Patrick McKeown - How to stay concentrated and focused under stress?

Learn simple techniques on staying focused under pressure, increasing creativity and improving sleep quality from Patrick Mckeown.
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Patrick Mckeown is recognized as a foremost authority in breathing for performance and sleep. He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Biology and his work has been circulated in international medical journals and by leading literary publishers. He is the founder of Oxygen Advantage.
He has helped tens of thousands of people worldwide who experience breathing pattern disorders, sleep disordered breathing and anxiety, and trained over 400 breathing instructors across 45 countries.
Publications: The Oxygen Advantage - an Amazon bestseller translated in 14 languages
Anxiety Free - Stop Worrying and Quieten Your Mind, Sleep with Buteyko
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[@DeniseMinter]

"Don't live your life in your head." ~ Patrick McKeown. Nose breathing is a life changer. Where have you been all my life? I'm doing the work. Thank you for sharing this deep embodied wisdom. Please continue your stellar work in good health.

[@Scotty432]

Thank you Patrick, You’re a great teacher. Id would say learning to breathe properly is the single most important things a person can learn in this life. 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

[@alanconsidine8432]

Just reading some comments and I will also check out this video thanks

[@astro61362]

Besides helping me physically, I believe this teaching has actually helped me more than any spiritual teachings I have learned over the years.

[@klaas2113]

David, I'm 65 years old and I'm from Holland, and I think you are entirely right. Fourty years ago I started with the Seth readings, Course of Miracles and lots of other books. I've done Trancedental Meditation and Vipassana Meditation. But nothing brought me the tranquility that nose breathing and mouth taping at night is doing for me. I'm so glad that I found Patrick Mckeown, and hope for lots of other people to find him to.

[@johns5917]

Based on my inner journey and outer research, I’d humbly say that approximately 98% of the spiritual teachings out there are just entertainment for masses. An awakened master who truly understands what the ins and outs of the human body will be hard to find because he’s purposely staying away from general population. Anyways, even harder will be to convince him to take you as a disciple if found. That said, all needs to be done is to learn how to read between the lines thru those teachings.

[@TehUltimateSnake]

Ever since paying attention to my breathing, I felt an extreme improvement in my life. I don't feel out of breath when I'm talking, I don't feel as stressed out or get angry as often, I feel more focused when I'm doing a task or even playing video games/sports.

[@lordnelsonmc.billionberg9166]

Buteyko×Meditation×paleo diet×relaxation

[@PaulCarterArt]

Empowering for all generations when one keeps the healthy priorities to self regulate for a healthy life and lifestyle.

[@vica1104]

Your breathing had made such a difference in my life. I’ve managed to go from like 30% to 99% nasal breathing over the past 6 months

[@lordnelsonmc.billionberg9166]

How did life improved?

[@zdenekbrezna1243]

Ever since I started following Patrick and the Oxgen Advatage program (and all the people around breathing) I started to feel that there is something more. As a martial arts teacher and Rolfer therapist I understand how important it is in our lives to be able to focus. Thanks so much for your work Patrick. I'm looking forward to my Oxygen Advantage course in the Czech Republic in January and what else I will learn and where I will go in my life. I really enjoyed this video.

[@kathleensimpson2046]

I am new to this and have been keeping my mouth shut sleeping for three months now. I have COPD Chronic Bronchitis. I have nearly conquered breathlessness. I sleep better and have more energy. Now I am beginning a daytime routine of practice and looking forward to better health overall. I may have an incurable disease but I clearly can feel better.

[@tomdewittefoto6701]

the greatest advice I should have received a few (5) decades earlyer. I know by experience all this stuff is true, so congratulations for your work. nobody should ignore this...

[@milangraner2256]

I have no words . I have been Practicing meditation for years but this ……..aaaah Thank you 🙏 This is the right ritual

[@midoann]

This video will change my life, thank you so much. I will much more so I can help my clients too.

[@Striker744]

Thanks so much for your valuable service to humanity with your teaching. Greatly appreciated !!!

[@traveldreamer4616]

Excellent presentation!

[@nonane2390]

always love to listen to your science , Thank you!

[@hilaryhayes6461]

Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. Very much appreciated. 🙏🌟🙏

[@ztawsg]

What a fantastic talk. I've listened to this one several times over the past few months. Gratitude to you for making your knowledge and techniques available to so many at no cost. I just bought your books and listened to your talks. Established a daily practice regimen. I thank you everyday.

