Buteyko Breathing Practitioners - California
Having practiced dental hygiene as a Registered Dental Hygienist for over thirty years, I am now incorporating myofunctional therapy into my practice as a vital component to the oral health.
Myofunctional therapy is a complex working of musculature to keep the tongue in the correct rest position. There are many benefits to a correct tongue position including the teeth correcting their position so the bite is beneficial and also sleep and digestion problems along with habits that can be corrected through oral facial myology. Soft palate position and airway problems can also be corrected.
As an oral facial myologist, working with muscles of the face and airway problems with breathing and eating, Buteyko fits very well into the excercises I am teaching. It added to what I was alreading doing and increased my scope of practice to include other illnesses and problems such as snoring, asthma and allergies and other bronchial problems, even working toward being free from medications. Buteyko Breathing has helped me and my family in more ways than I coud have imagined!
FYI registered dental hygienist, nutrtional therapy practitioner, oral facial myologist, and Fellow of the Academy for Comprehensive Esthetics
blessd2be2@yahoo.com
www.melindasoralfacial.com
4149A El Camino Way
#104, Palo Alto CA 94306
650-384-5744
annpianetta@buteykocalifornia.com
www.buteykocalifornia.com
Brenda Stimpson is a qualified physiotherapist and Buteyko practitioner. She spent many years working in hospitals in New Zealand and England specialising in brain injury rehabilitation and respiratory practice. Brenda has applied the Buteyko method to correct her own chronic mouth breathing and sinus problems. Her clinic, Breathingwise is in the Los Angeles area and it specialises in asthma, rhinitis and chronic mouth breathing correction.
424 N. Lake Ave Ste 204, Pasadena CA 91101
626-405-1437
info@breathingwise.com
www.breathingwise.com
Joy Moeller's background as a dental hygenist was the impetus for her to train in myofunctional therapy. Her life's work has been in helping children, teenagers and adults perform correct swallowing and breathing in order to ensure proper development and growth of the jaws and face. Incorrect swallowing and mouth breathing creates cranio-facial changes which significantly impair both health and appearance of the child or adult. Part of this involves the elimination of habits such as nail biting and thumb sucking.
After taking the Buteyko training, Joy now weaves the Buteyko exercises into her therapy program. After practicing oral Myofunctional Therapy for 30 years, the combination of Buteyko Breathing and Myofunctional Therapy has helped Joy's patients attain a much higher state of health than ever before! Because one of the goals of oral myofunctional therapy is to attain nasal breathing, Buteyko therapy helps the medulla part of the brain to know that it is ok to nasal breathe resulting in better oxygenation!"
Joy is a guest speaker at the UCLA Sleep Apnea Mini Residency where research will be conducted on helping sleep apnea.
910 Via de la Paz, Suite 106, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
291 S. La Cienega Blvd #409 Beverly Hills, California 90211
310-454-4044
www.myofunctional-therapy.com
Barbara Greene
Barbara J. Greene, COM is a certified orofacial myofunctional therapist and has been in private practice since 1971. Currently she practices in Santa Barbara, Oxnard, and Thousand Oaks, CA and also on the Internet. For more information about her, visit her website at www.tonguethrust.com
or e-mail her at bgreene@tonguethrust.com
Barbara teaches courses in orofacial myology with Joy L. Moeller, BS, RDH, COM and is her co-partner in the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT). She is an international lecturer and author of articles on this subject. Her personal experience with TMD, orofacial dysfunction , and OSA helped to make real the needs of others. Her life is dedicated to helping those afflicted with this dysfunction and in educating the public and professionals about orofacial myofunctional disorders. She added Buteyko Breathing therapy to her practice after studying with Patrick McKeown in 2010.
www.tonguethrust.com
bgreene@tonguethrust.com
Jeanne Shimizu Jeanne is a Registered Dental Hygienest,Orofacial Myologist and Buteyko Breathing Educator practicing in California. With myofunctional therapy she teaches children and adults the correct tongue position, proper swallowing technique and lips together /mouth closed posture to be practiced at all times. Buteyko breathing is a perfect adjunct to this.
