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Comment on: Nurses to be trained to teach Buteyko Breathing Technique to asthmatics
As a Buteyko Instructor since the early '90's, and author of 'The Buteyko Manual for Asthma - How to grow out of Asthma as quickly as humanly possible" in 1996 - I am very pleased to hear that mainstream medicine in picking up on this method. I wrote the Manual at a time when there was huge demand for the training - and a massive shortage of trained instructors. It was designed as a "not as good as a Workshop - but will still help" tool. At the time it was the first publication that explained clearly "how" to do the method rather than just talk about it. At the time there was significant outrage from the existing practitioners - as there existed the belief that ONLY trained instructors were both effective and safe. I disagreed with that assumption then - as I do now. Many thousands have benefited from my book - or from the free chapter of instructions that I give away for children's asthma. For the vast majority of people there is no risk if the simple protocols are followed. Having a trained instructor - even if only for 8 days - is a huge step up from a simple book. More importantly I see this as a significant early step in absorption of this information into "accepted" medicine - where it will spread simply because it works. I see the future "Buteyko Instructor" being the parents of infants and the teachers at Kindergartens. "This is how you brush your teeth - this is how you breathe after exertion.." If the asthmatic process of a 4 year lold can be stopped simply by showing her how to cough differently (and I have done this hundreds of times), and that changes her life from that point on - then bring it on! Congratulations to Coventry University and the BBA. James Hooper Townsville, Australia
