Online Engagement Studio
*Eyes and Jaw*
uEyes
Containment:
We’re going to make a cave for our eyes. You can leave them open or let them fall closed. Place your palms on your cheekbones. And leave some space for your eyelid and lashes, creating little caves over your eyes. Try to create a steady sense of rest.
Comfort and ease are a really precise thing. What could you do in the practice to make yourself even 1% more comfortable? Put your elbows down on the table or a stack of pillows. Lay down.
Mirroring:
Allow your eyes to look up and then around the room. If it feels ok, dart around on purpose. Move your head, look up and around. Try moving your eyes as intensely as you feel makes sens; try for muscular looking around so that you feel from behind your eye. Think of a bird scoping out bugs. Look in a direction, then really look again, maybe it engages your neck a little.
What speed or intensity feels right? When you repeat this practice, can you try to match that intensity/speed each time?
Jaw
Containment:
Similarly, to how we held our eyes in caves, we are going to bring our hands to cup our jaws. Bring gentle contact. Maybe put your elbows down or lie back. Notice if your jaw wants to be more neutral or open; experiment with your teeth having a little separation or more.
If this feels like a yes, as it is, keep going with the gentle contact.
If this feels like a “maybe” or “no,” try adding a little pressure until it feels good. Sometimes we want more of a firm steady support for all our jaws are holding for us. All they need to say.
Say to your jaw, “You are doing such a good job of holding it together.” Notice how your body responds to your words. If a yawn comes at any time, let it fully express itself.
Mirroring:
There are a few options within this practice. First, try wriggling your jaw if its right to do so. Move side to side. Open and close. Be curious about the speed or intensity in which it feels right to move your jaw. (If you relax your jaw and it begins to tremble. Hang out with the trembling if it is tolerable).
Here’s where we can get creative and for some people, where you might turn your camera off if you feel silly. How about we add some sound? You can growl or gargle. Try to engage your jaw in this as much as you can in the movement or vibration. There’s a lot of good to be had in sticking your tongue out with a hiss. Try to raspberry - the vibration of your lips will naturally help activate your jaw. Make it your project to find the “Yeah, that’s it!” moment in your sensations.
As we did with the containment practice, close by say to your jaw, “You are doing such a good job of holding it together.” Notice how your body responds to your words. If a yawn comes at any time, let it fully express itself.
Containment:
We’re going to make a cave for our eyes. You can leave them open or let them fall closed. Place your palms on your cheekbones. And leave some space for your eyelid and lashes, creating little caves over your eyes. Try to create a steady sense of rest.
Comfort and ease are a really precise thing. What could you do in the practice to make yourself even 1% more comfortable? Put your elbows down on the table or a stack of pillows. Lay down.
Mirroring:
Allow your eyes to look up and then around the room. If it feels ok, dart around on purpose. Move your head, look up and around. Try moving your eyes as intensely as you feel makes sens; try for muscular looking around so that you feel from behind your eye. Think of a bird scoping out bugs. Look in a direction, then really look again, maybe it engages your neck a little.
What speed or intensity feels right? When you repeat this practice, can you try to match that intensity/speed each time?
Jaw
Containment:
Similarly, to how we held our eyes in caves, we are going to bring our hands to cup our jaws. Bring gentle contact. Maybe put your elbows down or lie back. Notice if your jaw wants to be more neutral or open; experiment with your teeth having a little separation or more.
If this feels like a yes, as it is, keep going with the gentle contact.
If this feels like a “maybe” or “no,” try adding a little pressure until it feels good. Sometimes we want more of a firm steady support for all our jaws are holding for us. All they need to say.
Say to your jaw, “You are doing such a good job of holding it together.” Notice how your body responds to your words. If a yawn comes at any time, let it fully express itself.
Mirroring:
There are a few options within this practice. First, try wriggling your jaw if its right to do so. Move side to side. Open and close. Be curious about the speed or intensity in which it feels right to move your jaw. (If you relax your jaw and it begins to tremble. Hang out with the trembling if it is tolerable).
Here’s where we can get creative and for some people, where you might turn your camera off if you feel silly. How about we add some sound? You can growl or gargle. Try to engage your jaw in this as much as you can in the movement or vibration. There’s a lot of good to be had in sticking your tongue out with a hiss. Try to raspberry - the vibration of your lips will naturally help activate your jaw. Make it your project to find the “Yeah, that’s it!” moment in your sensations.
As we did with the containment practice, close by say to your jaw, “You are doing such a good job of holding it together.” Notice how your body responds to your words. If a yawn comes at any time, let it fully express itself.
