IMPROVE SPORTS PERFORMANCE

Maggie Cowan-Hughes

Maggie teaches in Spanish and English. She will be holding Oxygen Advantage days in Bristol, Liverpool, Buenos Aires and Alicante in 2019. She is also happy to give talks to teams and groups about the tremendous advantages to be gained from learning to breathe exceptionally well.

Maggie has been teaching breath work internationally for over six years. Her teaching has helped many people to overcome sleep problems, get relief from anxiety, and address breathing pattern disorders such as asthma and rhinitis.

“The Oxygen Advantage is powerful, groundbreaking and accessible. We see improvement in performance and general health within weeks, if not days. My passion is in guiding people of any age, ability or background to breathe so well they are at their best in the activity they love. It is thrilling to be teaching the dynamic Oxygen Advantage programme to sports people as well as to anyone who wants to be as fit as they can be.

"Patrick McKeown's work transformed my life as a chronic asthmatic back in 2012. The Oxygen Advantage is an extremely exciting development which is helping tons of people to thrive in their chosen sport and in life as a whole.”

+44 (0) 7527 472579
info@BreatheBest.co.uk
www.breathebest.co.uk
www.facebook.com/BreatheBest-2235319873455180/

Andy Fisher

Andy Fisher is a school teacher, pastoral leader, wilderness survival & combatives instructor. He is also an author and the creator of ‘The Hero Forge’, a programme dedicated to equipping ordinary people with the tools, skills and attributes needed to achieve the extraordinary and make a positive difference in the world. As a life-long asthmatic, Andy has personal experience of the relationship between breath regulation, health and peak performance. While based in Norwich on the east coast, Andy often works with clients in London and elsewhere, helping them to maximise their potential.

www.theheroforge.com

Loliya Harrison

Loliya is an Oxygen Advantage Instructor, a Registered Nutritional Therapist, Personal Trainer, Advanced Pilates Instructor and Soft Tissue Massage Therapist. She is based in North London. She trains clients on a 1 to 1 basis and also runs small group pilates classes.  She is interested in helping people reset their health, body and energy.  

“Correct breathing has been the missing link to my fitness and health regime and the great thing about Oxygen Advantage is that once you have learnt the technique it can be practised anywhere – on the tube, watching TV, incorporated into my regular gym workout, on the way to see my next client and I now use it in my pilates classes.”

www.loliya-harrison.com
harrisonloliya@gmail.com

Tom Herron

Based at Dungannon County Tyrone Northern Ireland, Tom Herron works in the areas of Psychotherapy, Sports Psychology, Lifestyle Coaching and as an Asthma Care Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner, Trainer & Breathing Coach. Tom has worked with elite athletes, trainers and coaches, from many disciplines including, boxing, judo, martial arts, MMA, Golf, Basketball, GAA, rugby, football, swimming, track and field.  

With over 20 years experience, Tom has trained and worked with some of the greatest names in the self-care, self-development, positive psychology, peak performance and therapy fields. Over the years Tom had developed and delivered several programmes in the self-care, peak performance and self-development fields and works with groups and teams as well as on a 1 to 1 basis.  

Early on Tom realised the importance of correct breathing as an aid to self-care, positive self-development, anxiety management, injury prevention and peak performance. In 2002 Tom trained extensively with and later obtained a Diploma in Buteyko Breathing from Patrick McKeown. Tom has also proof read and contributed to some of Patrick’s books including The Oxygen Advantage and became one of the first cohort of Oxygen Advantage instructors. Tom is also a Fellow of the Buteyko Professionals International (BPI) and has been involved with elite performance development/research with University of Bath and St Mary’s University Twickenham. 

UK: +44 (0) 7734345163
ROI:- +353 (0) 868050604
pepsfitselfcare@gmail.com
www.tomherronexperience.com 

Gary Ling

As a professional Sports Therapist Gary Ling is based in Essex and works with many National level amateur athletes, recreational gym goers, and professional Athletes. Before becoming a Therapist Gary spent 5 years serving in the Royal Navy. Gary has a background in competitive football and boxing and was once an Essex ABA boxing champion. He now spends his spare time dancing salsa around a dance floor or more likely on the water, sailing. Gary has, and does work with a commonwealth games athlete, a past world snooker champion and spent 10 years as head physio at non league and professional football clubs. Gary combines physical therapy techniques with respiratory training.

