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“When you aspire to inspire before you expire, you conspire to inspire even after you pause to respire.” -Israelmore Ayivor
This blog highlights case studies, focuses on the practical applications of breathing sciences, and endures my musings and budding theories of practice.
Long COVID Recovery: How Capnometry Can Unlock Symptom Resolution
If you're one of the millions dealing with Long COVID, you know the frustration. Your spirometry comes back normal, but you still can't...
Sep 206 min read
Habit Hunters
By Lisa V Kusch Picture this: You're sitting across from a client who's been through the medical wringer. Anxiety, chronic fatigue, sleep...
Sep 123 min read
Metabolism and Mental Health | Part 1
Key points Our current understanding of mental disorders is very limited as we have no widely accepted biological measurements for...
Oct 28, 20245 min read
Breathing & Psychological Stress: A two-way street | Part 3
Breathwork: A way out of chronic stress As described in steps 1-7, our stress response mechanism, nervous system, brain, and lungs are...
Aug 9, 20242 min read
Breathing & Psychological Stress: A two-way street | Part 2
How the Lung-Brain connection works Step 1. Stress is perceived through our brain after one or more of our sensory systems (e.g., our...
Aug 9, 20243 min read
Breathing & Psychological Stress: A two-way street | Part 1 of 4
Key points Breath is one of the most powerful regulators of our emotions and stress levels. Through intricate pathways the way we breathe...
Aug 9, 20242 min read
DO NOT TAKE A DEEP BREATH
Do Not Take A Deep Breath. Yes, read that again. A deep breath is not what you think. It is not the magical easy button for controlling...
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Breathing Into Misconceptions
Misconceptions regarding the physiology of breathing and faulty interpretations of personal symptoms and deficits are common among both...
Apr 15, 20241 min read
You are breathing perfectly.
However you are breathing right now, there is a very good reason. The body is a learning system and it sticks with what has provided...
Apr 15, 20242 min read
It’s Not in Your Head
You know something is wrong. Your doc says they can’t find an organic cause for your symptoms. What if it’s not organic?  What if it’s...
Apr 15, 20242 min read
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