317: How to actually tell if you’re breathing right | Patrick McKeown, breathing expert

Patrick McKeown: “Breathing is deeper than what's just being taught.”

McKeown, a breathing expert and bestselling author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to tell if you're breathing right & how to strengthen your breath, plus:

- How your breath can affect your hormones

- How to increase HRV & why it matters

- The link between breath & sleep quality

- How men & women breathe differently

- The weird reason you may have cold hands & feet

Referenced in the episode:

- McKeown's book, The Breathing Cure.

- mbg Podcast episode #245, with James Nestor.

- McKeown's free breathing program for children.

- A study by Karen Bonuck, Ph.D., about sleep disordered breathing & special needs education.

- A study showing nasal breathing's effects on pediatric sleep disorder and craniofacial growth.

- McKeown's Myotape.

- Study by Kyle Kiesel, P.T., Ph.D., about breath hold time & dysfunctional breathing.

- WHOOP data about respiratory rate and COVID-19.

- Information about the Buteyko Breathing Method.

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