PARADOXICAL BREATHING
from The Blue Mountains Gazette
“Paradoxical, or reverse, breathing is one of the most challenging of faulty breathing techniques to correct” says Jennifer Harris of Buteyko Breathe Easy. Jennifer went on to explain that with healthy breathing the area between the lower ribs (stomach area) bulges out on the in breath and deflates on the out breath. “This is healthy diaphragmatic breathing” she continued. “The upper chest should not move at all. When a person has paradoxical breathing they physically reverse the normal breathing process and suck in the upper abdominal muscles (the diaphragm with them) on the in breath and force their “tummy” out on the out breath. This unhealthy breathing technique engages the upper chest and results in hyperventilation. Invariably these people breathe via the mouth which adds to the hyperventilation. Paradoxical breathing is almost always present in clients with sleep apnea and very often with those folk suffering from panic attacks and asthma and many other distressing conditions.”
“I have seen amazing improvements in respiratory disorders once this detrimental breathing pattern is corrected” added Jennifer.
If you have any enquiries about breathing, Pilates, dance, singing or music, please phone Jennifer Harris BIBH FATD on 0414 833 857 or visit Jennifer’s website at www.pnc.com.au/~breatheasy or email breatheasy@pnc.com.au.