Mount Kilimanjaro What happens to your Breathing at Altitude? The challenge that climbers or hikers are faced with when attempting to reach the summit of a mountain like Kilimanjaro or Everest, is the lower air pressure. At sea level the percent of oxygen in the air is 21% and this does not actually change at altitude, but the number of oxygen molecules you can inhale per breath is reduced, due to the lower atmospheric pressure. This will reduce the amount of oxygen that reac

Cold water therapy has surged in popularity over the past few years, with people regularly taking ice baths, cold plunges, or going winter/cold water swimming. What was once reserved for elite athletes as a recovery tool, has become a mainstream wellness ritual. However, having trained as a cold water therapy practitioner and learnt how our physiology reacts to the cold and what the research currently tells us about safe or healthy limits, simply exposing yourself to cold wat

This teaches you the correct tongue posture and why this is important for your health and craniofacial development.

We are designed as humans to breathe in and out of our nose most of the time during wakefulness and sleep. The nose performs many critical health functions, while the mouth serves no purpose in our daily breathing, except to act as a backup if the nose is congested or during high-intensity exercise (like sprinting or jogging up a hill). With training, we can learn to breathe in and out through the nose during the day, while asleep, and during sports up to a moderate intensity