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Asthma: Ignorance or Design? Continued from page 38 "The future of Buteyko lies with asth- Zealand in 1994, and have also been instru- mental in propagating Buteyko in Australia, matics wanting hetter anality of life and the Zealand in 1994, and have also been instru- mental in propagating Buteyko in Australia, the USA, the UK, Canada, Israel and The Netherlands. They have taught more than 7,000 people with breathing problems to use the techniques and improve their own health in a natural way, and have also trained more than 60 new practitioners. The Starks have also taught the tech- niques in clinical trials and studies in New Zealand, Canada and the UK. They hosted the first international Buteyko conference in New Zealand in December 2000. Jennifer Stark is the co-author, with Russell Stark, of The Carbon Dioxide Syndrome: Learn why changing your breathing can improve your health and wellbeing (Buteyko Online Ltd, NZ, Australia, 2002, ISBN 0-473-09610-2; see review in NEXUS vol. 12, no. 3). Jennifer can be contacted by email at info@buteykoworks.com or via the Buteyko Works website at http://outeykoworks.com. "The future of Buteyko lies with asth- matics wanting better quality of life and the Spreading the Word doctors who genuinely want to help their In spite of the medical fraternity not patients. GPs don't have a vested interest embracing Buteyko, the technique is in asthma and more of them are talking steadily increasing in popularity throughout positively about Buteyko because they the world. However, the Buteyko method have seen its amazingly good effects as has a long way to go because fewer than 20 well as the negativity associated with long- people are teaching the techniques full-time term drug-taking. When asthmatics use in any Western country and there are over Buteyko, they reduce their symptoms by at 300 million asthmatics worldwide.’* Jeast 70 per cent. This is a powerful dri- Considering that so few people are teach- ying force behind Buteyko, and the reason ing Buteyko, it is remarkable that anyone why so many people know about it when knows about it, let alone that a number of go few are teaching it." oo clinical trials have already been done. This indicates just how very useful at control- About the Author: ling asthma the Buteyko method is, and _ Jennifer Stark and her husband Russell Stark why it should eventually take its rightful trained as Buteyko practitioners in 1993 place in the forefront of asthma treatment. _ with Russian-trained Alexander Stalmatski Russell Stark has the last say: and later did additional training with "Dr Buteyko has taken basic physiology Buteyko founder Dr Konstantin Pavlovich and anatomy that have been known for 100 Buteyko. Their son Robert had severe asth- years and applied that knowledge to asth-__™a that was unrelenting despite his follow- ma. By using his techniques, people stop ("9 the recommended conventional med- . “ - , . ical treatments, and they turned to the getting the symptoms and so they stop Buteyko breathing techniques in despera- needing most if not all of their medication. Basically there is nothing in the Buteyko tion. Buteyko provided such a complete 4 . change of health that they decided to train method for those currently making money ag practitioners and help others. from the asthma industry to support it. They took the Buteyko method to New About the Author: Jennifer Stark and her husband Russell Stark trained as Buteyko practitioners in 1993 with Russian-trained Alexander Stalmatski and later did additional training with Buteyko founder Dr Konstantin Pavlovich Buteyko. Their son Robert had severe asth- ma that was unrelenting despite his follow- ing the recommended conventional med- ical treatments, and they turned to the Buteyko breathing techniques in despera- tion. Buteyko provided such a complete change of health that they decided to train as practitioners and help others. They took the Buteyko method to New Editor's Note: Due to space constraints, we are unable to include the extensive endnotes accompany- ing this article; instead, we've posted the article plus references on our website, http://www.nexusmagazine.com. 76 = NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com DECEMBER 2005 — JANUARY 2006