Tongue posture eases breathing

[Moondaughter]

· Practicing cradling my tongue in the roof of my mouth is easily done and helps with dry mouth too. Go to Steven Lin on facebook to see the illustration.

"Poor tongue posture, is linked to bad spinal posture, breathing, and other issues can be traced throughout the body.

The tongue is so influential to spinal health in how it supports proper head posture. When the tongue is down and forward, forward head posture and mouth breathing occurs.

Over time this associates with a narrow jaw, crooked teeth, and sleep disorders.

The mouth is truly a gateway for so many other systems in the body.

Actually the tongue is potentially more important for stability than turning on your actual core.

For better core support, spinal, hip and leg strength, you need to work on your tongue posture.

During exercise practice sealing the tongue to the roof of the mouth, this turns on the fascial rudder to the toes, work on making the BACK of the tongue connect to the soft palate.

When you swallow, the tongue should move upwards and backwards against the hard and soft palate, not down and forward.”

"Poor tongue posture, is linked to bad spinal posture, breathing, and other issues can be traced throughout the body.

The tongue is so influential to spinal health in how it supports proper head posture. When the tongue is down and forward, forward head posture and mouth breathing occurs."

~ Dr Steven Lin

[kaypeeoh]

I take Tai chi and yoga classes. Both instructors stress keeping the tongue pressed against the roof of the mouth.