Richard qualified as a Buteyko breathing practitioner in 2005. Professor Buteyko developed a range of breathing techniques that enabled individual to improve there health status simply by changing the way they breathed.

The Buteyko breathing technique has been clinically trialled and is used around the world. The most common application is among asthmatics. Professor Buteyko startled the scientific community by proclaiming to know why people suffered asthma and by also offering a cure. According to Buteyko, Asthma is the body’s natural defence mechanism to combat overbreathing (most asthmatics hyperventilate). By correcting breathing patterns, asthma symptoms subside. The beauty of the Buteyko breathing technique, like simulated altitude training, is that no drugs are involved. Richard teaches the Buteyko method individually or combined with a course of Mountain Air Therapy.