Oxygen Advantage

“Why Are Kids' Teeth Decaying at the Rates They Are? I Wasn’t Convinced with the Answers.” Does mouth breathing change your face? It certainly can. In the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick McKeown speaks to Australian dentist, author and nutrition specialist, Dr. Steven Lin.   Dr. Lin is one of the leading voices in dentistry, calling for changes to our nutrition and br...

In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation to help prepare you for that all important test or examination. Millions of us face standardized testing at a variety of times throughout our lives. Whether in school, college, or upskilling at work, the prospect of facing hours of questions designed to test our skill levels can...

“I think the pros outweigh the cons of where we’re going with technology in healthcare.” On the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick McKeown is joined by world renowned author, biohacker, nutritionist and fitness expert, Ben Greenfield. This particular episode was recorded on the fly, with Patrick on the road and Ben on a hike, so we apologize if the audio quality is not perfec...

In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation to help musicians prepare for a performance. Music performers like instrumentalists and singers have a very difficult profession with many pressures that those of us outside their world may not appreciate. Preforming in front of people can be incredibly stressful and knowing a p...

In our latest audio, Oxygen Advantage® founder and CEO Patrick McKeown leads you through guided breathing and relaxation to help with insomnia. Insomnia and sleep difficulties are faced by millions of us every night. When we don’t sleep well at night, we lose our ability to function at our best the following day. This 20-minute video is designed to help ease those difficulties and relax your body...

“[My] brain has healed itself and I feel… it’s because of the retraining of the breath.” On the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick McKeown is joined by former rugby player, OA Master Instructor and someone with first-hand experience of concussion and brain injury, David ‘Jacko’ Jackson. David is a former rugby union player who spent his professional career playing for his hom...

“A clear mind is what we want for optimal performance.” On the latest edition of Season 3 of the Oxygen Advantage® podcast, Patrick McKeown is joined by Formula 1 performance coach Michael Italiano. Michael, an already established performance coach, entered the sport of F1 after a call from old friend and fellow Australian, Daniel Ricardo, who Michael has known since he was 12. After five years wi...

“Block out negativity… take control and then work towards the goal.” On this week’s edition of The Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick is joined by high performance coach, businessman and author, Ben Coomber. Both as a High Performance Coach and in his own life, Ben specializes in breaking down and examining the parts of our lives that may be stopping us form achieving high performance. He says it’...

“Everything is vying for our attention… and we need to take the power back.” On the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage podcast, Patrick is joined by TV host, radio personality, comedian, author, and mindfulness teacher, Dermot Whelan. A well-known celebrity in his native Ireland where he has been a permanent fixture of television and radio for well over a decade, Dermot experienced many strugg...

“The sun will always rise again tomorrow and you’re not on your own.” In this episode of the Oxygen Advantage® podcast Patrick is joined by Caroline McKenna, a mental health advocate, teacher, and host of the ‘A County Down Under’ podcast which she started during her time living in Australia. Originally only visiting Australia for ‘a few months’, Caroline ended up staying seven years. It was durin...

“Flow starts when you say yes to the fight.” This week on the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick McKeown and Daniel Pållson are joined by Rian Doris and Dr. Michael Mannino of Flow Research Collective, a team of doctors, scientists, athletes and entrepreneurs working to get the best out of human performance by researching the state of ‘flow’. Flow is an optimal state of consciousness where you fee...

“It was pretty much the best and worst day of my life.” On the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage® podcast, Patrick is very happy to welcome breathwork colleague, OA Instructor, surfer and star of popular Australian reality show Bondi Beach , Mr. Dean ‘Deano’ Gladstone. Admitting he shares a similar story to Patrick’s, Dean explains that he struggled with asthma from a young age, even being ho...

“Chew some gum, stand up straight and shut your mouth.” On the latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage podcast, OA founder Patrick McKeown welcomes renowned orthodontists Dr. John and Dr. Mike Mew. Dr. John Mew is the originator of orthotropics, a type of oral posture training designed to prevent poor craniofacial development in children. A lifelong pursuit, Dr. Mew has always been intrigued by the...

