I am gratified to see the work of Prof John Mew recognized. He and his son have been dragged through the legal system in the UK where the established orthodontic profession tried to ruin them. Prof Mew was active in the dental and TMJ community until he passed away last year. His son, Mike continues the fight, most recently in court defending their work last month. Mike Mew has a YouTube channel.
Thank you for this vivid, thought-provoking, and highly engaging piece. I really appreciated how you brought breathing, chewing, and airway structure into the same conversation rather than treating them as isolated wellness topics. Nasal breathing, sleep quality, craniofacial development, and autonomic regulation do interact in ways that are often underappreciated in mainstream health discussions. I also thought the writing was memorable and energetic, which makes a mechanistic topic much more readable and compelling. It argues that breathing habits, chewing demands, and tongue posture can shape sleep, autonomic tone, and even facial structure over time, and it is very important to understand the underlying physiology and anatomy behind it.
What stood out to me most was your emphasis on mechanism. The sections on nasal nitric oxide, slow breathing, CO2 tolerance, and the structural consequences of soft modern diets push readers to think beyond symptom management and ask what upstream physiology may be driving chronic fatigue, poor sleep, and airway problems. I also appreciated that you translated the ideas into concrete daily practices rather than leaving them at the level of theory. At the same time, one area where even more nuance could strengthen an already strong piece is in distinguishing well-supported principles from claims that are more hypothesis-generating or more variable across individuals; for example, statements about adult craniofacial remodeling, the degree of benefit from mouth taping, or broad causal links between airway obstruction and ADHD-like symptoms. 
Overall, this was a stimulating and genuinely useful read! Thank you for writing something that encourages people to reconsider very basic functions we usually ignore until they become a problem.
Thanks for this great post. I'm curious, do you have any experience with Holotropic Breathwork? And if so, do you have any thoughts regarding that practice to the issues you raise in this post?
I am gratified to see the work of Prof John Mew recognized. He and his son have been dragged through the legal system in the UK where the established orthodontic profession tried to ruin them. Prof Mew was active in the dental and TMJ community until he passed away last year. His son, Mike continues the fight, most recently in court defending their work last month. Mike Mew has a YouTube channel.
Excellent work, thank you. 😊
Thank you for this vivid, thought-provoking, and highly engaging piece. I really appreciated how you brought breathing, chewing, and airway structure into the same conversation rather than treating them as isolated wellness topics. Nasal breathing, sleep quality, craniofacial development, and autonomic regulation do interact in ways that are often underappreciated in mainstream health discussions. I also thought the writing was memorable and energetic, which makes a mechanistic topic much more readable and compelling. It argues that breathing habits, chewing demands, and tongue posture can shape sleep, autonomic tone, and even facial structure over time, and it is very important to understand the underlying physiology and anatomy behind it.
What stood out to me most was your emphasis on mechanism. The sections on nasal nitric oxide, slow breathing, CO2 tolerance, and the structural consequences of soft modern diets push readers to think beyond symptom management and ask what upstream physiology may be driving chronic fatigue, poor sleep, and airway problems. I also appreciated that you translated the ideas into concrete daily practices rather than leaving them at the level of theory. At the same time, one area where even more nuance could strengthen an already strong piece is in distinguishing well-supported principles from claims that are more hypothesis-generating or more variable across individuals; for example, statements about adult craniofacial remodeling, the degree of benefit from mouth taping, or broad causal links between airway obstruction and ADHD-like symptoms. 
Overall, this was a stimulating and genuinely useful read! Thank you for writing something that encourages people to reconsider very basic functions we usually ignore until they become a problem.
Thanks for this great post. I'm curious, do you have any experience with Holotropic Breathwork? And if so, do you have any thoughts regarding that practice to the issues you raise in this post?
Thanks again