I saw someone on hexbear mention it a while ago, and went on my own research rabbit hole. It seems pretty cool, and I believe it could cure diseases and increase health in general, it’s just hard. The jist is a Soviet doctor named Buteyko realized breathing less and increasing CO2 in one’s body can greatly improve health. His method is to do lots of breath exercises, stay active, and eat healthily. I’ve been doing 15 minutes of exercises everyday for a few weeks, but it’s slow, and my control pause is a terrible 9 (probably part of why I’m always tired. Fuck school for making me wake up at an unnatural time and making me sit so long). The people around me irl that I’ve mentioned it to seem to think it’s too hard or a waste of time. For better or worse, I’m also a modernist, believing in human “perfectibility” with the right conditions and influences.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buteyko/comments/c8px11/start_here_intro_faq_of_rbuteyko/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Meditation/comments/fjh47l/a_buddhist_monks_experience_with_buteyko/

What do you think? Is it legit? Do any of you practice?

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    Anything claiming to be a "cure all" is bullshit. Period. Human bodies are complex, and there is no "one size fits all" solution to medical health. Different people have different needs, and people often "feel better" after practicing something new, not because it actually provides medical benefit, but because they've actively been spending more time being mindful and trying to improve their own health. Cause and effect is reversed.

    That's no to say this has no merits at all, but these sorts of health schemes are 99% healthy diet and regular exercise and 1% whatever their fad idea is. At least this one doesn't seem to be trying to extract as much money out of your wallet as possible.

    • QueerCommie@lemmygrad.mlM
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      8 months ago

      I was basically like “it’s probably good, but not that good.

      I was probably less skeptical because no one else stood to benefit from me doing it. Ig they do say you should learn it from some teacher, but where the hell would I find one of those.

      • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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        8 months ago

        Yeah, this sounds like someone discovering something but not really fully understanding it, and they or others have taken what seems to be some kind of health benefit to an extreme, though at least this seems to not be something actively pushed by con artists at least.