[@Matty-H]

Thank you as always Patrick

[@hz7988]

Thank you! keep on the great work. it should be thought in school in every school to every child. in every country

[@marcusmeditation5289]

Thanks for this I appreciate your time. I am now doing what you have recommended. Thank you

[@jantranceberg3612]

Thank you so much Patrick, you have truly saved my life! Before i did not understand the importance of proper breathing, and made it consicous, my breathing pattern were totally off. So much so, that i felt constant air hunger, and my resting BPM was 100-120, all the time. After one week of consicous nasal breathing and few rounds of wim hoff breathing tehnique, my resting BPM is 60!!!! And i have suffered high and abnormal bpm for over a decade! Man, this is a miracle, truly! I will never again breathe trough my mouth!

[@patmureithi]

Truly life changing. Thank you.

[@mokuho]

Thank you so much!🙏

[@eileenvaughan6702]

Excellent .......

[@jeansy1429]

Hello Patrick. I survived covid watching your videos and following your breathing exercises. Now I still watch you coz I developed anxiety with covid. How can I reach out to you and your team?

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi Jean. We have instructors online and courses that you can register for at www.oxygenadvantage.com Many thanks, Darren

[@zenrobotninja]

Great stuff as always, really appreciate the work you're doing. Thank you!

[@stephenross7663]

Patrick, some of your early videos you mention that you also use breathe right strips at night. I tried just mouth taping for months, but didn't get much improvement in sleep until I started ALSO using the breathe right strips in addition to your mouth tape products. I don't see you talk much about the breathe right strips in your more recent videos you do though. Is it a practice you still partake in?

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi Stephen. Yes we still advise breathe light strips. Nasal dilators are very effective also along with daily practice of breathing exercises. Regards, Darren

[@garymoore3446]

Thank you..

[@Magicguy13]

Thank you for this video, very valuable information. Great ideas re how to activate the flow state

[@whimsykat_]

Amazing as always! Insightful wisdom & gift of life🤍 Thank you so much! Take care of yourself too🫖

[@gioplease6848]

So I understand that you should do soft and slow breaths with the nose but are we supposed to not breathe in fully? Do we just take short little breaths?

[@RetroBusker]

I'm reading your book & listening to all your interviews... Been nose breathing now all day all intense running & weightlifting the past month & feel fresher, however ur "less is more" just does'nt work with my excersises. Wim Hof says the oposit, AKA in short " Breath motherfkr"..... seems i'm doing 50% u & 50% him when excersising anyway...... u need a video physically showing an athelete doing all kinds of excersises with your less is more method aka, extreme anorobic, extreme Aerobic...... extreme sprinting/power lifting & extreme fast marathon times

[@KatJ3st]

And I thought I had ADD!

[@bettyanne3057]

Me too. Covid restrictions seemed to make my symptoms worse, For last year dry mouth woke me up be every 2 hours. Recently discovered mouth taping and am sleeping so much better.

[@matiasclavell7244]

Talk about deviated septum, is it a major problem or it doesnt affect the amount, air preassure, gas exchange, etc

[@shelleysmith6667]

I had same experience watching coworkers slow down and read carefully... I got same experience on 10mg adderall.

[@TheJennflip]

How does this apply to emphysema where co2 is hard exhale???

[@ernestknight8442]

PTL❤️PRAISETHELORD

[@MrJetMango]

re myotape: what if one has uneven nasal passages and require septoplasty (breathing through nose is already limited due to this causing mouth breathing at night) will then using this taping pose any dangers like suffocating at night?

[@JulieSilverFoodFairy]

You are able to breathe through the mouth with the myotape so you can’t suffocate. So the nose unblocking exercises if your nose feels stuffy and you can use nasal strips etc. 👌😇🙌🌈

[@francobenegas6484]

Hello, I've been reading your book and wanted to ask can the breathe light to breathe right excercise be done in bed?

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi Franco. Yes, of course. It's probably the best time to do it . Place both hand on lower 2 ribs and breathe light for 20 minutes through the nose. Then turn over on left hand side (if possible) and sleep :) Regards, Darren

[@livelearnandteach7402]

Does mouth/nose breathing have anything to do with being able to retain information? I found at school I could learn something and understand it but go away and come back another day I couldn't remember how to do it. Is this linked with how we breath?

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi. Slow , nasal breathing can help one focus on what's in front of them. It's difficult to be in the zone if breathing is oral and audible. Best, Darren

[@zyzz3123]

Im very confused because if you do the wim hof method your blowing off carbon dioxide but you also get more oxygen and it's similar to the mistake he is explaining but he is saying that oxygen becomes also lesser not only the carbon dioxide...

