Pentalogy of Functional Breathing
The Pentalogy of Functional Breathing is a series of five mid-length educational fiction films about breathing for all age groups — for schoolchildren, teens and adolescents, parents, and grandparents. Through its storytelling, the pentalogy brings back the forgotten wisdom of natural laws and the healing processes of the human body. Gradually, we will focus on the individual health issues that functional breathing can improve.
First story — for the youngest
Pitomá příroda tells the story of hyperactive Matyáš, who can't sit still for a moment, has a lisp, constantly plays action games on his phone, barely notices the world around him, and throws temper tantrums. His grandpa takes him on a spring holiday into nature, where he teaches him how to calm down, slow down, and breathe properly using an Indian secret of invisibility. Grandpa explains that you only breathe through your nose — slowly, lightly, and quietly, like an Indian on the hunt. The story is inspired by the "feather" technique, where you breathe through your nose with your mouth closed, gently and slowly into the diaphragm.
Second story — for teenagers
It follows a youtuber who films videos about the world around her on her phone and tries to sing. Her dream is to become a singer, but she has an overbite and a collapsed (adenoid) face from years of mouth breathing, and she can't sing because she breathes poorly. The story is inspired by the "crocodile" technique — practicing the biomechanical exercise of inhaling into the diaphragm, sensing the breath moving through the body, and working with the breathing muscles while singing. The story also introduces ways to naturally widen the jaw so that the teeth in the upper jaw straighten themselves from a V shape into a proper U shape, guided by the tongue, without braces or tooth extractions.
Third story — for adolescents
It's about an obese introvert in high school who is very timid and nervous at any glance or mention of himself. When he has to speak in public, he starts sweating, shaking, turning red, and is unable to say a word. He avoids sports because of the mockery about his weight. But he loves watching combat sports online, imagining how he'd defend himself against the bullies. He's bullied by classmates, so his dad signs him up for MMA. He faces mockery there too — but only until his idol appears and teaches him to breathe functionally. Thanks to a combination of breathing techniques — biomechanics, biochemistry, and breath cadence — the obese wimp turns into a confident kid within a few weeks, able to defend himself both against words and against the bullies' actions.
Fourth story — for parents
It tells not only about the dysfunctional breathing patterns that children automatically copy from adults (baby-talk lisping, open-mouth breathing when talking and playing sports, hyperventilation, "snoring is normal"), but also about the rushed world of adults who have no time for their children or themselves. Functional breathing brings adults back to interest in their own bodies, physical health, and a calm mind.
Fifth story — for grandparents
It tries to recall the wisdom of old age, because old people have something younger generations cannot have — experience. And experience doesn't mean skill. It's not knowledge of, or orientation in, today's modern tech toys, which tend to pull people away from life. It's the wisdom and perspective an "elder" can pass on when we listen and they're willing to talk. Functional breathing can also help older people improve their health and feel better. Out of the huffing, perpetually grumpy pensioners, the film's characters turn into laid-back old men and women who enjoy life and don't take the world too seriously. The red thread of the story is the forgotten advice, tricks, and everyday living habits of our grandparents that we've forgotten but which still hold true (you don't breathe through your mouth, overheated homes, walking barefoot, healing sleep, rare herbs that heal better than pills, food grows from the earth, you can save more by cutting out waste than you need to earn, dirty work and poverty don't cost you your honor, a mistake isn't a shame but proof that you haven't stopped trying, etc.)