JawSpace

JawSpace

By Caroline Feig, DPT, GCFP; Margi Douglas MFA, Joe Miller GCFP, MAHealth & Fitness
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JawSpace episodes

  • Discovering the Basic Movements of the Jaw: Caroline part 3

    Part of what will help you to change is to learn something that either you never knew, or you have forgotten.  What this means is that you cannot expect to change your jaw alignment by only moving in the "familiar" way.  However, to learn something new, you must feel safe.  These lessons are about respecting what your body is trying to tell you.  Do not force any movements, but rather just listen deeply.  In the listening, you will experience a profound change.  Draw back. Do less. Pause. Wait, Repeat. 


      Discover the cardinal planes of the jaw.  Keep making the movements easier and you will find they occur more naturally.  This lesson will help you learn to move your jaw to the right with ease.

    5 min
  • Discovering the Basic Movements of the Jaw: Caroline part 2

    Here you will begin to connect the relationship of head and jaw movements through nodding.  If you find yourself inclined to wonder, "am I doing this right?," please know that you are not alone.   You may wonder what it is you should be feeling,  or how to correct yourself; but we ask that you just simply trust the process and let the movements guide you   Paying attention to the movements without critique is where change happens.     

    5 min
  • Discovering the Basic Movements of the Jaw : Caroline part 1
    We all have deviations of movement.  In fact, these deviations- when paid close attention to-can help us understand something very deep about our preferences.  In this first lesson, you are challenged to find your deviation, and do nothing to change it.  This first step in awareness will help you to unlock old habits.
    5 min
  • Why it isn't "Bad" posture: Doron
    Doron expores aberrations in posture into an experimental play:  Dropping, sagging, forward head, flattening spine...  but the result is that no posture is fundamentally bad, so long as there is always small shifts, play, and movements.  We are designed for all movements.
    6 min
  • Part 3: The Alexander Technique for Head and Neck Posture: Margi
    Part 3: Posture has everything to do with neck and jaw alignment.  Perhaps the greatest way to learn efficient head and neck posture is through the Alexander Technique.  Margi, who is a very seasoned Alexander practitioner, draws on her knowledge and experience to guide us into finding proper head and neck posture.  She teaches us how to  "un-do" habits of tensing and clenching, while replacing them with sensations of expansion and spaciousness.  This lesson comes in 3 parts. Visit www.poisealexander.com for more information.
    7 min
  • Part 2: The Alexander Technique for Head and Neck posture: Margi
    Part 2: Posture has everything to do with neck and jaw alignment.  Perhaps the greatest way to learn efficient head and neck posture is through the Alexander Technique.  Margi, who is a very seasoned Alexander practitioner, draws on her knowledge and experience to guide us into finding proper head and neck posture.  She teaches us how to  "un-do" habits of tensing and clenching, while replacing them with sensations of expansion and spaciousness.  This lesson comes in 3 parts. Visit www.poisealexander.com for more info
    7 min
  • Part 1: The Alexander Technique for Head and Neck Posture: Margi
    Posture has everything to do with neck and jaw alignment.  Perhaps the greatest way to learn efficient head and neck posture is through the Alexander Technique.  Margi, who is a very seasoned Alexander practitioner, draws on her knowledge and experience to guide us into finding proper head and neck posture.  She teaches us how to  "un-do" habits of tensing and clenching, while replacing them with sensations of expansion and spaciousness.  This lesson comes in 3 parts.  Visit www.poisealexander.com for more info
    7 min
  • What is ideal posture? : Caroline
    It is well known that faulty head and neck posture places stress on the alignment of the jaw.  But where to begin?  How does a person know "which posture" will help them decompress?  As Moshe Feldenkrais described it, the word "posture" is a false term in the first place, as its root is static, as in to "to post."  We are moving beings, and so our posture needs to be as "plastic" or "changeable" as our actions.  Visit www.carolinefeig.com for more info
    5 min

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This is a podcast designed to help you learn to stop grinding and clenching your teeth. The episodes will help you unlock habits of tension that contribute to TMJ.