Breathing and Tongue Exercises for Relaxation
Can you push your
tongue through your left cheek like
this? Awesome.
Now, maintaining that pressure of your tongue like this,
can you trace the inside of your upper lip to
your right cheek? Awesome.
Now, with your tongue pushing through your right cheek like this,
can you take a slow breath in through your nose?
And a slower breath out.
Awesome. Now, keeping that pressure pushing through your right cheek,
can you trace down your bottom lip and move it to the left side like this?
Now, with your tongue pushing through your left cheek like this,
can you take a slow breath in through your nose?
Slower breath out.
Awesome. See, our tongue, our jaw, our breath, they're all
connected to our nervous system.
So doing these small movements paired with deep breathing can signal it's safe
and our body starts to naturally heal on its own.
Please let me know how that felt for you below. Aloha.
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