The power of your breath with world-renowned breathing expert Patrick McKeown #161
Muscle Intelligence
Ben Pakulski
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šļø 8 February 2021
ā±ļø 79 minutes
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Summary
Patrick McKeown is THE authority when it comes to breathing.Ā
Since 2002, Patrick has helped tens of thousands of people worldwide. His work focuses on breathing pattern disorders, sleep disordered breathing and anxiety.
We cover a myriad of breathing related topics on this episode - please check the timestamps below.
His book "The Oxygen Advantage" is referenced worldwide as the most complete and scientifically-proven guide on various breathing techniques.
His newest book (out Feb 15th) "The Breathing Cure"- deemed "the definitive book on breathing" - offers exercises to develop new breathing habits to mitigate common illnesses and improve your quality of life.Ā
To find out more about Patrick, please visit
https://oxygenadvantage.comĀ - You can pick up his books on his website!
https://www.youtube.com/user/Oxyathlete
@oxygenadvantage
Please check the timestamps to see the multitude of topics Patrick covers on this episode.
Timestamps:
[0:20] My guest Patrick McKeown
[3:15] Show SponsorĀ Real Mushrooms
[5:12] Breath impacts all disciplines of medicine
[10:00] The impact optimised breathing patterns can have
[12:12] Anxiety and breathing
[13:00] Nose breathing during exercise
[13:40] Diabetes and breathing
[14:40] Concentration
[18:24] Bio-chemical aspects of breathing
[22:15] Bio-mechanical aspects of breathing
[25:30] Slowing down the breath
[27:00] HRV
[28:50] Mouth-taping at night
[30:40] Oxygen
[36:30] Autonomic Nervous System
[37:20] Every-day breathing patterns
[40:30] "Normal" breathing
[44:35] CO2 in the blood
[51:20] Sleep Apnea and it's side effectsĀ
[56:20] Snoring
[59:58] Breathing and physical exercise
[01:03:15] Post-workout breathing
[01:05:10] Patrick's opinion on what we NEED to look at next
[01:08:30] Dentistry and breathing
[01:10:20] 2020 was the year of the breath... but there's more to do!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody. Welcome to Muslim Intelligence Podcast. I'm here with Ben Bikolsky. I am so excited to share today's podcast with you. This is one of the topics that I am most interested in and I think has the greatest |
| 0:24.3 | potential for changing the greatest number of lives. |
| 0:29.1 | Breathing is the area of focus today. |
| 0:31.2 | Not only is a breathing, but we went to the top of the top. |
| 0:33.9 | The guy who is the most referenced person in breathing, Patrick McEwen joins us today |
| 0:40.4 | to give you the breathing masterclass. And he does such an incredible job of taking complex |
| 0:45.5 | things and simplifying this podcast that I literally think I should just have stepped away and |
| 0:50.1 | let him take on. It was literally like him standing in front of a class and just riffing |
| 0:54.2 | on all the most valuable theory and practice. How you can actually take this theory and put into practice |
| 1:00.5 | it was absolutely wealth of information divulged by Patrick today. And I'm so grateful for his |
| 1:05.8 | contribution to the world and his continuous pursuit of all the nuance that exists and all the opportunity that |
| 1:13.1 | exist in breathing. So whether you want to improve your stress resilience, your sleep, your |
| 1:18.2 | digestion, your performance, gosh, your biomechanics, the way you move, the way your hips feel, |
| 1:23.3 | the way your shoulders and spine feel, it seems as though that the breath is the foundational |
| 1:28.1 | piece. And if you guys have heard me talk about breathe, walk, and meditate in the past, |
| 1:32.5 | those are your three most important things you must do as a human every day. If you want to |
| 1:36.7 | live an ophthalmized life, it's great to run, it's great to train, it's great to do all these |
| 1:39.8 | other wonderful things. But you must breathe intentionally every day. You must walk intentionally every |
| 1:44.5 | day. And if you want to turn that into a run, you can do that too. And you must meditate every day, |
| 1:49.5 | even if it's only for five to ten minutes each, I highly suggest you do these things and you make |
| 1:53.6 | them unconscious. Why? Because it's so vital to you to get to do them at a level that's higher. |
| 2:00.7 | Right. So we don't do something often. We're |
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