In this episode, I am joined by Lucy Rayner, better known as Lucy the Osteopath who is a London-based classical, cranial, visceral and paediatric osteopath with over 20 years of experience.

Lucy works holistically across the lifespan, from infants to adults — and has particular interests in airway health, dental / oral function, and integrated nutrition alongside structural balance and nervous system function.

In this episode, Lucy and I dive deep into the crucial, but often overlooked link between airways, breathing, and sleep. We explore how many of us are defaulting to mouth breathing - a habit driven by modern stressors, poor posture, environmental factors, and structural imbalances — and why mouth taping is emerging as a simple, but powerful intervention.

The topics we discuss are:

• Airway & Development: Why Lucy focuses on airway health and how early development shapes our long-term health.
• Lifestyle & Jaw Development: How factors like breastfeeding, diet, and modern habits influence oral health, facial growth, and jaw structure.
• Mouth Taping: Why nasal breathing during sleep is essential — and how mouth taping can support better rest and recovery.
• Airway Health Defined: What “airway health” actually means and why it’s foundational to overall wellbeing.
• In Practice: The most common breathing, posture, and structural issues Lucy sees in her clinic today.
• Nutrition & the Carnivore Approach: Why Lucy follows a carnivore diet — and how chewing, biting, and food texture relate to jaw strength and airway development.

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This episode was hosted and produced by Georgia Symonds

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