Tania Clifton-Smith

Musculo-respiratory, Physiotherapist

Physiotherapist Tania has 30 years experience in the field of breathing dysfunction, breathing pattern disorders and hyperventilation syndrome and physiotherapy.

She co-foundered Breathing Works clinics 1998: the clinics have treated over 30,000 individuals with breathing pattern disorders & breathing dysfunction.

Clifton-Smith established the BradCliff Breathing Method in 2008, a physiotherapy treatment programme for breathing dysfunction. She completed the post graduate MindBody Medicine diploma AUT Auckland 2015.

Tania is an acclaimed author.

Published works on breathing pattern disorders & breathing dysfunction include:

Breathe to Succeed (Penguin NZ 1999)

Dynamic Breathing – managing your asthma. (Random NZ 2008)

Breathe Stretch & Move. (Random NZ 2002)

Breathing Matters (Random NZ 2006).

Tania also holds positions on the NZ Asthma and Allergy Educational Board, and in the NZ Physiotherapy Business Development Advisory Group.

Responding to a community in need