Another AMAZING post, @marianneyardley!!!

Jaw Yoga technique is great for general relaxation, because the jaw is one of the most important fight, flight or freeze contraction points in our bodies.

Yes, it's a great tell when scanning body language in groups or reading body language for a specific individual.

It’s one of the most powerful self-treatment techniques I have learned in my practice.

Thank you for taking the time to lay this technique out so well for us. I read in your other post that it took so much longer to set it out than it would have just explaining it to your clients. ;)

For the jaw, like all of our muscles, strength must be balanced with a relaxed muscle tone for optimum use and health. Chewing gum does not help the jaw muscles in any way.

My mother never bought us gum and stopped us from chewing gum if we made the mistake of bringing it home from school or from birthday parties. So I've never been a gum chewer and taught my children not to chew gum too.

Thanks for supplying the reason for all of that maternal stress though... I followed her example without knowing the why simply because like her, I didn't like to see people chewing gum habitually all day.