It’s cold and flu season so I asked a respiratory therapist I know — Lee Guion — to offer some guidance. Here are Lee’s 7 Tips for Respiratory Health which are critical for those with a condition that causes weakened muscles:

1. Attend a Multi-Disciplinary Clinic
2. Get the flu and pneumonia vaccines
3. Treat upper respiratory tract infections
4. Hydrate
5. Maximize your nutrition
6. Exercise — especially disciplines coordinating the breath with movement
7. Sleep Well

But this list is only a list. You should listen to the podcast.

There are many online videos to guide you in a practice combining breath work and movement but here’s one from the Niroga Institute for people with asthma.

Here are Homework Assignments for the rest of 2017:

• Listen to previous podcast episodes about everything from medical cannabis to mindfulness meditation as well as fermentation.
• Soon there will be cool videos here.
• Check out this documentary film, Unrest. It’s a “story of love and loss” about people diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome).