"Breath becomes compromised by stress, disease, and the environmental trappings of the progress; you can still breathe under this pressure, but it leads to poor breathing habits that slowly whittle away at your health."

 

~ Jill Miller
Yoga teacher and best-selling author

 

The last two weeks of March turned out to be much different than I expected. Make a plan, they said...

Our bucket list trip to Skoki Lodge was incredible (scroll down for pictures)! Unfortunately, somewhere in the travels (one too many high-touch areas!), I picked up Covid.  

It threw me for a loop - fever, cough, aches, pains, awful fatigue. 

And then I gave it to my partner...

Coincidentally - or not? - I started studying Jill Miller's Body By Breath textbook just before we left for Skoki. Boy, did that ever come in handy! I had a lot of good food for thought while coughing up a lung. 

Then a new research article on lung movement and immunity landed in my inbox as I was getting over Covid. , do you believe in coincidences? 

This article talked about a brand new study at Harvard Medical School, where scientists created a human lung chip - a device that replicated the function of a lung air sac. They used the lung chip to prove that movement is how our lungs resist being overtaken by viruses. 

I'm passionate about all things movement, but this was a whole new level of moving. Down, down, down the rabbit hole of breath => lung movement => immunity => digestion => nervous system regulation I went...

I'm still at it, obsessively digging in the deep. 

Lots more on lung mobility -  and what it has to do with a well-functioning, ache-free neck and shoulders -  in the weeks to come as I connect the dots for myself. 

In the meantime, enjoy the pictures - and Happy Easter!