“Since becoming a certified Oxygen Advantage® instructor and realising what can be achieved once our respiratory fitness/health levels are improved upon I have seen incredible increases in performance levels of both amateur and professional athletes alike. It is very clear that for most people the respiratory system is their weakest link and improving that aspect of peoples health/fitness creates significant changes and improvement to both health and performance levels”.

07968 059393
info@billericaysportstherapy.co.uk
www.billericaysportstherapy.co.uk

Mike O'Shea MBE

Mike has dedicated his entire career to the world of health and fitness. Having served with the Royal Navy for 32 years, he completed his service with the rank of Warrant Officer as a member of the Physical Training Branch.

During this time he was fortunate to work with sportspeople of all standards and abilities. As someone heavily involved in sports himself, he enjoyed a lengthy career as a rugby player and coach. His accomplishments include Head Coach for Combined Services U21s and Director of Rugby at Petersfield RFC.

In addition to his extensive sports background, Mike developed his understanding of leadership and management whilst serving as Course Officer at the RN Management School. He was responsible for delivering leadership and management to promotion candidates. Alongside his extensive understanding of fitness, nutrition, and health, he realised that physical, motivational and leadership skills have a very close relationship.

Towards the latter part of his RN career, Mike was honoured to receive an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

On retirement from the RN, Mike was invited by Premier Training, a leading provider of personal training and sports therapy to become a course tutor. During this time he additionally worked one-to-one with clients, continued to coach rugby, and worked as a Fitness Consultant with The Energy Project – an industry-leading consultancy that unlocks transformation and sustainable high performance within individuals, teams, and organisations.

Never one to sit still Mike has been enthused by The Oxygen Advantage and the benefits it offers. Adding yet another dimension to his bank of knowledge, Mike now trains individuals from all walks of life on how to implement functional breathing into their daily routine and enjoy the health improvements it brings. Those looking for an advantage in sport can use the techniques to add incremental gains to their performance.

Email: mike.oshea06@gmail.com
Telephone: +44 (0)7974 257855

Martin Petrus

How can breathwork increase creativity? Martin has been working in the design industry for over 12 years. Now his main goal is to explore how can breathing put you in the most optimal mind state whether it is problem solving or inducing Flow States. Combining Oxygen Advantage® with Wim Hof Method to achieve superior focus and enhanced mental performance.

www.nicecollective.net

Anastasis Tzanis

Anastasis, The Nutritionist Yogi, is an experienced registered Nutritional Therapist & Yoga Teacher from Athens, based in London. He has a track record of working with individuals with a range of health conditions helping them improve their health, as well as yogis advancing their practice. He runs an online clinical practice and works as a consultant for companies using diet, breathing and yoga.

Anastasis holds a diploma from the Institute for Optimal Nutrition, the most prominent course of Nutritional Therapy in the UK.

He has developed the skills and has experience in strengthening the immune function, supporting patients undergoing cancer care and obesity. In practice, he uses a 4 pillar model optimising the body’s energy metabolic function. The concept is simple:

“When the body has enough energy, it will be able to battle disease and perform optimally.”

His studies with Wim Hof and Patrick McKeown are integrated into both his teachings and therapeutic practice. In 2018 he began teaching breathing techniques at yoga teacher trainings, companies and research teams.

www.thenutritionistyogi.com

Katerina Zuckova

Katerina is an experienced intensive care nurse and passionate certified yoga instructor who started practicing yoga in 2010. In 2018 she certified as an Oxygen Advantage® Instructor with Patrick McKeown.

Katerina completed 200-hour teacher training course in India under the expert eye of her guru Ganga Devi from Himalayan Yoga Institute, where she respectfully received her professional yoga name Kaostubhi. She was awarded with a diploma as a ‘Yoga Sikshasa’ (teacher of yoga). Her yoga journey has continued and she further gained a 200-hour teacher training with Teach Yoga school in London. This training provided extensive knowledge about the anatomy and physiology concentrating on a proper body alignment and body mechanics. Thanks to this course, Kaostubhi discovered a passion to teach intelligent powerful classes with a focus on a body precision and a body awareness. Furthermore, she is also accredited by the Yoga Alliance UK with a 200-hour RYT certification. Kaostubhi is currently studying towards BWY 500-hour teacher training course with Yoga Therapist and Pilates Teacher, Elena Voyce PhD.

Kaostubhi’s intention is to help her students discover through yoga the inner love, light, infinite potential, peace within and overall improve wellness in life.