In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation for those with perfectionist tendencies. When we have perfectionist tendencies we can often put too much pressure on ourselves to perform. We can also be too self-critical when we do not achieve perfection. While striving for our best can be incredibly useful, when we put too much pressure on ourselves to achieve unrealistic goals, it can negatively affect our mental health and wellbeing. This 20-minute clip is designed to help you deal with perfectionist tendencies, to help calm your body and mind and focus you for the tasks ahead. Let Patrick’s voice guide your breathing and set you up for a great day. Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/ 🎙Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en 📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation to help prepare you for athletic performance. The prospect of facing sporting competition can be quite daunting. After months if not years of preparation, we can often put pressure on ourselves to perform. This can lead to great success, but it can also cause us to falter in our performance. Too much pressure to perform can affect our mental health, increase our anxiety and thus our heartrate and in doing so, make competition much harder. This 25-minute clip is designed to help prepare you for competition, to help calm your body and mind and focus you for the task ahead. Simply play the audio in the weeks leading up to and just before competition. Let Patrick’s voice guide your breathing and set you up for a strong athletic performance. Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/  🎙Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en  📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

“Why Are Kids' Teeth Decaying at the Rates They Are? I Wasn’t Convinced with the Answers.” Does mouth breathing change your face? It certainly can. In the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick McKeown speaks to Australian dentist, author and nutrition specialist, Dr. Steven Lin.  Dr. Lin is one of the leading voices in dentistry, calling for changes to our nutrition and breathing in a bid to prevent against a wide variety of ill effects such as crooked teeth, stunted facial development and narrow airways. A number of years ago during a break from dentistry, on a trip through Turkey, Dr. Lin discovered the 1939 book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by fellow dentist Weston A. Price. Examining many traditional communities around the world, like islanders from the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, the book looked and how changes from ancestral diets of grains, fresh meat and vegetables to diets including refined sugar, preserves and chocolate lead to a rise in crooked teeth, receding jaws and other dental and facial development issues. Having not previously considered the way nutrition could affect our physical development, Dr. Lin started investigating it himself. His research on nutrition and its effects on the development of our teeth, face, jaws and overall health, lead to the publication of his book The Dental Diet in 2018.While Dr. Lin admits that much of the dental establishment has been slow to adopt preventative measures like nose breathing, he says the knowledge is out there. He notes that facial development was studied in dentistry in the 1800s but much of that was discarded at the turn of the 20th century. He also says that currently, the diagnostic systems are just not in place in dentistry, and that kind of change will take time, but is happening.This episode of the podcast is hugely enlightening for those worried about things like preventing mouth breather face or for those interested in things like breathing for asthma, breathing for sleep apnea and the impact of mouth breathing on dental health.Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/ 🎙 Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en 📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation to help prepare you for that all important test or examination. Millions of us face standardized testing at a variety of times throughout our lives. Whether in school, college, or upskilling at work, the prospect of facing hours of questions designed to test our skill levels can be very daunting. Going into examinations in a stressed state can make concentration very difficult and can have a negative effect on the final grade. Of course, going into exams tired and unfocused will also cause you to perform at a level below your best.When the stress of a test or exam gets too much for us, we enter the body’s stressed ‘fight or flight’ response and lose our ability to function effectively. When we are too relaxed however, our responses are slower and we can lose focus and concentration; essential for successful exam results. This 30-minute audio is designed to help ease those concerns, to help calm your body and mind and focus you for the task ahead. Simply play the audio in the weeks leading up to and just before going into the examination. Let Patrick’s voice guide your breathing and set you up for a great test performance and an excellent grade. Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/ 🎙Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en 📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

“I think the pros outweigh the cons of where we’re going with technology in healthcare.” On the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick McKeown is joined by world renowned author, biohacker, nutritionist and fitness expert, Ben Greenfield. This particular episode was recorded on the fly, with Patrick on the road and Ben on a hike, so we apologize if the audio quality is not perfect.Ben has built a name for himself as one of the top fitness coaches, triathletes and wellness advocates in the world. He speaks about technology and health with great enthusiasm. He cites the easy availability of modern devices, data collection and AI models as a means for early diagnoses of disease and illness and the increasing affordability of this technology for everyone.Ben also explains his own personal breathing journey, the different breathing traditions he has explored and the ways in which he has brought breathing into his daily life in a wide variety of ways, from getting energized in the morning to preparing the body for sleep at night.This episode of the podcast has an incredibly entertaining and knowledgeable guest in Ben Greenfield. It is a fascinating look at the future of high tech diagnostic medicine, the growth of personal wellness and healthcare and breathing’s place within it, with lessons from a man at the forefront of personal improvement. Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store:https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/  🎙 Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en 📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation to help musicians prepare for a performance.Music performers like instrumentalists and singers have a very difficult profession with many pressures that those of us outside their world may not appreciate. Preforming in front of people can be incredibly stressful and knowing a performance is coming up can heighten that anxiety. This 20-minute clip is designed to help ease and stress or pre-show jitters and relax your body and mind, so you can tackle your performance at your best. Simply find a quiet space and listen. Let Patrick’s calming voice guide your breathing and help center you before your performance. Get the Oxygen Advantage®.Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/  🎙Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en 📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation to help with insomnia.Insomnia and sleep difficulties are faced by millions of us every night. When we don’t sleep well at night, we lose our ability to function at our best the following day. This 20-minute video is designed to help ease those difficulties and relax your body and mind. Simply play the audio as you are going to bed and let Patrick’s calming voice guide your breathing and send you off to a deep sleep. Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/  🎙Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en  📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

