“I had asthma from a very young age. I was often caught for breath and had to stay in bed because I did not have enough air to physically move. By the time I was in my early twenties I was on high doses of medication to control the asthma.
In 1997, I graduated from Trinity College Dublin and started work.
I stumbled across an article about a Russian doctor, Konstantin Buteyko, who claimed to know and reverse the cause of asthma. Upon further enquiry, I contacted people in Australia and learned more about the technique. Logically it made sound sense – breathe through your nose and keep your breathing quiet. Simple as it seems, Buteyko discovered that the cause of asthma is over breathing. By using his methods, my asthma improved dramatically!
When I was a full two years symptom and medication free and still in the same job, I realised that I wasn’t happy. Something was missing from my life and an emptiness or hollowness prevailed. Driving to my hometown, the thought struck me that asthmatics should be made aware of correct breathing and other lifestyle factors. There was no doubt that it worked. I was living proof!
That weekend was a momentous one for me. It felt as though a weight had been lifted from me and even though I had not thought about the intricacies of starting a business, I had an overwhelming comfort that everything was going to be all right. I contacted the Buteyko clinic of Moscow and by 2002 had completed my training.
As I think back, I can see that if I had given starting a business much thought AsthmaCare would not exist! I was entering an area that was traditionally the domain of doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. I was also aware that some people around me thought I was mad. However, the overwhelming feeling that I experienced that weekend – that I was not going to fail – became the driving force behind my work.
I am now one of a few people who can say that they love their job. I apply myself to it effortlessly. In the past six years, I have written several books including the best seller Asthma Free Naturally. Thousands of asthma patients have attended my clinics and AsthmaCare is now taught in seven countries. There is no stress in this, nor is there much effort.”
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Patrick McKeown has just launched a new book:
Anxiety Free: stop worrying and quieten your mind
(includes free relaxation CD)
Priced 14 Euro approx
Author Patrick McKeown
ISBN-10: 0954599640
240 pages

Available Easons and www.amazon.co.uk

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