In order to keep the mouth closed one needs to be able to breathe through their nose. With simple exercises and lots of practice breathing becomes better and easier. Anxiety, allergies or asthma can often interfere with a comfortable dental appointment. The buteyko breathing helps people with these issues to relax. Jeanne has worked in dental hygiene for over 30 years. Buteyko breathing has been a wonderful, drug free way to make peoples life better!
Jeanne practices dental hygiene in Scotts Valley, Calif. She is available for Myofuntional Therapy and Buteyko Breathing from San Jose to Carmel Calif.
(831)359-0655
jshimizu60@yahoo.com
2999 Overland Ave #205
Los Angeles CA 90064
310-990-5360
janlueken@sbcglobal.net
www.buteykola.com
Mary Ann Hawkins is a certified Buteyko Practitioner and a Nationally certified body therapist (NCBTMB) with a focus on breath integration, craniosacral therapy, and soft tissue (fascial) manipulation. She has been a practicing therapist for the past 12 years.
Individual and group sessions are offered for the following classes:
Breathing Free (Asthma, Apnea, COPD,)
Breathable Golfer (Integrating breath for performance)
21st Century Body (Wellness through breath and body awareness)
Body therapies offered individually (Craniosacral, Fascial
Manipulation, Massage,)
Classes are offered in Los Angeles, CA Reno, NV, Melbourne, FL
310. 429.5411
Stillpointmagic@gmail.com
www.stillpointclinic.com
Christie McKenzie suffered with severe asthma for over 30 years that left her with very little quality of life, relying on constant medication that rarely provided relief. Along her journey of trying to obtain better health she also tried various alternative health options. None of her efforts made any difference. In fact her doctor said her asthma had become so severe he didn't see her living past her mid-30's.
She heard about Buteyko from a fellow life coach and with some hesitancy she decided to check it out. Her thorough research and dialogue with Patrick McKeown convinced her that she finally came upon some extremely powerful and exciting information. She decided to not only take the classes to better her own health, but also to become a Certified Practitioner so she could be of service to others.
In addition to obtaining her Buteyko Practitioner certification from Patrick McKeown, Christie McKenzie is also a certified Master Practitioner in NLP and Hypnotherapy. She is a Life Coach fulfilling her passion of teaching others how they can empower and transform their own lives into living the life of their dreams physically, mentally and spiritually.
Classes are offered in Los Angeles, Orange County, Huntington Beach
949-701-2571
empoweredjourney@gmail.com
Dorisse Neale, Registered Nurse, Health and Respiratory Educator,
herbalist, mother, and performing artist has been involved in the
Wellness Movement for over 33 years. In the late 1970's in Southern
California, she was an early member of the American Association for
Holistic Health and the American Holistic Nurse's Association. Her
extensive medical background ranges from critical care/emergency
nursing to lay midwifery and home based natural health care, and she
is a recovering lifetime asthmatic since having discovered the
Buteyko Breathing Method and integrating it into her life in 1998.
She teaches from a new paradigm of health - one of Wellness vs.
Illness, and is involved in developing new health care models based
on ancient indigenous healing traditions from around the world. She
has traveled, lived, taught and published internationally and invites
individuals to learn the basics of reclaiming responsibility for
their own health via the Respiratory System, using breathwork,
movement and somatic therapies. Dorisse is the founder of BreathDance
~ Wellness Through Breathing, where she facilitates breath and
movement workshops, in Sebastopol, California, Asheville, North
Carolina, and Charlottesville, Virginia. She offers classes,
workshops and public speaking events for ages 5 to 105, and teaches
that Optimum Breathing is at the Heart and Foundation of Wellness.
1-888-450-5999
Website: www.breathdance.org
Email: dorisse@breathdance.org