Project Airway: How Your Facial Anatomy Impacts Your Ability To Breathe

Welcome to the 26th episode of the Back to Human podcast.

On this episode I have the pleasure of chatting with Greg Mc Lean of Project Airway. Greg has been a trainer for the past 25 years and is the co-founder of Premier Fitness Systems in Scottsdale, Arizona. While perceivably, “having it all”, Greg suffered from brain fog and felt off mentally. After having an MRI scan of his brain which eventually led to a diagnosis of Celiac’s disease and later CTE, Greg found no real resolution to his issues despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on different protocols, testing and supplementation. It wasn’t until he dove into airway health that he finally found some relief.

On this episode we discuss:
• Greg’s journey to studying airway health
• Why our jaws are so small now and why the furniture (our tongue and teeth) no longer fit
• Why breastfeeding is so important for optimal jaw development and how it teaches babies to nasal breathe
• How bottle feeding creates a deficit for optimal breathing
• How can we potentially correct this deficit?
• Why is it so important to nasal breathe?

• How should our tongue sit on our palate?
• What is a tongue tie?
• How a forward head posture limits your ability to use your diaphragm
• What are some of the least invasive methods to increase our intermolar width?
• Implementing breathwork in training
• What would be some contraindications for mouth taping at night?
• How you can't buy your health back

Below are some additional resources if you are interested in learning more:

Instagram:
• https://www.instagram.com/projectairway/?hl=en

Websites:
• https://thebreatheinstitute.com/
• https://www.posturalrestoration.com/

Books:
• Normal Breathing by Artour Rahkimov
• Breathe by James Nestor
• The Dental Diet by Dr. Steven Lin
• The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick Mckeown
• Nutrition & Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price

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