Product Description

Close Your Mouth is a self help book containing simple and easy to apply Buteyko breathing exercises and lifestyle guidelines.

The Buteyko Clinic method is without doubt the most effective and direct way to reverse hyperventilation or overbreathing. While this book focuses on asthma, hay fever and nasal congestion, it is also very beneficial for other complaints that result or are contributed to from overbreathing. For example, the exercises in this book will also help panic attacks, stress, disrupted sleep, fatigue, snoring, hyperventilation, constipation, migraine, poor fitness and more.

Close Your Mouth is written by Buteyko practitioner Patrick McKeown. Patrick is one of a few people directly accredited and authorised by the Late Professor Buteyko. He founded the renowned Asthma Care clinics a number of years ago. His websites are asthmacare.ie/ and buteykoclinic.com/

The Buteyko Clinic method has been described as one of the most important medical discovery’s of the 20th Century. You will find the information in this book most compelling and life changing.

There is no padded information. It is simply a direct and easy to read step by step instruction. It is without doubt the most user friendly book on this topic available.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113079 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 140 pages

Patrick Holford
Say goodbye to your asthma with former chronic asthmatic Patrick McKeown’s highly effective programme, Asthma Free Naturally.

From the Author
My name is Patrick McKeown. I was a chronic asthmatic for over twenty years until I learned how to address my breathing. I trained at the Buteyko Clinic of Moscow and am qualified by the Late Professor Buteyko.

For the past five years, I have helped thousands of persons suffering from asthma, emphysema, nasal complaints and other respiratory disorders through both my books and clinics asthmacare.ie/

This is my third book and it is the most user friendly to date. While writing it, I adopted the approach that books on health tend to be difficult reading with complicated information. I wanted Close Your Mouth to be the exact opposite. As a result, I stripped from the text what was not necessary in providing the reader with basic instruction that they can apply and make improvements to their health by themselves.

I can honestly say that correcting my breathing and applying simple lifestyle guidelines completely transformed my life. I have not had asthma symptoms, nor have I required medication for seven years.

It is unfortunate that the Asthma Society and most of the medical profession look at pharmaceutical intervention only. As long as they continue to do this, they will never solve the asthma problem but merely keep symptoms at bay.

If you have a health concern or just wish to feel better, then this book could be a tremendous aid in helping your recovery.

Wishing you the best of health,

Patrick McKeown

From the Inside Flap
What do former patients say?

We cannot believe the difference in our child and its all down to changing his breathing. I would not hesitate to recommend this method to anybody.

Father of fourteen year old child with severe asthma quoted in- The Irish Times May 25th 2004

It absolutely is unbelievable. I have been on my drugs for fifteen years and to think that something as simple as this and as cheap as this and effective could be widely available. Everybody should be doing it. Give it a go, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

-Jean McConnell- school teacher with asthma who was selected by RTE as part of their Health Squad series shown on October 2nd, 2003

I wouldn't get up in the morning without taking my nebuliser. I have not touched my nebuliser since November. I have taken my reliever inhaler three times since then.

- Chronic severe asthmatic, speaking on RTE 1s Open House
programme on February 26th, 2003.

He gave me a number of exercises that he said I should go and do. I have found that it has improved beyond all recognition. I can now talk for quite a period of time without having to cough.

- Retired school teacher, Galway, speaking RTE 1s Nationwide on September 16th, 2002.

Generally I would feel a wheeze, tightness of breathing especially with training. I might have to take my inhaler about two or three times per day. I have been going to Pat for six weeks now and I am almost a month without having to take my inhaler.

- Sports world champion also speaking on same programme.

Customer Reviews

Simple but life changing
After reading his first book Asthma Free naturally, I decided to read this. The first book changed my life. This book contains the essence without all the detail. It summarises how one can apply Buteyko breathing without having to spend a large sum of money- the secret is exposed. Both books have changed my life and stopped my coughing which I had for close to three years. Overall, my health has improved dramatically. I now have my husband applying the program and his snoring has stopped, he no longer wakes up feeling fatigued and his energy levels are far higher. A simple but convincing read. Some of the points could be a little better explained but overall - a great little book.

Fantastic !!!
I bought this book a few weeks ago for my other half. For the past four years he has suffered with the problem of excess mucus build up, causing him to have to cough and clear his throat continually..it had become so bad in the past year that this 'throat clearing exercise' could take place two or three times per minute. He had tried a variety of medical remedies and undergone consultations with 'specialists' who claimed to be able to cure the problem......all with absolutely no success.
After only 10 minutes of reading this book, he began to practise the breathing exercise and the result has been absolutely amazing. The coughing/throat clearing just stopped instantly !!!
Now, three weeks on, if he has the odd moment when he begins with the throat clearing again, he simply does the breathing exercise and has no further problem. I cant praise this author highly enough, he has 'cured' my other half and returned our household to peace and quiet. Thank You.....

Educate the world
I bought this book with great curisoity. It is creatively written and contains a wealth of information in easy to follow language. The book details Buteyko breathing as a method of reversing hyperventilation- I have had extreme anxiety and breathlessness and for the past five years had availed of a number of different treatments. Nobody told me to address my overbreathing. This book does in an easy to follow way. I think all persons young and old could benefit from such simple advice that we should be all doing.
David