Tongue Posture/Teeth

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So I have always been skeptical of braces and dentists that always want to take our wisdom teeth. I eventually had mine taken out a age 24, which was late for most people. I was never convinced of the argument that we do not need them.

So 2 nights ago I came across this video that explains that an attractive face, has to do with the Maxilla (the bone of which the upper jaw forms part of).

So it got me reading a bit deeper into the internet sensation of Mewing, basically Teenagers are fixing their tongue posture to try and get their Maxilla to move forward. This brings out your jeeks and jaw lines. I then took a look at some younger photos of me and clearly I had more visible cheeks when I was in school (we are all more beautiful when we are younger):

The other effect, aside from Beauty seems to be good respiratory function, good head-posture and that your teeth won't be closing their arch (which is the reason why the wisdom teeth eventually give a problem). Digging a bit deeper brings a lot of our modern facial issues back to the diet that we follow. Humans are no longer chewing off meat from bones and thus our Maxilla tends to move backwards.

Here is a 1 hour video for those who are interested.

 
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dabean said:
This is very interesting, thanks. I had no idea tongue posture was a thing. It immediately makes a noticeable difference to my breathing (still conscious effort at this stage).

Here's an article for those who don't like videos: https://the-great-work.org/guide-to-proper-tongue-posture-mewing/
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I’ve bee practicing it for the last week and it does seem that my sitting posture is coming along well. When my tongue was on my bottom jaw, I automatically adopted a gamer’s neck.

It seems to bring my body back into better balance. This might also be due to the fact that I am just more aware of my posture.

Either way, it is a good thing to give mewing a try. I am 29 years old this year, so I don’t think that I will get the beauty benefits (i.e. the cute cheeks and broad chin) but the respiratory ones and sitting posture is worth going for.

Just to point out that this isn't BS, put your tongue on your bottom jaw and try to bend your neck forward (i.e. give yourself a double chin). You simple can't without stretching your neck forward.

Now put your tongue onto your palate. You will manage to bend your head forward while your neck is in a good posture. This is the "proper way to sit".
 
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I don't have any issues with my good looks. Only thing I hate is the constant barrage of girls hitting on me. You learn to cope with that after a while.
 
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