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, whereas 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 (i.e. sprinting, jogging up a hill, etc.). With training, we can learn to breathe in and out through the nose during the day, whilst asleep and during sports up to a moderate intensity, with the...

In August 2021, I wrote an article for the Outdoor Swimmer magazine, explaining why swimmers should check how well they are breathing on land: Breathing efficiently is a key skill and common focus in swimming training, but is generally overlooked in our land-based lives. As swimmers, you may question why we need to look at our functional (daily) breathing on land, as it is an automatic, involuntary process like the heart beating, blood pressure regulation, and digestion. However, many...