About Don
This is where I'm supposed tell you all about my breathing expertise, impress you with many credentials, tell you the amazing story about how I came to be a breathing coach and convince you to devour everything I have posted on my website.
Bottom line, you are probably more interested in who I am and where I come from. So, lets get to it.
Most of my friends and family will tell you I'm a laid back guy and not much of a sales person. They say my strengths are being able to figure things out, getting the job done and explaining complicated stuff in a simple way. These strengths served me well in my first career, an executive with several high-tech companies.
With degrees in mathematics and computer science, I'm prone to overuse the words “why” and "how" when someone approaches me with something new. When I first heard about how breathing impacted health, I asked a lot of "why's" and "how's", all of which were answered. It turned out to be easy given the hard science behind all this.
On a personal level, I have a fantastic wife of 35 years, a gorgeous daughter, a terrific son-in-law and a grandchild on the way. Besides my family, my passions include skiing, brewing great beer, road cycling and showing people the power of breathing correctly.
My hope is you'll enjoy this website, learn a bit more about the power of breathing correctly and come to understand how it might help you. Oh, and yes … if you are really interested in all the prerequisite professional stuff about me, here it is.
Prerequisite Professional Stuff
Former asthmatic, 45 years with this ugly condition, who also suffered from constant allergies and regular bouts of bronchitis. By applying what I learned about correct breathing, I stopped my asthma in 10 days. I've not had an asthma attack or used any medication in over ten years. My allergies and bronchitis are long gone as well.
Registered Breathing Educator and graduate of the Beuteyko Clinic International. I was trained by Patrick McKeown, best selling author and world renowned breathing coach.
Former Vice-Chairmen and marketing director for the Beuteyko Breathing Educators Association (BBEA). The BBEA is an international organization that provides rigorous teaching and registration standards, along with on-going professional development for breathing educators.
Owner of CascadeBreath LLC and the Cascade Breathing Center, providing breath training services to residents of Oregon and around the USA. My business is based in Bend, Oregon, a destination resort and home to the 6th largest ski area in the US, Mt. Bachelor.
Want-a-be author having written several white papers on breathing science. I currently have two e-books in progress. Hopefully, I'll get one published in the coming year.
Former executive with several high-tech companies, having spent a good portion of my career in Europe. Europe is where I learned about the power of breathing correctly and resolved my asthma completely.
Bottom line, you are probably more interested in who I am and where I come from. So, lets get to it.
Most of my friends and family will tell you I'm a laid back guy and not much of a sales person. They say my strengths are being able to figure things out, getting the job done and explaining complicated stuff in a simple way. These strengths served me well in my first career, an executive with several high-tech companies.
With degrees in mathematics and computer science, I'm prone to overuse the words “why” and "how" when someone approaches me with something new. When I first heard about how breathing impacted health, I asked a lot of "why's" and "how's", all of which were answered. It turned out to be easy given the hard science behind all this.
On a personal level, I have a fantastic wife of 35 years, a gorgeous daughter, a terrific son-in-law and a grandchild on the way. Besides my family, my passions include skiing, brewing great beer, road cycling and showing people the power of breathing correctly.
My hope is you'll enjoy this website, learn a bit more about the power of breathing correctly and come to understand how it might help you. Oh, and yes … if you are really interested in all the prerequisite professional stuff about me, here it is.
Prerequisite Professional Stuff
Former asthmatic, 45 years with this ugly condition, who also suffered from constant allergies and regular bouts of bronchitis. By applying what I learned about correct breathing, I stopped my asthma in 10 days. I've not had an asthma attack or used any medication in over ten years. My allergies and bronchitis are long gone as well.
Registered Breathing Educator and graduate of the Beuteyko Clinic International. I was trained by Patrick McKeown, best selling author and world renowned breathing coach.
Former Vice-Chairmen and marketing director for the Beuteyko Breathing Educators Association (BBEA). The BBEA is an international organization that provides rigorous teaching and registration standards, along with on-going professional development for breathing educators.
Owner of CascadeBreath LLC and the Cascade Breathing Center, providing breath training services to residents of Oregon and around the USA. My business is based in Bend, Oregon, a destination resort and home to the 6th largest ski area in the US, Mt. Bachelor.
Want-a-be author having written several white papers on breathing science. I currently have two e-books in progress. Hopefully, I'll get one published in the coming year.
Former executive with several high-tech companies, having spent a good portion of my career in Europe. Europe is where I learned about the power of breathing correctly and resolved my asthma completely.
