3-Minute Tongue & Fascia Release | Jaw To Pelvic Floor

This quick 3-minute technique uses the tongue and gentle awareness to explore connective tissue through the body from the jaw and mouth down toward the pelvis.
In this practice you will use subtle tongue movements and mindful attention to invite more awareness and ease throughout the body.
Try this practice when you: catch yourself clenching your jaw, carry tension in your face, neck, or throat, feel tight or restricted through your torso, notice tension around your hips or pelvic floor, have difficulty fully relaxing your body, need a quick reset between stressful moments, and want a simple practice you can do almost anywhere.
Three minutes. No equipment. No intense stretching.
Just your tongue, your breath, and a few moments to reconnect with your body.
Move gently. Stay within a comfortable range and meet me on mat.

Transcript

This one technique releases your fascia from the jaw to the pelvic floor. And the only prop you need is a paper towel. Go ahead and grab your paper towel. Lean on that in easy pose, Head over heart, Heart over pelvis. Once you've arrived, Fold your paper towel in fours so that it makes a square. Take a deep breath in. Exhale. Stick your tongue out and grab your tongue with your paper towel like this. Then you're going to twist your tongue to the right and send your gaze over your left shoulder like this. Now that you have a hold of your tongue and you're looking left, Take a deep breath in. Exhale. And look a little further left. Take another deep breath in. Thanks, Bill. Look further over your left shoulder. One more time. Inhale and exhale. A little further. One last deep breath in. Blow out, And return to center. So it'll look like this. Now that you're back in center, What did you notice? Inhale and exhale. Now I'm going to switch to the other side. Stick your tongue out. Hold your tongue with your paper towel like this. Twist your toe to the left. Send your gaze over your shoulder to the right, Like this. Now that your tongue is left and your gaze is right, Take a deep breath in. Exhale and look further right. Another deep breath in. Blow it out. Look even further to your right. One more time. Inhale and exhale. A little deeper. Inhale. Blow it out. We'll come back to center. So she looked like this. Now that you're back in center, Take three self-paced breaths in and out. Check it. What do you think of it?