do yoga principles have any view on tmj issues and bite relationship.
a dentist made a change to my teeth - minor occlusal adjustment… and since then my bite simply doesnt feel correct…
since then i have been having discomfort in the right side of my jaw…
im concerned to let anyone else touch my teeth but am concerned that it will not resolve itself as it has been going on for several months!
I wouldn’t offer specific advice over the internet but there are a lot of massage techniques that can help TMJ. Maybe look for a Kinesiologist or specialised massage therapist to relax any over-tight muscles in the area?
May I suggest speaking to your dentist? I had dental work done at one point after which it seemed that my mouth was not closing the same. After several weeks I called the dentist and asked them to recheck my teeth, and they found that it was grinding incorrectly. Ten seconds with a grinder and a water rinse, and the pain in my jaw and the minor headaches disappeared. 
There are methods and protocols for addressing tension in the jaw, of course.
Is that what you are asking when you say “yoga principles”?
The jaw is a major pathway for nerve communication between the body and the mind. I believe I recently read something like 70% of those pathways travel through the TMJ so it’s quite important to get that bugger mobilizing (appropriately).
It would be addressed both physically, emotionally, and spiritually through asana, pranayama and meditation with light and color.
gordon
[QUOTE=InnerAthlete;27093]There are methods and protocols for addressing tension in the jaw, of course.
Is that what you are asking when you say “yoga principles”?
The jaw is a major pathway for nerve communication between the body and the mind. I believe I recently read something like 70% of those pathways travel through the TMJ so it’s quite important to get that bugger mobilizing (appropriately).
It would be addressed both physically, emotionally, and spiritually through asana, pranayama and meditation with light and color.
gordon[/QUOTE]
well based on what you have said then… i assume that there is more to do with the bodies posture and muscle relaxation/tone and mental state (which can be improved through yoga exercise and meditation) than what effect someones bite equilibrium can have on someones physical and mental state…
i am already starting to see that i was making this issue much worse than what it actually was! But by simply seeking inner peace and calm everything seems much easier and happier… as apposed to the self induced conflict that was going on between my mental and physical being.
ps. forgive me if my terminology is off but i am fairly new to yoga principles… so i just say it as i understand it…
core 789 can you put link on as cant connect on above post.
The eyes seem to reflect the hips as well,if you look up with neutral head one eye is often higher than the other, this relates to the sit bones.
[QUOTE=core789;27106]I’ve heard it said also that the jaws relate to and can mirror the hips.
Also mentioned here .[/QUOTE]
My instructor always brings awareness back to the jaw and eye. When I pay attention to these I relax into my posture.
Hi Charlie,
Nice observations. The eyes are a very useful tool and used with various techniques and have various relations within the brain etc. Most of the sensory motor cortex for instance is devoted to the hands and the head,neck ,eyes etc. This is how some of the modern somatic mind/body discipines evolved like feldenkrais,hanna somatics ,as well as yoga in all it’s forms. But generally, eyes can be useful in training our attention.At least whilst they’re open, our external attention naturally follows(like a pet monkey on a piece of string). It would merit several threads by themselves to discuss it fully. The eyes relate to the occipital region or the back end of ajna chakra or third-eye, the back of the skull. The human brain it is an extraordinary thing deeply interconnected, with billions of neural connections wwrapping round the planet many times over as many neurons as stars in our galaxy. Science is only scratching at the surface,particularly human consciousness and how to expand it. Sometimes called the human potential movement.Fascinating stuff , i agree.
And Flexpenguin,
Sounds like you’ve got a good teacher there. The jaws,eyes and nose must all have a significance in that much of our sensory experience is in their range-taste,sight,smell etc- as data-gathering sources, and as areas where prominent subtle nerves intersect and converge. . The nadis and the nostrils supposedlyhave quite an intimate connection. Ida,Pingala & sushumna converge beteen the eyebrowss at the top end of the senstive nerves at the top of the nostrils.The nose in the sensory cortex, i have read, is also supposedly connected with the perineal body/perineum and muladhara chakra.Check here for Subtle anatomy of the head.
But the jist of what i am saying is that the nervous system is all interconnected. The science of yoga is in part based on a knowledge of those connections, and there are many, and the keys /tools or practices are like levers that prize open conciousness into a more expanded state through the use and application of this spiritual knowledge.Mainstream medical science would be wise to sit up, and take note.
Thanks for the link.
Just to note that the eye sitbone connection was from a teacher of the krisnamacharya /desikachar lineage who I attend a retreat with every year ,not my observation .Am having weekly cranial sacral therapy at the moment,which is another way
to become deeply aware of these connections in mind body spirit.
i actually brought something up about my eyes in another thread… but seeing as it has been brought up again…
i find my eyes do give me some grief… my vision is perfect and optometrists and ophthalmologists say they are healthy…
however i find that my eyes/vision becomes quite tense easily… i think that it is that my eyes have been trained (due to working in graphic design) to become quite fixed and look with intensity at detail on a computer screen… combined with working fast and having my eyes dart around a computer screen throughout the day…
so for me now even when i am driving my eyes seem to get tense and the muscles around my eyes and face feel stiff… gets me most in the car or in a supermarket walking along isles looking at products…
so how do you undo this sort of thing???
There is a series of eye exercises in the Bihar School of Yoga publication [I]Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha[/I]. These help to correct visionary problems and relax/balance the muscles around the eyes. You can order through Amazon, it’s a great yogic reference book to have!
Also, for TMJ: Try massaging the muscles right below and along the jawbone. These muscles relate to tension in the tongue which can lead to jaw tension…emotionally related to holding back your truth. So on that note, make sure you are speaking your truth!
