Locked jaws

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#1

One of my students sometimes wakes up with locked jaws and has asked me if I could advise her of any exercise she could do to prevent this. She is in her mid twenties and sometimes also feel pain in her lower back-and sacrum area. When she observed her jaws were locked, she felt pain on her right lower jaw if she tries to open her mouth.

I have read the topics linked with locked jaws on yoga forum and I understand that it might be linked with instability in the sacro-iliac area and that I should advise her to go and check this out with a Cranio-sacral practitioner. In her case, would you also suggest any particular asanas which might help to strengthen the sacro-iliac area and prevent this ?

Shall I also advice her to meditate on her throat chakra ?

Many thanks Mukunda for your insights.

#2

For jaw troubles the main exercise is self massage and persistent relaxation. The massage of the masseter muscles is down from in front of the ears in the area of sideburns. For some meditations on the throat or third eye can help too. Just imagine the third eye is opening like a physical eye and seeing with your intuition. In this case seeking to know what can be done. Disregard the why question.

If there is a sacroiliac issue the main movement to tone is the external hip rotation. This is done in locust or cat while lengthening one leg and turning the foot out. The muscles are the lateral sides of the gluteals. Feeling tone there as you do this motion.

If the issue is suppressed emotions, trauma, or mind not wishing to think what it is thinking then throat chakra meditation can be most helpful. Chakra is both of these levels. Ask and find out. namaste mukunda

#3

[QUOTE=Berenice;1724]One of my students sometimes wakes up with locked jaws and has asked me if I could advise her of any exercise she could do to prevent this. She is in her mid twenties and sometimes also feel pain in her lower back-and sacrum area. When she observed her jaws were locked, she felt pain on her right lower jaw if she tries to open her mouth.

I have read the topics linked with locked jaws on yoga forum and I understand that it might be linked with instability in the sacro-iliac area and that I should advise her to go and check this out with a Cranio-sacral practitioner. In her case, would you also suggest any particular asanas which might help to strengthen the sacro-iliac area and prevent this ?

Shall I also advice her to meditate on her throat chakra ?

Many thanks Mukunda for your insights.[/QUOTE]

While I fully respect the advice of Mukunda, I am also thinking of a simple solution: a night guard. Some people are badly grinding their teeth during the night, due to stress. The stress can be so bad that many people wear the night guard even during the day. In Canada it costs cca 148 Canadian dollars.