“I was silently fighting this chronic panic disorder from the age of 13.” On this week’s edition of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast Patrick is joined, by musician, author, mindfulness therapist and mental health advocate, Niall ‘Bressie’ Breslin. A former Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player, Niall is a well-known celebrity in his native Ireland where he rose to fame as front man fo...

“Does your body recover quickly and get back to ‘normal baseline’, or does it stay there?” The latest episode of the Oxygen Advantage podcast is taken from a recent OA Members Masterclass (05 Jan 2023). Oxygen Advantage founder Patrick McKeown speaks to Dr. Jay T. Wiles, a clinical health psychologist, working as Health Behavior Coordinator for the WJB Dorn VA Medical Center and the Greenville VA...

“Breathing is 50% of movement. Movement is everything.” On the latest edition of the Oxygen Advantage podcast, Patrick and Daniel are joined by Mads Tömörkènyi, Copenhagen-based author and scientific researcher of biomechanics, neurophysiology and anthropology. Mads is the author of Human Mechanics: Unleashing the Potential of a Highly Advanced Species , where he points to four main pillars of hea...

“You cannot study this without trying, so you have to get into the water.” On this edition of the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick and Daniel are joined by research scientist, cold immersion specialist and author of new book ‘ Winter Swimming: The Nordic Way Towards a Healthier and Happier Life ’, Dr. Susanna Søberg PhD. A scientific researcher, Susanna’s studies originally focused on metabolism...

“It’s athlete preparation… I’ve been doing this for 40 years and I’m still learning.” This week on the Oxygen Advantage® Podcast, Patrick and Daniel are joined by lecturer, trainer, author and widely considered one of the foremost authorities on strength and conditioning, Michael Boyle. Beginning his career in the early 80s, Mike struggled to find work full time in the new field of strength and co...

“When you understand the principles of what you’re actually doing with your nervous system, it’s just a lot more straightforward.” This week on the OA Podcast, Patrick and Daniel speak with yoga master, TEDx Speaker, podcaster, writer, and entrepreneur extraordinaire Lucas Rockwood. Lucas is the successful founder of YOGABODY and since the earliest days of his love affair with yoga he has made it...

James Cannings “Kids are growing up and are now coming into the workforce. And in another ten years they're gonna make up a big part of that workforce and they're angry.” In this week’s episode, Patrick and Daniel are joined by James Cannings, Sustainability Officer for advertising firm MSQ. James was the co-founder of MMT digital which he grew from a staff of 3 to over 100. The company was acquir...

“If you are terrified of vulnerability, best of luck having mental toughness.” This week on the OA podcast Patrick and Daniel are joined by author, coach and mentor Todd Herman who trains and educates professional athletes, leaders, and public figures on performance, strategy, mind-set, and execution. Starting a peak performance and coaching service in 1997, Todd has been closely involved in the f...

“There are three main physiological targets that you can hit when you do any sort of training session; Aerobic Target, Anaerobic Target and Neuromuscular Target.” This week on the OA podcast Patrick and Daniel are joined by author, consultant and expert in high intensity training, Dr. Paul Laursen to talk about his work. An avid sportsman throughout his life, Dr. Laursen describes himself as a “fa...

“I love to work hard, but for me it was more about making sure I could fortify myself.” In this week’s episode, Patrick and Daniel are joined by elite Australian CrossFit athlete and author James Newbury to discuss his life and career and the benefits that breathing techniques have provided him. Four times named Australia’s fittest man, James first discovered breathing techniques in 2016 “passivel...

“Recovery didn’t really start to speed up until I understood what had happened to me and before I started to change my life in a better way.” In this week’s episode of the OA Podcast, Patrick and Daniel speak with former professional tennis player and successful businessman Robin Söderling. The Swedish ace started playing professionally in 2001 and reached the top of his field in tennis, playing a...

“I would have loved to have discovered [breathing/mindfulness] when I was 25… This would have made a difference for me, for everything else that I did.” In this week’s episode of the Oxygen Advantage podcast, Patrick and Daniel are joined by former NHL professional, two time Stanley Cup winner and Olympic runner-up Johnny Oduya. Making is way through the Swedish professional scene, Johnny made it...