by Robin Bourdeau, C-IAYT, ICF-ACC
It would be impossible to share information about Yoga Therapy for Lung Transplant clients without sharing the journey of my “walking miracle.” In March 2022, my husband was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). He had been experiencing increasing shortness of breath over several years, but it escalated to the point that he finally sought medical attention. His Primary Care Physician recognized the clubbing in his fingernails and referred him to a pulmonologist, and so the journey began: blood work, spirometry, biopsies, and more.
If you are not familiar with IPF, the National Institute of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute describes IPF as “a serious chronic (long term) disease that affects the tissue surrounding the air sacs, or alveoli, in the lungs. This condition develops when that lung tissue becomes thick and stiff for unknown reasons. Over time, these changes can cause permanent lung scarring, called fibrosis, making it progressively more difficult to breathe.”
