “poison,” we would die immediately.

The only question is that some people live in a constant shortage of this vital element because of deep breathing.

And essentially, they gradually kill themselves.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 4, 2024

Get this through your head: NOTHING IN MODERN MEDICINE CURES ANYTHING!

Nothing.

Our modern medicine is not curative at all.

In the past, there were healers—they treated people.

But modern medicine cures nothing.

It merely helps a person avoid dying from the symptoms.

Yes, it helps people live, but it does not cure them.

The person continues to suffer from the disease.

The disease does not disappear.

They may give you something for a runny nose, and the runny nose will disappear. But that does not mean the cause of the runny nose has disappeared.

That is the problem!

Today the body signals with a runny nose, and tomorrow it will signal with something more serious....

The Buteyko Method CURES!

It is a remedy.

From the words “healer” and “to heal.”

But modern medicine maims.

A leg hurts—cut off the leg; the liver hurts—remove it...

The blood vessels have narrowed—here’s a pill to widen them...

Idiocy.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 4, 2024

Let me give you a simple example.

Psychological decompression rooms began to be used in workplaces.

That is, a person would recline in a chair for 10 minutes, listen to calm music, and relax.

The effect was remarkable: employees took fewer sick days, and productivity improved....

It seemed like the solution!

And the conclusion seemed obvious too: “These rooms gave all this to people.”

But no!

People stopped going to these rooms, but simply began breathing the way they had breathed in those rooms while relaxing (i.e., less).

And what do you think?

The effect was exactly the same!

In other words, the decompression room was simply helping people breathe less.

And the whole point was in this BREATHING.

AND EVERYTHING THAT CREATES (LEADS TO) THIS BREATHING HEALS.

But it will seem to you that the matter is not the breathing, but the action itself.

But the action itself is nothing.

It is nothing.

The breathing is what works.

Nowadays, everyone has rushed into meditation.

Yes, it heals.

That is precisely why meditation is currently trending.

There are so many effects.

Including therapeutic ones.

Just remember what your breathing is like during meditation.

Then don't meditate; simply breathe the same way.

You will be shocked that everything attributed to meditation will remain.

In other words, you are no longer meditating, but simply breathing as you do in meditation. That's all.

And this can be applied to everything.

Meat deepens breathing.

You become vegan—WOW, I feel so much better....

You simply gave up a stimulant of deep breathing and began breathing less...

And that is where the improvement came from.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 5, 2024

Usually, when people talk about oxygen and carbon dioxide, they get confused.

Because in relation to the body (our body), they can be different.

So, in relation to our body, these two gases can be:

Simply atmospheric—that is, around us.
In our lungs, when we have inhaled and filled our lungs.
In the blood.
In the cells.

These are four completely different states.

Let me explain.

For example, the fact that there is a certain amount of oxygen in the atmosphere does not mean that you will inhale it and the same amount will end up in your cells.

Let me explain with another example.

The fact that a person ate 100 g of protein for lunch does not mean that this protein will end up in their muscles.

This process is influenced by many factors.

I would go even further and say that even if there is oxygen in the blood, that does not mean it will end up in the cell.

Or put another way: even if there is protein in the blood, that does not mean it will end up in the muscles.

This is where people get confused.

There are devices that measure oxygen in the blood. You measure it and rejoice

But what is the goal of all this?

THE CELL!!!

If there is no oxygen in the cell, it is useless in the blood. It is even harmful.

Hemoglobin carries this oxygen atom through the blood and cannot give it to the cell because there is not enough carbon dioxide for this to happen.

There you have the disease.

One disease: hemoglobin has grabbed an oxygen atom and cannot release it. A second disease: oxygen starvation in the cells.

These are actually very dangerous things.

They are the CAUSE of diseases.

I would even say that the Buteyko Method is not about breathing.
I would even say that this is not the right name.

But it will do for the sake of simplicity.

The thing is, this is not about breathing at all!

