TABLE OF CONTENTS for The Breathing Cure: Exercises to Develop New Breathing Habits for a Healthier, Happier, and Longer Life by Patrick McKeown
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
- Are You Breathing Comfortably?
- What is the Oxygen Advantage®?
CHAPTER ONE: A NEW APPROACH
- Patrick’s Story
- A New Approach
- Functional Breathing Pattern Training
- Understanding the Problem: Causes of Suboptimal Breathing
- The Three Dimensions of Healthy Breathing
- CO2: Not Just a Waste Gas
- Is Your Breathing ‘Healthy’ Breathing?
- How to Measure Your Breathing
CHAPTER TWO: HOW TO BREATHE
CHAPTER THREE: THE HEART-BREATH CONNECTION
CHAPTER FOUR: THE SECRET OF MOVEMENT
CHAPTER FIVE: WHEN BREATHING HURTS
CHAPTER SIX: WHEN SLEEP MAKES YOU SICK
CHAPTER SEVEN: HEALTHY, HAPPY CHILDREN
CHAPTER EIGHT: THE SECRET TO HEALTHY BLOOD PRESSURE
CHAPTER NINE: FREEDOM FROM RESPIRATORY DISCOMFORT
CHAPTER TEN: INTIMACY
CHAPTER ELEVEN: DIFFERENT FOR GIRLS
CHAPTER TWELVE: FEMALE SEX HORMONES AND THE BREATH
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SUGAR, SUGAR (DIABETES 1 & 2)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SEIZURE CONTROL AND THE BREATH
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: BREATHING EXERCISES
- Checking your BOLT Score
- Important Guidelines for Practice
- Detoxification
- Exercise 1A: Unblock the Nose
- Exercise 1B: Box Breathing
- Exercise 2: The Three Aspects of Breathing
- Exercise 2A: Breathe Light, Biochemistry
- Exercise 2B: Breathe Light, Biomechanics
- Exercise 2C: Breathe Light, Cadence
- A Question of Air Hunger
- Exercise 2D: Breathe Light, LSD
- Exercise 3: Breathe Light, Walking
- Exercise 4: Breathe Light, Jogging
- Breathing Recovery Exercises for Asthma, Stress, Anxiety, Panic Disorder
- Exercises to Stop a Panic Attack
- Exercise for Reduced Breathing Before Bed
- Program Based on Bolt Score, Age and State of Health
- Exercises for Children
APPENDIX ONE: PHENOTYPES OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
APPENDIX TWO: THE BREATH AND THE SINGING VOICE
APPENDIX THREE: ABC (ADULT BREATHING CLASSIFICATION)
RESOURCES
REFERENCES
