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I’ve been working on breathing through my nose more over the last few weeks. One area where I’m noticing improvement is better sleep. When I used to breathe thr

I’ve been working on breathing through my nose more over the last few weeks. One area where I’m noticing improvement is better sleep. When I used to breathe through my mouth I would dry out my mouth severely multiple times during the night. This possibly reduced sleep quality because I would roll over to drink a glass of water whenever the dryness got uncomfortable. Maybe it was increasing dehydration, too. I resisted breathing through my nose because my left nostril seems slightly deviated. Forcing myself to breathe through my nose while I jog or do yoga seems to help. My hunch is that the nostril is just closed up a bit from lack of use.

protomok 8y ago
Same problem here - deviated septum is such an annoyance. I find I often have to breathe out of my mouth as breathing out of my nose is sometimes not possible as one or both nostrils are frequently unusable. Curious how others work around this ? I understand there is a surgery that can correct a deviated septum , but surgery is always a last resort in my view.
- yayana 8y ago
  I tried the Buteyko method about 10 years back.. I wouldn't believe any of the theories of action, but the method worked to nose breathe and have tolerable sinuses. One observation from Buteyko materials that sounds right (and would be easy to verify) is that only one nostril should be active when you aren't exercising, and there is a ~3? hour cycle where they swap dilation repeatedly through the day and night. When you are healthy you won't notice this (unless someone asks you to gently test), if you panic and fight to keep them both open, it will cause you more trouble.
  - kaycebasques 8y ago
    > One observation from Buteyko materials that sounds right (and would be easy to verify) is that only one nostril should be active when you aren't exercising, and there is a ~3? hour cycle where they swap dilation repeatedly through the day and night. It’s called the nasal cycle.

protomok 8y ago

Same problem here - deviated septum is such an annoyance. I find I often have to breathe out of my mouth as breathing out of my nose is sometimes not possible as one or both nostrils are frequently unusable. Curious how others work around this ? I understand there is a surgery that can correct a deviated septum , but surgery is always a last resort in my view.

yayana 8y ago
I tried the Buteyko method about 10 years back.. I wouldn't believe any of the theories of action, but the method worked to nose breathe and have tolerable sinuses. One observation from Buteyko materials that sounds right (and would be easy to verify) is that only one nostril should be active when you aren't exercising, and there is a ~3? hour cycle where they swap dilation repeatedly through the day and night. When you are healthy you won't notice this (unless someone asks you to gently test), if you panic and fight to keep them both open, it will cause you more trouble.
- kaycebasques 8y ago
  > One observation from Buteyko materials that sounds right (and would be easy to verify) is that only one nostril should be active when you aren't exercising, and there is a ~3? hour cycle where they swap dilation repeatedly through the day and night. It’s called the nasal cycle.