Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy Exercises with The Breathe Institute's Myo Team - Updated 2022

[@HappilyAnonymousGirl]

I really appreciate content like this that explains the exercise and what to do and also Not to do. I’m glad I saw this before trying to do the exercises I’ve been learning. I would’ve ingrained a whole lot of tension and compensation into my muscle memory otherwise… Thank you for this.

[@plecing5]

Thank you so much for this! I feel like I finally found a solid resource on this topic. I'd really appreciate it if you could help answer my questions below: A few years ago, I looked up tongue posture for diaphragmatic breathing and discovered that most of my tongue needs to be resting on the upper part of the mouth. Mine would always be resting at the bottom of the mouth and I tried resting it at the roof of the mouth and found that I could breathe through the nose! It was glorious and I had a rush of tension release in my throat, neck, head and even down my spine. It made me cry from relief. So it turns out that I've been rolling tongue back, holding my breath, and/or in low tongue position most of the time and anxiety made it even worse. Q1: So, since I have no physical blockages for nasal brathing, I take it I can proceed to doing tongue exercises for my low tongue posture? I love these guides because I can do them and there are demonstrations of how not to do which is IMMENSELY helpful. HISTORY: I sucked my thumb up to early elementary school and I think after that I compensated for fear of having an overbite by lowing my tongue position. When I woke up with a pressure sensation against my upper front teeth, I would still, out of habit, wrap my front teeth with my tongue and applying reverse position (as if I could put it back in place). I dont even have a massive overbite or anything. Now, I'm 45 yo and have been working on managing severe perimenopause symptomps with HRT. My symptomps include increased anxiety and muscle and joint pains. It's been even harder to find nasal breathing these days and deep interrupted sleep and nasal breathing are ESSENTIAL for me to be able to function and exercise correctly and manage my symptomps and regulate my nervous e systems and stress levels. Q2: Which exercises could I do, when shall I do them, how many times per day and for how long for my situation? I want to make sure I proceed slowly, and step by correct step to really lay down a solid foundation of change. NOTE: I've tried all of these exercises and could do them without too much physically noticable compensation but I have to pay very close attention to stay breathing through the nose and not tensing anything. I would DEEPLY appreciate your response because this type of therapy are not available yet in my country so I can't find any related professional. Thank you so much in advance and for your tremendous work. -- Helvi. L, Indonesia

[@TheBreatheInstitute]

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[@affandina100]

Great Job. Thanks for