Great article, thanks for the tips It's a help to know how to manage this awfull inconsistent breathing which I struggle everyday with. I do yoga and thanks to yoga I became aware of my bad habit of breathing. I am trying to work on it. I will try these excercises.

Wonderful article, am going to put this into practice, as an asthmatic with bronchiecstasis, anything that I can do without resorting to extra medication works. My problem with the Buteyko method, did he not slag off yoga breathing. I know, from my medical records, that my lung capacity has improved with pranayama, so I'd have to disagree. Yoga also encourages breathing in and out through the nose. I will read his book again though, this irritated me the last time!Excellent article.

Over the years I have had 5 people that listened to me allowing me to teach them to breath properly and it completely got rid of their asthma. Three of them were very serious cases. One child was off school 2 years and another had an ambulance at her home 2 or 3 times every week, both were completely healed. I say that everyone is born with gifts and talents. Some can sing without being taught, some need to be taught how to walk, others don't. Is is the same with breathing, some snatch that first breath correctly and others wrongly. Those that start off wrong will become asthmatic. It takes 3 lessons and some follow up to be completely healed, all they need is Trust in the teach and the will to do it properly

Interesting article! Another great tip for all asthma sufferers: apart from doing regular breathing exercises it is also very useful to eliminate cow's milk from your diet. I've been asmthatic all my life. I stopped drinking cow's milk and eating cheese made of cow's milk 3 weeks ago. My couhing (which is the major symptom of my asthma) has decreased significanlty!! I feel much better since!!
You can eat green leafy veggies and sheep or goat's milk to get you calcium.
Give it a go, and see how it works for you, just remember, there are no overnight miracles, stick with the new diet for at least a month!
good luck.

Barbara, thank you for this article. My doctor told me (after a respiratory infection and over a month of a tight chest feeling) a few weeks ago I have asthma. I was feeling discouraged before, but your article uplifted me and I will do these breathing techniques from now on. I'm so happy for you that you are able to bike again.