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By Dr. Artour Rakhimov, Buteyko breathing teacher and educator

Your rate of progress  (uncontrollable and controllable factors)

Your rate of CP and health progress depends on many factors. Some of them are not under your control, for example:
1. Age of the person. When we are younger, it is easier for the body to adjust to new metabolic and physiological states. Young children often can progress from, for example, 5 s up to 60 s CP in 3-5 days; teenagers in 2-3 weeks; elderly people in many months.
2. Fat reserves. Obesity makes progress slower. Obese students, when their practice breathing exercises, first naturally loose weight while having more energy and no hunger. They usually experience moderate CP growth during the initial period of learning. Later their progress normally.
3. Amounts and types of medication used in the past. Those learners who consumed large amounts of medical drugs during previous years have slower progress rates.

However, you can influence or choose other factors or parameters important for your success:

- time devoted to breathing exercises (normally, I require about 1 hour per day for breathing exercises)

- prompt correction of abnormal life style factors

- self-discipline, perseverance and will power

- ability to reveal the specific hidden factor which is the main stumbling block for your better health for any day or even moment of time

- optimization of your actions based on all these considerations.

Choose your own pace to learn the blocks described below.

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