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We're in the news for International Nose Breathing Week

Posted by Lisa Bowen on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, In : Nose Breathing

Check it out here:
Shut Your Mouth When Inhaling and Exhaling This Week, Because It's International Nose Breathing Week
http://news.yahoo.com/shut-mouth-inhaling-exhaling-week-because-international-nose-201307768.html
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How Mouth-Breathing Starts

Posted by Lisa Bowen on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, In : Nose Breathing

Everything we do – including thinking and feeling – requires energy. Oxygen we breathe helps metabolize food into energy the body can use. The more energy we need, the more we breathe.

Our noses are our only organ made for breathing. But sometimes, people get into a negative cycle where they’re moving faster than they should given their fitness level and they open their mouths, which can take in more air at a time, to keep up That often causes them to start over-breathing, which iron...

10 Ways You Could Be Mouth Breathing Without Knowing It

Posted by Lisa Bowen on Monday, August 27, 2012, In : Nose Breathing

You’ve heard about the important health benefits of nose-breathing over mouth-breathing and you’re doing it. Or at least you think you’re doing it.

I was a mouth breather for four decades until I took my first Buteyko Breathing class a couple years ago. I have earnestly been practicing nose-breathing ever since but I can easily slip into mouth-breathing when I do certain activities if I’m not paying attention. Here are the times when I’m most likely to lose my way. Maybe this ...

Mouth Breathing Isn't Good For You -- Even When You Exercise Hard

Posted by Lisa Bowen on Sunday, August 19, 2012, In : Nose Breathing

“Why shouldn’t I open my mouth when I’m exercising? I can’t get enough air otherwise.”

This is one of the most frequent questions we get when we talk about how important nose-breathing is.

The short answer is that if you can’t exercise at your customary pace without using your mouth to breathe, you don’t have the respiratory fitness level to move that fast. Slow your pace to the speed at which you can comfortably breathe through your nose and train up from there.

This concep...

Why You Should Care About Breathing Through Your Nose (Not Your Mouth)

Posted by Lisa Bowen on Sunday, August 12, 2012, In : Nose Breathing

When I posted an event listing on Facebook about a talk I’m hosting during International Nose Breathing Week in September, a friend asked me if it was a joke. He thought I might be sharing a story from The Onion, famous for its satire of the day’s news a la The Colbert Report or The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

For most people in our busy modern society who weren’t taught about optimal breathing at an early age by parents and schools, the fact that breathing is happening is good enough....

28 Reasons to Nose Breathe

Posted by Lisa Bowen on Monday, January 9, 2012, In : Nose Breathing

Word's getting out! I saw this in the reception area at a massage studio on Friday. We've got it in our class reference materials too and I thought I'd publish it here:

1. The nose warms the incoming air to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the optimal temperature for the lungs.

2. Nose breathing moisturizes the incoming air. With the average person breathing 20,000 times a day, by breathing through the nose, you add one liter of water to your internal environment.

3. The hairs and membranes of th...