Yoga-space: Buteyko by Dean Rees-Evans
Yoga-space: Buteyko by Dean Rees-Evans:
" In Russia today all medical doctors are taught Professor Buteyko’s theory and method as part of their medical training. The method is taught to patients for the alleviation of a variety of chronic medical conditions listing up to at least 150.
The Buteyko Practitioners in Russia work along side the medical doctors to teach the method to the doctor’s patients and monitor their progress as the patient comes to a fuller understanding of the exercises they are taught. Given the time restraints on most doctors, this system works well as the teaching of the method is time consuming and initially labour intensive, as it is imperative that the patient has a full understanding of what they are doing with the exercises before they can progress alone.
Buteyko’s theory is that at least 90% of the world’s population hyperventilates[1] to some degree; this causes a deficit in the levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the system, which in turn leads to less oxygen (O2) being released by the haemoglobin to the cells and tissue of the body, the Bohr Effect[2]. The central organs of the body begin to become starved of oxygen and soon begin to suffer; this in turn can lead to many chronic medical conditions.