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Breathing 101: Learning the Lesser Breath

One year ago I was a hacking, asthmatic yoga therapist desperately trying to ‘yoga’ and supplement my way to health so I could carry on in some manner of normal. After three exhausting months with no reprieve, I feared this latest iteration of respiratory blues had permanently lodged itself in my lungs. I reached outside my yoga toolbox and contacted a former student who had healed herself of asthma through the Buteyko breathing method.  This ignited my world with a whole new interpretation of functional breathing calling into question my 30 years of training in yoga pranayama. It also launched the healthiest, most energy vital year of my life where I can say in retrospect, the gift of Buteyko has been nothing short of miraculous.

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Join the Breath Revolution!

Well, I just returned from the best SYTAR yet - and I can say that Buddha Breathing is definitely trending! Contrary to our common understanding that bigger breathing is better, Buteyko is actually backed by science and respiratory physiology.

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Beginner's Breath

Back to Kindergarten... yet again! This past month I have embarked on a most fascinating and unsettling journey into the breath.  

Now, you may think, “Why does Robin, who has been studying, practicing, and teaching breathing techniques for nearly 30 years, need to journey into the breath?”

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