Tongue posture

Have you heard of tongue-to-spot? It's the first step to learning proper oral tongue posture. Learn more about why it matters in this blog.

🦷 Dr Seb | Biological Dentist on Instagram: "When you support your posture your blood flow, breathing, and fascial tissues all sit in correct balance. Did you know your tongue actually is a postural muscle? I’ve had both a personal and professional journey into understanding posture. They happened somewhat at the same time. As I began to see how posture issues show up in the mouth, I began to see the same patterns in patients. Forward heads, open mouths, and yep, low tongues, So what did i

In case you’ve been living under a rock, sleeping, nutrition and breathing are hot topics in health and wellness. Connecting these behaviors is surprisingly the mouth and the tongue. After taking the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy’s introductory course this past December, I am convinced this is a missing piece in our understanding of lifelong health and wellness. Orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) is a multi-disciplinary field that focuses on treating disorders of the face and…

Learn what is mewing and how to mew properly: we've gathered all the information about mewing - the way to achieve a pronounced jaw line, get rid of a double chin and straighten the teeth with the proper tongue posture.

Sophia Ha on Instagram: "I can not emphasize enough the importance of proper tongue posture on your over all health and face. By now, you may be familiar with mewing. This is essentially the practice of tongue exercises to keep the tongue resting on the roof of the mouth- something I teach religiously. Your tongue posture is responsible for the way your upper and lower jaw develops and evolves over time. Your maxilla (upper jaw bone) is the central bone of the face. Your mandible is your…

Did you know the way we breathe can impact our facial shape?

Mckay The Yogi 🧚🏼✨ on Instagram: "FREE 5 MINUTE TONGUE WORKOUT ROUTINE! 👅🔥 You will be amazed by how much the muscles of the tongue effect the neck, shoulders, back, and face! 👏🏼 This routine is excellent to do alongside the 5 minute or 15 minute posture routine for continued strength and tension release! Hope you enjoy? 🥳🌈 #tongue #5minutetongueexercise #tongueexercises #tongueexercise #tonguetied #tonguetie #tongueposture #mysticalmckay #themysticalexperience #mysticalyogimckay"

The IAFGG represents all those clinicians and technicians who believe that ideal development of the face and jaws is dependent on correct ‘oral posture’.