It is about:

NOT WASTING SUCH A PRECIOUS CARBON DIOXIDE!!!

And it gets wasted during exhalation. You simply throw it away.

You throw it away when you exhale.

That is the only reason the word "breathing" appears here.

But not breathing as such.

If you can breathe in any way you like, while ensuring that the carbon dioxide produced by our body is not expelled, then you can breathe that way.

Any way you like.

Whatever feels good.

The point is not to expel carbon dioxide from your body.

I did not list those four points above for no reason.

The fact is that there is little carbon dioxide around us, in the air.

Therefore, the body produces it itself.

Because it is vital.

And we throw it away through deep breathing.

That is the whole reason for diseases.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 5, 2024

Why, after all, the Buteyko Method?

As I said above, there are other methods. For example, yogic breathing, qigong, and so on.

But why exactly is the Buteyko Method better?

Because it has been studied comprehensively by scientists.

No breathing method on planet Earth has been studied so deeply, for so long, and so thoroughly.

This method was clinically studied and tested for decades!

I assure you, no other breathing method has been studied so meticulously.

To such an extent that every detail has been examined.

From beginning to end.

Who would you trust more?

Someone who suddenly appeared on YouTube and says, “I invented a breathing exercise, I cured myself of a runny nose—let’s practice it too, just like I do...”

Or a method that is already half a century old and has been studied on thousands of patients using scientific equipment in different countries?

I am not arguing that the Yogic method is not excellent.

It may even be better than the Buteyko Method.

But there is no such ENORMOUS body of evidence.

There is absolutely nothing else whose usefulness has been studied so thoroughly.

Веретенников Сергей · Jun 14, 2024

Had a rest from such a volume of information?

Let’s move on.

375010 · Jun 15, 2024

I can confirm! My husband started breathing according to Buteyko as soon as he began feeling unwell, immediately after OM Shanti recommended breathing that way, and he has continued breathing according to Buteyko ever since—naturally now, although at first he was attentive and monitored his breathing. He says that sometimes he even forgets that he needs to inhale. Very little time has passed, yet the result is already such that everyone, including the children and grandchildren, is amazed that he looks as he did in the photo when he was 52. Strangers guess he is 50–55 and are stunned when they find out he is 73. He tells everyone how to breathe so they can look that way too, but nobody believes him; they say it’s genetic and that his wife takes good care of him. His wife is wonderful, there’s no denying it (and she gives him both KЭЙ and Ra-poli), but it’s not only his appearance that is getting younger: during routine examinations, doctors literally say the same thing every time: “I don’t know what you’re doing, but keep it up!” They don’t believe in the breathing either; they just smile and nod politely.
In general, he literally makes me breathe according to Buteyko too, and I’ve started, but I still need “reminders,” and yes, I’m a little afraid that I might “forget” to take a breath and that would be the end of me. But that’s all in my head, and I’m working on it. After all, a living example walks around right beside me!

2087 · Jul 16, 2024

Веретенников Сергей , Namaste. In one of his interviews, Buteyko said that athletes use breathing incorrectly during training. This raises a question about strength exercises. The standard view is that you should exhale during exertion (the positive phase) and inhale during relaxation (the negative phase), but I noticed that with this breathing pattern, carbon dioxide is expelled from the body more strongly than when you inhale during exertion and exhale during relaxation. Which is the correct option?

Веретенников Сергей · Jul 16, 2024

2 2087 , yes, that is correct; the positive phase occurs during exhalation.

Of course, you should not inhale excessively here either.
Moreover, this also applies during rest between sets.

But the main important point is that carbon dioxide accumulates in the muscles.

That is what makes physical exercise valuable.

Веретенников Сергей · Jul 17, 2024

When exercising, also do not forget the main rule—moderation.
Otherwise, you can seriously harm your health.

The principle is simple: if your CP is low, for example less than 30 seconds, then you are definitely breathing deeply, expelling carbon dioxide from your body, which means you should start breathing a little less. Remember this clearly—a LITTLE.

