Brian Johnson explains Patrick McHown's "Magic Spot" cue from Always Breathe Correctly, a simple way to encourage nose breathing and proper oral posture. He shares how he used it with his own child, then mentions the upcoming Optimize 2020 event.
Questions this episode answers
+1: #1230 The Magic Spot in Our Mouths.
Brian Johnson.
August 17, 2020.
Always Breathe Correctly by Patrick McHown.
The Magic Spot (tongue touching the roof of the mouth just before the front teeth).
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You're listening to Optimize with Bryan Johnson. More wisdom in less time. Hi, this is Brian. Welcome Back to another optimize +1. In our last +1, we optimized our oral posture. Bet you didn't think we'd be talking about that when you signed up for Optimize, eh? I know I didn't. But here we are. Recall, we want to turn our S shaped bodies into a J shape and then close our lips and gently place our tongues up toward the front of the roof of our mouths. As it turns out, my favorite breathing expert, Patrick McHown wrote an awesome kids book in which he gives us a name for that spot. He calls it the Magic spot. So teaching ourselves and our kids how to breathe properly is super important. As in way more important than we may realize. Patrick's book is called Always Breathe Correctly. I highly recommend it. The book features a wizard who teaches kids how to breathe. It's pretty awesome. Of course, he teaches us that the nose is for breathing and the mouth is for eating while teaching us to breathe gently into our bellies, etc. Etc. And he teaches us how to find that magic spot with our tongues gently touching the area on the roof of our mouth right before our front teeth. When we hit that spot, we automagically close our lips and breathe through our nose. Which is why if I ever see Emerson with a gaping mouth, which is rare these days, actually, I'll say magic spot buddy. And he'll immediately smile, close his lips and proudly breathe through his nose as I give him a thumbs up and a quick sign language. Love you, buddy. So as you go through the day today, if you ever happen to find yourself with a mouth gaping open and air going in through the wrong hole, perhaps you can playfully hear me say to you, magic spot, buddy. Then we'll smile together and celebrate our little win as we get our shine on together one breath at a time. Today. We hope you enjoyed this episode of Optymyze with Bryan Johnson. To find out more, go to Optimize Me. Hey guys, this is Brian with a quick little P.S. i'm really excited to let you know about an event we're working on. Plan is to make it the premier self optimizing event of 2020. We're calling it Optimize 2020. You the modern hero. Basic idea. Five days, 101 world class luminaries. One million people. You can learn more and get your tickets to the online and offline event at Optimize Me 2020. Again, that's Optimize Me 2020. Hope to see you there.
