Post by moonbird

Last week we were in Baltimore at SLEEP 2026, the AASM Foundation annual meeting. Until now, we've shown up at general health tech and consumer wellness conferences. This was our first time taking moonbird and moonbuddy to a use-case-specific medical event, with sleep physicians, sleep technicians, sleep lab leaders, and commercial partners in the room. It was great to get their perspective on how breathwork can be applied in the sleep context. Slow paced breathing is already a recognized component of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). In Baltimore, the sleep medicine community spoke openly about needing options beyond the two main treatment pillars: 1) medication doesn't fit every patient, 2) CBT-I is the gold standard, but constrained by access, time, and patient buy-in. A meaningful group of patients with insomnia sits between those two, looking for a third option. Could that be slow-paced breathing? Moonbuddy, our breathing companion for kids, came up in those same conversations. Pediatric sleep specialists have even fewer options to offer when medication isn't suitable, and they were just as open to non-pharmacological tools for bedtime. Could slow-paced breathing fit there too? To the sleep physicians, technicians, lab teams, and commercial partners we met in Baltimore: thank you for your openness, your curiosity, and your honest feedback. We're looking forward to collaborating! Already looking forward to going back to the USA for the next conference 🇺🇸 Mollie Eastman, Sleep Is A Skill Waiz Wasey, MD, FAAFP Kate Willis W. Christopher Winter, MD Christopher Allen Sujay Kansagra Funke Afolabi-Brown, MD, FAASM Emma Cooksey Maria Sokolina, DDS Teresa Power Lindsay McFarland Manon Deknudt Muhammad Usama, MD FACP DABOM