How your heart and lungs move during breathing: #biology pic.twitter.com/4nnE9hv4oP — 🧠Slava Bobrov (@slava__bobrov) August 12, 2022 This illustration of breathing is so cool! I follow Slava Bobrov on Twitter for his amazing visualizations of the body and cells. Last week he shared this animation of breathing. I was in heaven! This animation (click on…
The past 18 months have been stressful in ever-changing ways. How have you managed to keep yourself pulled together mentally and emotionally? I found myself walking or running outdoors. Everyday, and often 2-3 times a day. Anytime I feel a little edgy or unfocused I throw on some shoes and head outside. 15 minutes is…
Spring—a time to see the world anew. Each year, Spring dramatically bursts forth with waves of color and flowers for weeks. We see our clients anew as well, looking at their concerns with a different perspective. We take the view that they are the sum of their experiences beginning before birth, forward to the present.…
Medical Miracles! This year I have been writing about birth characteristics and the related long-term effects we observe. Medical miracles at birth allow most babies born from 24-36 weeks to survive. For many of the families we meet, it is also the beginning of a journey of unknowns. Nine-year-old Megan, born at 27 weeks (left),…
Transitions and Play Last newsletter I mentioned an adventure Becki and I had that involved ping pong. There is so much more to reflect and share! In the midst of our ping-pong game, Becki and I paused to marvel at how much fun we were having! The joy of unexpected, pure, and simple fun. Laughing…
Transitions The single most important, yet most complex transition for any of us occurs at birth. Luckily, for most of us things went reasonably ok. For more than a third of us, there was more involved than you can imagine, even if it was planned. Over the past year, we’ve come to realize how integral…
Snakes, Peanuts, and Nano-movements! The first of the nano-movements, PEANUT, is such a simple movement, yet we find many whose core movement doesn’t pass. Read on to learn more about this movement and how missing it may affect you. Biology Basics Cells are rapidly vibrating, expanding, and dividing. The mass of cells on their…
Just What Are Nano-movements? Nanotechnology, Nanobiology, Nanoparticles…Nano-movements? The prefix ‘Nano’ is a math term meaning one billionth, or .000000001, which is really small! During the past year we’ve taken movement down to a whole new level—integrating the smallest observed movements with amazing results! Teeny-tiny movements have been systematically observed via ultrasound during prenatal development. Twenty…
Jimmy’s Back in the Game! “Jimmy walked into your office, slumping and tired, and left a rejuvenated boy.” –Jimmy’s Mom A hard fall during a hockey game and nine-year-old Jimmy began to have a headache and experience dizziness. His balance was off-kilter and he even was having a difficult time concentrating on academics. “He was…
Starry, Starry Night … and Nano-movements? Away from the city, I recently found myself outside one evening looking upward and found a marvelous sight. The evening’s dark, crisp, clear sky was filled with brightly shining stars! The longer I peered, the clearer the patterns of the stars became. I did not know off-hand which one…