Video: How to Do Jaw Bone Shiatsu Massages

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Learn how to do a Japanese shiatsu massage of the jaw bone area to relieve stress and tension with expert massage therapy tips in this free health video clip.

Video Transcript

RICHARD NEIL: So we're going to work on the jaw bone now. We store a lot of stress and tension in our jaws, biting down our jaws; a lot of people clinch in the middle of the sleep. People unconsciously clinch their jaws, bite down, grind their teeth. I'm sure some of you have your dentist say, "Don't grind your teeth". We do these things unconsciously because of stress and tension that's affecting our dream states. So what I'm doing here is making small circles with my fingers, small circles just starting at the--just below her ear lobes. It's hard to see where I am at this angle but we hold the lock in her jaw. So I'm starting here and I'm working my way all the way down towards the chin. Slow circles, slow circles so move circle here, move to a point here, move to a point here. About four or five points until you get to the chin. Depending how big the jaw is. But this is, this tends to be the greatest culprit right here, the first one, just before it makes that turn to be a straight line. That jaw muscle. And you can actually hold that there for a while and just increase the pressure just ever so slightly. So I'm pushing up, I'm pushing up towards the ceiling. Breathe. So I'm moving down the jaw, a little further down. This feels really good. When you get down to the chin, we're going to move to the chin here and create a little bit of pressure right here at the chin, these two little dimples that go underneath the chin bone and just hold that place right there. You can even smooth it out starting at the center and moving outward relieving whatever tension we hold in her jaw on her chin. So when we return I'll resume the work on the face.

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How to Do Jaw Bone Shiatsu Massages

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