McGuire Programme

[ysy]

Has ANYONE heard of the McGuire Programme? It's quite active in UK, US and Australia, I heard. And it consists of a group of ex-stutterers being coaches to people who still stutter. They are talking about a new breathing method called costal breathing. Basically you train yourself to breath directly using the rib-cage rather than the usual diaphragm muscle. The idea is that this costal muscle is never counter-acted by anxiety/ fear and therefore if we speak by it we can be fluent.

I'm reading a book written by someone who has witnessed the programme. I'll tell you guys about it when I've read more. So more later.

But please has anyone heard of this programme and does anyone know whether it's useful or not?