Moon Orofacial Myology

Moon Orofacial Myology Helping children & adults improve breathing, sleep & oral habits 🌙
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If your child always sleeps with their mouth open, snores, or constantly breathes through their mouth, it’s worth lookin...
05/29/2026

If your child always sleeps with their mouth open, snores, or constantly breathes through their mouth, it’s worth looking into.

Mouth breathing can affect so much more than oral health — it can impact sleep, behavior, jaw growth, facial development, and nervous system regulation too.

How our kids breathe matters.

Got the chance to listen to this absolute queen talk about all things myofunctional therapy today. Thanks for making the...
05/29/2026

Got the chance to listen to this absolute queen talk about all things myofunctional therapy today. Thanks for making the trip to Western New York for us. And thank you Integrative Dental Arts for hosting such a great meeting.

That little open-mouth posture might be more than “just a habit.” Mouth breathing in young children can impact sleep, be...
05/12/2026

That little open-mouth posture might be more than “just a habit.”

Mouth breathing in young children can impact sleep, behavior, growth, facial development, and overall health in ways many parents don’t realize.

If your child snores, sleeps with their mouth open, has dark circles, restless sleep, or constantly seems congested… this post is for you.

Swipe through to learn the hidden health effects of mouth breathing — and head to my bio to download my free parent guides for next steps. 🌙

05/09/2026

Tongue ties are about so much more than speech.

One of the biggest things I look at with a tongue tie is how it may be affecting breathing.

The tongue is supposed to rest fully up on the roof of the mouth. That helps support proper nasal breathing, growth and development, and airway function. But when the tongue is tied down, it physically may not be able to get where it needs to go.

So what happens?

A lot of these little ones start compensating. Open mouth posture, mouth breathing, low tongue posture, restless sleep, snoring, chewing difficulties, picky eating, speech concerns, enlarged tonsils/adenoids… the list can go on.

And no — not every child with a tongue tie will have all of these symptoms. But this is why a tongue tie should never be looked at as “just a speech issue.”

Breathing matters. Sleep matters. Function matters.

Sometimes mouth breathing is the symptom parents notice first… but the deeper “why” may have been there all along. 🤍

05/07/2026

Mouth breathing is often just the tip of the iceberg.

What looks like “just a habit” can sometimes be connected to sleep, behavior, growth, focus, feeding, speech, facial development, nervous system regulation, and overall quality of life.

I’ve seen children go from exhausted and struggling… to sleeping better, calmer, more focused, eating better, thriving in school, and truly feeling better in their bodies.

Not because there was one magic fix — but because breathing matters THAT much.

When a child cannot breathe well, the body adapts. And those adaptations can show up in so many different ways that parents don’t always realize are connected.

Mouth breathing is common, but it’s not something we should ignore.

Your child deserves to breathe well, sleep deeply, and grow to their fullest potential. Need more help, schedule a discover call with me and check out my Better Breathing guides.

04/06/2026

Ever wonder where your child’s tongue actually rests during the day?

Here’s a super simple way to check. Put a tiny drop of dye-free food coloring on the tip of their tongue, have them close their mouth like they normally would, and then take a peek. If everything is working the way it should, you’ll see the color up on the roof of the mouth, just behind the front teeth—not pressing into the teeth or sitting low in the mouth.

Why does this matter so much? Because proper tongue posture does a lot more than people realize. When the tongue rests up on the palate, it helps guide healthy jaw growth, supports nasal breathing, and can even improve sleep quality. It also plays a big role in how kids swallow and speak, and can help prevent things like tongue thrust, mouth breathing, and crowding of the teeth.

If the color shows up on the teeth or stays low, it can be a sign the tongue isn’t doing its job—and that’s something we can work on.

And yes, adults… you can try this too 😉

Curious what this looks like for you or your child, or how to improve it? I’d love to help—book a free discovery call, link’s in my bio.

This timeline says it all. 👏🏼Myofunctional therapy is NOT a trend. It’s not “new.” It’s not something that just showed u...
02/14/2026

This timeline says it all. 👏🏼

Myofunctional therapy is NOT a trend. It’s not “new.” It’s not something that just showed up on Instagram.

This evolution chart (created by Dr. Soroush Zaghi) maps over 2,000+ years of thought, research, and clinical development around breathing, oral posture, craniofacial growth, and airway health.

From:

• Ancient Chinese and Yogic traditions recognizing the power of nasal breathing
• 1907 – Edward H. Angle formalizing orthodontic structure
• 1918 – Alfred Rogers introducing neuromuscular concepts
• 1939 – Weston A. Price documenting craniofacial development
• 1975 – The International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM) forming
• 1993 – Christian Guilleminault describing Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
• 2009+ – Randomized trials supporting oropharyngeal exercises for sleep apnea
• 2017–2025 – Airway-centered, interdisciplinary collaboration becoming standard

This field has been building for generations.

What’s changing isn’t that myofunctional therapy is new.
What’s changing is that we are finally connecting the dots:

👉 Tongue posture
👉 Lip seal
👉 Nasal breathing
👉 Craniofacial development
👉 Sleep quality
👉 Nervous system regulation

For those of us doing this work every day — whether in private practice, pediatrics, orthodontics, sleep medicine, or airway dentistry — we’re standing on decades of research and clinical observation.

It’s not a fad.
It’s a returning to function.

Grateful to leaders like Dr. Zaghi and the Breathe Institute for continuing to push this field forward and organize the science in a way that helps families and providers see the bigger picture.

The future of healthcare is functional, collaborative, and airway-aware. 💫

02/04/2026

Please make your kids sleep.

Focus on it. Demonstrate it. Prioritize it.

Our kids and teens are collapsing under a never-before-in-human-history lack of sleep.

Cancel things on the calendar.
Slow down.
Hang out with your kids.
Be bored.

Prioritize your kids and teens sleep.

At least love them that much.

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Another great review from a great family of 4! Yes we can help multi family members and discounts so everyone can benefi...
01/10/2026

Another great review from a great family of 4! Yes we can help multi family members and discounts so everyone can benefit 🥰

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12/24/2025

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