Reduce it little by little.

For example, if your current breathing is at 100%, reduce it by 5%.

Once your body gets used to it, reduce it again.

But not immediately.

This is especially important for athletes to know, since they are always chasing records

So, no records are being set here.

Gradually reduce the depth of your breathing.

Веретенников Сергей · Jul 17, 2024

CP

CP—just two letters, but so many mistakes are made.

Everyone measures differently.
However they feel like it.

The main rule: you must measure in the same state each time.

What does that mean?

For example, you lay down for 10 minutes and take a measurement. Or you walk around the apartment, sit down, and immediately take a measurement.

The result will be different.

And that means you will not learn your true CP.

And you cannot know your progress.

That is, whether you are on the right path or not.

The measurement is not consistent.

For it to be consistent, you must always measure in the same state.

I gave you a chart on the Your Yoga website:

Your Yoga. The Buteyko Method. Step by Step.

I will reproduce it here:

This is a scientific chart. Buteyko refined it over many years of scientific research involving thousands of people.

So how can you determine this "same state" I just mentioned?

By your pulse.

You can take my course: COURSE: "Measuring Devices for Health and Development"

Lie down or sit down and monitor your pulse.

Try to sit or lie quietly for about 5 minutes.

After some time, you will know what your resting pulse is.

It is different for everyone.

Because everyone is ill to some degree.

You need to know your resting pulse at the present time.

Suppose you determine that it is 70 beats per minute.

Therefore, lie still until your pulse reaches 70 beats per minute and your breathing is calm.

Then start measuring CP.

Understood?

There is no other way.

With practice, your pulse will improve; it will tend toward 60 beats, while your CP will increase.

Eventually, you will reach a situation where your CP is 60 seconds and your heartbeat is also 60 beats per minute.

That is already good health.

As you can see from the table, this is far from the limit.

Buteyko called states twice as high as this superhuman.

But I will tell you right away that 60 is already an excellent result.

Веретенников Сергей · Jul 17, 2024

When measuring CP, it is important to let the exhalation happen on its own, without effort.
In other words, this is not an exhalation using the muscles.
You simply release the muscles of the chest; they relax, and the exhalation happens by itself.
And this is not a full exhalation!!!
A full exhalation can happen only if you use the breathing muscles.
And you should not do that.
Whatever amount of air comes out, that is how much comes out.
Then hold your breath.
As soon as you want to inhale, stop the stopwatch.

Then breathe according to the Method for, say, 10–40 minutes. And you will be surprised that your CP increases.

Веретенников Сергей · Jul 17, 2024

Why does CP increase?

This is the best question you can ask

Because it gets to the essence of the method.

Reflect on it.

This is simply for your personal development. You do not need to answer.

CP increases because oxygen increases (accumulates) in the cells.
Therefore, when you hold your breath, the oxygen accumulated in the cells is used up. And the greater the cells' capacity to accumulate oxygen, the higher the CP.

For example, I can feel when there is a lot of oxygen in my cells. You will be able to sense it too, because the sensation is very distinct.
Sometimes I do not need to measure CP at all—I already know that there is enough oxygen in my cells thanks to the Method.

Веретенников Сергей · Jul 19, 2024

2087 · Jul 19, 2024

Веретенников Сергей said:
CP increases because the amount of oxygen in the cells increases (accumulates).
Therefore, when you hold your breath, the oxygen accumulated in the cells is consumed. And the greater the cells’ ability to accumulate oxygen, the higher the CP.

What processes need to develop for improvement not only in terms of health, but also rejuvenation and a significant increase in lifespan? In the practice Elixir of Youth and Eternal Life, you said that the elixir can preserve life within us forever. Is it the development of the cell’s ability to accumulate oxygen? The maximum accumulation of the Elixir in the lungs? How do advanced yogis develop the ability to inhale on one day and exhale on the next? Is it possible to achieve the same results using the Buteyko method?

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