Get relief from asthma, other lifestyle diseases with seminars on breathing
BREATHING CORRECTLY through the Buteyko method has reportedly changed the lives of doctor and homeopath Barbara Ambrosio, her lawyer husband Job and their 6-year-old son.
The daily maintenance medicines and the occasional hospital visit during a severe asthma attack are no longer experienced by the Ambrosio family for over a year now.
“A friend of ours recommended the Buteyko method,” said Barbara. “As a doctor practicing alternative forms of healing, I was open to the idea and decided to enrollmy family. True enough, after just two weeks, our need for asthma medicine decreased significantly, and now it is only needed rarely and briefly.”
Barbara added that aside from asthma relief, the Buteyko method’s “other positive effects” include weight loss, more energy and a restful sleep.
Most chronic child disease
Asthma affects some 235 million people worldwide and is the most common chronic disease among children, according to Global Asthma Report 2011.
In the Philippines, however, many families have found a safe, drug-free and immediate relief from asthma through the Buteyko method.
Developed over 50 years ago by Russian respiratory specialist Dr. Konstantin Buteyko, the method has also been noted for relieving “lifestyle diseases” such as allergies (rhinitis or excess mucus), panic attacks and anxiety disorder, snoring, sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, hay fever, coughing, immune and hormone imbalance, hypertension and chronic fatigue syndrome.
People with emphysema, diabetes, hormonal disorders, lupus and multiple sclerosis are said to lead more productive lives over time, often with little or no medication at all, because of the Buteyko method.
“Our modern lifestyle guarantees some degree of dysfunctional breathing, specifically overbreathing or hyperventilation, which is a root cause of asthma and other respiratory problems,” said Jac Vidgen, an Australian senior Buteyko practitioner with 19 years of experience in teaching the method in the Philippines and other parts of theworld.
Learn more about the Buteyko method with Vidgen’s free introductory lectures in Quezon City on Jan. 4, 4-6 p.m., and Jan. 7, 7-9 p.m., at Health Is In, 59 West Ave. near Cavite Street (tel. 4160123); on Jan. 5, 4-6 p.m. at PhilDHRRA Partnership Center, 59 C. Salvador St., Varsity Hills, Loyola Heights (tel. 4080378); in Mandaluyong City at Living Life Well, 5/L Mega Atrium, SM Megamall on Jan. 6, 7-9 p.m. (tel. 4704955); in Makati City on Jan. 8, 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at In Touch Community Services, 48-A McKinley Road, Forbes Park, 2/F Holy Trinity Church compound across San Antonio Plaza (tel. 8931893); and in Cebu City on Feb. 4.
Vidgen will conduct Buteyko workshops in Metro Manila and Cebu, each comprised of five two-hour sessions for both adults and children (over four years old).
He is also available for private workshops, consultations, and online coaching via Skype.
Contact Jac at tel. nos. 8971804 or 0919-6356060. Email jacvid@gmail.com, log on to www.buteykoasia.com and www.learnbuteyko.info or visit the group page Buteyko Asia on Facebook.