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Step 1
Place your hands on either side of your neck, just below your ears. Your fingertips should be flush against your jawbone and pointing up towards your earlobes. Use your fingertips to massage these muscles gently but firmly, moving down toward your collarbones and then back up.
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Step 2
Without turning your hands, move them just above your jaw line and massage gently but firmly with your fingertips. Slowly move your hands forward until they are on either side of your chin, massaging as you go.
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Step 3
Place the pad of the middle finger of each hand just below the earlobe and behind the jawbone. Open your mouth wide and firmly massage the hollow space below the earlobes with your index and middle fingers. Firmly press the fingers into the muscles, hold them still and then continue massaging. You should feel a dull ache, the release of built-up clenched jaw tension.
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Step 4
Let your hands fall to your sides. Drop your chin to your chest and let your shoulders fall down and back. You should feel a vertical stretch all the way down your neck to the top of your spine. Hold this position for thirty seconds, and then slowly raise your head.
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Step 5
Tilt your head gradually to the left until your left ear is touching your shoulder. You should feel a stretch of the muscles across the right side of your neck and shoulder. Hold this position for thirty seconds, and then slowly raise your head.
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Step 6
Repeat Step 5, this time tilting your head to the right.