“[My] brain has healed itself and I feel… it’s because of the retraining of the breath.” On the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick McKeown is joined by former rugby player, OA Master Instructor and someone with first-hand experience of concussion and brain injury, David ‘Jacko’ Jackson.David is a former rugby union player who spent his professional career playing for his hometown club of Nottingham RFC. It was the consequences of the injuries he experienced during his career that started David on the path to breathwork.David’s first significant concussion occurred at the age of 16, playing rugby during an England schoolboys trial. He would be hospitalized from is injury but at the time, was not removed from the pitch.He would then have what he describes as “a series of head injuries and concussions” throughout the next 15-years of his rugby career. That career ended when one light tackle in training changed his life. The impact, though innocuous when compared to the type of hits rugby players are used to, caused him to go into seizures on the pitch and would lead to a bleed on his brain.David explains how he discovered Patrick’s work around 2017 while looking into the effects of concussion and learned how breathing can be used to increase blood flow to the brain. He has not looked back since and is now an Oxygen Advantage® Master Instructor who works with former rugby players and other people dealing with traumatic brain injuries.This is a very interesting and enlightening conversation about concussion and traumatic brain injury. It is well worth a look for anyone interested in seeing how breathing can be used to improve brain health and increase quality of life.Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now.📱 Android Play Store:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/  🎙Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en 📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=en

“A clear mind is what we want for optimal performance.”On the latest edition of Season 3 of the Oxygen Advantage® podcast, Patrick McKeown is joined by Formula 1 performance coach Michael Italiano.Michael, an already established performance coach, entered the sport of F1 after a call from old friend and fellow Australian, Daniel Ricardo, who Michael has known since he was 12. After five years with Daniel, Michael is now well established in F1 and is coaching AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda this season.Michael explains the huge amount of considerations that Formula 1 drivers have to deal with every time they sit behind the wheel of these impressive and powerful machines.Factors like heat and G-forces can have a huge effect on drivers’ physical condition but also, when people start getting fatigued, cognitive function begins to decline. Mental strength and focus is essential for F1 drivers.They have to be aware of race positioning, attacking or defending a position, the right way to enter each corner, fuel efficiency, tire wear and much more. All of this happens at an average speed of over 200 miles per hour and a top speed of over 230 mph. If you follow Formula 1 racing, have watched the ‘Drive to Survive’ Netflix series or just want to know how tough things can be, both physically and mentally, at the apex of world motor sport, then this is the podcast for you.Try the free Oxygen Advantage® Breathing App, available now. 📱 Android Play Store:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store:https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/ 🎙 Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvantage 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvantage/?hl=en   📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/ 💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/oxygenadvantage?lang=enChapters:00:00 Intro – Challenges an F1 Driver Faces04:37 The Effects of Heat on the Driver10:20 Breathing and F1 Driving13:55 Concentration, Precision and Conditioning19:31 Visual Spatial Awareness, Concentration and Flow States27:04 Mouth Breathing and Correct Tongue Resting Posture29:46 Most Important Traits of a Young Driver32:30 Conclusion

“Block out negativity… take control and then work towards the goal.” On this week’s edition of The Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick is joined by high performance coach, businessman and author, Ben Coomber.Both as a High Performance Coach and in his own life, Ben specializes in breaking down and examining the parts of our lives that may be stopping us form achieving high performance. He says it’s starts with making changes that will get us the “big wins”, i.e. things we can change that will quickly bring improvements, like a good night’s sleep.The people Ben coaches, score different parts of their life out of 10, like diet, stress, sleep and even relationships. By looking at the lowest scores first, Ben says that’s how you can identify your “big wins”. The things we can change or adapt to improve our overall health will differ from person to person. Job, stress, diet, relationships and more can all be negatives for our health. By taking a look at how we spend the time each day is how we can make positive changes and use our time better, and according to Ben, sleep is one of the best ways we can make quick improvements to our performance.Many of the tools Ben uses to improve his clients’ health and performance can all be found in his book How to Live an Awesome Life. Ben’s other books How to Be an Awesome Personal Trainer and Sports Nutrition in Practice are also available for purchase.This is a very entertaining and informative conversation about finding ways to use our time better and avoiding the many unhealthy traps of modern life, like poor sleep, phone addiction and stress. Discover more about Ben on his website bencoomber.com or search Ben Coomber on your preferred social platform.Plan your exercises at home. Try the free Oxygen Advantage®Breathing App, available now. 📱 Android Play Store:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oxygen.advantage📱 Apple store:https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/oxygen-advantage/id1589260950🔗 CONNECT WITH Patrick McKeown (Oxygen Advantage®)💻 Website - https://oxygenadvantage.com/  🎙Podcast - https://oxygenadvantage.com/podcasts/ 📹 YouTube Channel -https://www.youtube.com/c/OxygenAdvan...📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oxygenadvan...  📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theoxygenadvantage/💼 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygenadvantage🐥 Twitter - https://twitter.com/OxygenAdvantage...