[@andrewmurray6776]

Patrick, sir how does this relate to what happens when we sing? Recent bout with Covid, fresh off hot o2, one day on bottle and hose...sent home with plastic breathing exercise thingys, which tired me with little to no return in o2 saturation, which I was able to monitor with a finger thingy like the one used at hospital...and I was always checking against it, quite by accident about three days home...I saw a youtube music vid of an old Waylon tune, which made me think of my wild youth, and I tried to sing along, and my numbers started going the right way, heart rate slowing and o2 increasing, and I continued to sing for about 45 minutes after finding some good hyms and gospel mix and all the while getting almost perfect numbers...and feeling tired but mostly refreshed and so there it is sorry for the rambling, having a god bit of pain in my feet cause I overdid and you know, neuropathy is a bitch...

[@ssg8335]

So umn I started sleeping on the floor. And I found that it was natural for me to keep my tongue posture on the upper palate. Can other people tell me their experience with this?

[@pipfox7834]

yes the correct position for the tongue when at rest is exactly as you describe. I believe it should be also behind the teeth when at rest (might sound obvious, but hey...)

[@tillycat3062]

👍👏😇🤓🤩

[@dave26262]

this guy says we must sleep well i work and i study and i sleep as early as i can and i wake up as later as i can and i am still feeling tired without energy lol

[@Dapper_Dan_Man]

But do you breathe well?

[@dave26262]

everytime i do something extremely hard and under the pressure thoughts which are not good they are coming to my head like: you cannot do it you will screw it up y and then i do not get focused then i do everything bad now idk what to do i need help

[@seamuslynam4246]

A1

[@nano7586]

Probably great but I'm still sceptical that it will help me get rid of my brain fog and anxiety significantly. There are so many factor contributing to this. You can't get rid of your problems simply by managing your oxygen levels slightly better. But I will give it a try.. I hope it's not just nonsense because I've been suffering from anxiety and brain fog/depersonalization/derealization since 13 years now and no doctor can ever help me. Not even thyroid medications help.

[@prosperouseye]

It won't get rid of it...but my results have been AWESOME. Definitely makes things better. Please try.

[@davidtolle9533]

Update? About to go to bed with mouth taps

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi Na No. It's important to at least give it a go. Breath holds can be very effective to help get attention out of the mind and into the body. It helps you re-asses and tap into present moment awareness, as well as oxygenating the body. Hope you're doing okay. Regards, Darren

[@oof8850]

Is sleeping on my belly healthy? It's the most comfortable position for me

[@abhouston1]

Nope its very bad, did it for years

[@roadrunner381]

I've been sleeping on my belly for decades, and have researched it, and found it causes too much pressure on the lower back, because your back gets arched down ,which explains my back problems, I now sleep on my side, keeping my neck alighned with the spine with a firm pillow under my neck, and a pillow between my legs as they are in a semi fetal position, for alighnment for hips, sleeping on your back is the most recommended position!

[@alexandriamcnairn5865]

As long as your comfy,I can’t sleep in any other position ,even when my mouth is taped,best thing I ever learned in later life,I’m now 60, was a chronic snorer,post nasal drip,dry eye,reflux,slightly asthmatic,been doing taping for a year now!Patricks books are great also!

[@crocodilegrundee4514]

For breathing purposes sleeping on your belly is fine. In fact doctors are starting to put COVID patients on there belly because they are better able to breath that way. Most of the expansion from breathing is in the back, so laying on your belly allows the back to expand better.

[@33bricks25]

@@crocodilegrundee4514 covid lol get a grip you zombie

[@jesurunsounds]

Do are we supposed to breath into our lungs or just stomach?

[@OxygenAdvantage]

Hi Jeshurun. By breathing through the nose, we will activate the diaphragm..this will push the abdominal wall outwards. Focus on nasal breathing and belly breathing will fall into place. Hope this helps. Darren

[@jesurunsounds]

@@OxygenAdvantage ty so much how do I get your book

[@dommccaffry3802]

However many times I tape my mouth up at night, I just ca'nt get used to it

[@lordnelsonmc.billionberg9166]

wear it 2h before bed time

[@DJdj-ir5uz]

Why do negative about tree huggers

[@ernestknight8442]

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[@pravdanil]

that logo on the back kinda reminds of swastika hahah

[@stephenross7663]

Patrick, some of your early videos you mention that you also use breathe right strips at night. I tried just mouth taping for months, but didn't get much improvement in sleep until I started ALSO using the breathe right strips in addition to your mouth tape products. I don't see you talk much about the breathe right strips in your more recent videos you do though. Is it a practice you still partake in?

[@whatsup1777]

I guess it would dépend, i dont need it put some do.