{"id":1863,"date":"2015-12-02T09:12:45","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2016-10-31T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T15:25:57","slug":"mouth-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/mouth-yoga","title":{"rendered":"Mouth Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mouth Yoga<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/wholesomeresources.com\/3599\/mouth-yoga\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong>By<a href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/store\/julie-lusk.shtml\">\u00a0Julie Lusk<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>According to the yoga tradition,\u00a0<strong>80% of your problems can be solved with mouth yoga<\/strong>. That is, what you eat and drink and\u00a0put in your mouth, what you say, and who you kiss makes a big difference. Wise yogis ask us to consider 3 things before saying something:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it true?<\/li>\n<li>Is it necessary?<\/li>\n<li>Is it kind?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thich Nhat Hahn, a\u00a0Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by the Rev. Martin Luther King recommends smiling, even if you don&#8217;t feel like it. He\u00a0says \u00a0you will feel more positive and at peace. In his book,\u00a0<em>Be Free Where You Are<\/em>, he suggests we use this simple exercise: \u201cBreathing in, I smile. Breathing out, I release.\u201d If you\u2019re wondering why you should smile when there isn\u2019t joy inside, he answers, \u201cSmiling is a practice. There are over three hundred muscles in your face. When you are angry or fearful, these muscles tense up. The tension in these muscles creates a feeling of hardness. If you know how to breathe in and produce a smile, however, the tension will disappear \u2013 it is what I call &#8216;<strong>mouth yoga<\/strong>.&#8217; \u00a0Make smiling an exercise. Just breathe in and smile \u2013 the tension will disappear and you will feel much better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you have a difficult phone call to make, smile as you make the call. Keep smiling as you talk, and you&#8217;ll find that your ideas come across much better and you will create less confrontation.\u00a0Belleruth Naparstek calls smiling\u00a0\u201caffirmations for your face\u201d and promises you\u2019ll start getting smiles back from others. Julie calls it smile-asana. Go ahead\u2026 and smile now!<\/p>\n<p>Do you have\u00a0jaw tension? \u00a0Do you grip your teeth tightly? \u00a0Try opening your mouth and moving your jaw up and down and sideways to relieve tension. Another method is to rub your scalp around the half-moon circling over the top of your ears. While you\u2019re at it, rub your outer ears with your fingertips and thumbs for a nice energizer. Lowering your caffeine levels may relieve jaw tension too. Come on now, let go \u2026 and smile! Practice your <strong>mouth yoga.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The yoga police say,<\/strong>\u00a0 \u201cYou have the right to remain silent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What you see and hear matters too.There is\u00a0a phenomenon called the <strong><em>Illusion of Truth Effect<\/em>.<\/strong>\u00a0Basically, it says that repetition increases our mental validation of anything we\u2019re exposed to whether or not the information is true. Hearing or seeing something consistently is viewed\u00a0as more valid than messages\u00a0we\u2019re exposed to only occasionally. A weak message repeated twice becomes more valid than a strong message heard only once, according to research from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Therefore, be careful of the messages you\u2019re being exposed to since repetition matters. Think again about all those political messages and evaluate their accuracy with facts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.healingbeings.org\/about-us\/our-founders\/dr-habib-sadeghi\/\">Dr. Habib Sadeghi<\/a> offers these recommendations:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>MAKING WORDS WORK.\u00a0To consciously harness the power of words for your benefit, start with the ones you\u2019re using.<\/li>\n<li>NO NAME-CALLING OR SELF-CRITICISM.\u00a0Everyone is doing the best they can at any moment in time with the consciousness they have to work with, including you. Be kind and offer yourself the same empathy and compassion you\u2019d extend to anyone else.<\/li>\n<li>STOP ALL SELF-DEPRECATION.\u00a0Never make your body, or something you\u2019ve accomplished, or anything else in your life the butt of a joke. Words have power, and quantum energy doesn\u2019t have a sense of humor.<\/li>\n<li>RESIST GOSSIPING AND SPEAKING ILL OF OTHERS.\u00a0It\u2019s impossible for your words to resonate in anyone else\u2019s body but your own.<\/li>\n<li>GO ON A NEGATIVITY DIET.\u00a0Instead of saying that a meal was terrible say, \u201cI\u2019ve had better.\u201d You\u2019ve basically said what you wanted to say without putting negative energy through your body\u2014you even used a positive word to do it!<\/li>\n<li>BOOST THE POSITIVE ENERGY OF WORDS.\u00a0Instead of saying something like you had a good time at a concert, ramp up the positive energy by saying great, terrific, or fantastic.\u00a0These feel much better and generate a bigger energetic response in the body.<\/li>\n<li>IF YOU HAVE SOME NEGATIVE NANCYS IN YOUR CIRCLE OF FRIENDS,\u00a0limit the time you spend with them or find better friends. Negative energy has a way of dragging everything surrounding it in, like a big black hole. Avoid it when you can.<\/li>\n<li>SURROUND YOURSELF WITH POSITIVE, UPLIFTING WORDS.\u00a0Put affirmations on sticky notes around your home and office that say wonderful things about you, your family, or your goals. Wear clothes that have positive messages or phrases on them. Imagine the kind of positive energy you\u2019ll be generating for yourself when you\u2019re wearing positivity all day long. As you keep doing these things, you use the power of repetition in a highly effective way for your benefit. You have the power to change your world, and using words consciously is one of the quickest ways to shift the energy you bring into your life.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wholesomeresources.com\/\">Check out Julie Lusk&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1170\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1170\" data-attachment-id=\"1170\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/make-relaxation-scripts-work-groups\/lusk-julie-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lusk-Julie.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"120,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lusk, Julie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Julie Lusk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lusk-Julie.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lusk-Julie.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1170\" src=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lusk-Julie.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Lusk\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Lusk<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wholeperson.com\/store\/julie-lusk.shtml\">Go to our website to check out Julie&#8217;s books.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mouth Yoga By\u00a0Julie Lusk According to the yoga tradition,\u00a080% of your problems can be solved with mouth yoga. That is, what you eat and drink and\u00a0put in your mouth, what you say, and who you kiss makes a big difference. Wise yogis ask us to consider 3 things before saying something: Is it true? 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