Facial Massage

Front of the neck massage:
Imagine you are giving yourself a facial.
Apply lotion to your hands and front of neck.
Drawing upward from your collar-bone, smooth the tissue up towards your jaw bone. Here we are
massaging the Platysma muscle.
Use the heels of your hands and push the neck tissue back towards your shoulders and ears.
Allow the front of your neck to relax and your spine to lengthen towards the ceiling.

Outer Jaw massage:
Rub lotion into the hinge of your jaw.
Working upward to counteract the effects of gravity on our facial tissue
Tap cheekbones to stimulate collagen production and improve circulation
Press firmly into jaw muscle- the one we use to clench our jaw- and open our jaw; here we are
pinning and stretching the Buccinator muscle.

Inner Jaw massage: (This one someone may have to show you-don’t be afraid to explore)
With clean hands or a gloved finger insert your finger on the indicated side.
Follow the gum line of the indicated side with your finger until you finger reaches the back of the line-
just above and a little further back to where your wisdom teeth are located.
Press outward with your finger; your nail should touch the inner section of your lateral jaw bone.
Search around gently for tender points.
Move your jaw from side to side.

Under the jaw massage and Stretch:
Press your thumbs into the soft space under your chin-massage outward and in circles.
While your fingers are there move your tongue around and feel the connection.
Stretch your tongue inside your mouth while it is closed.
Move your head up and down and side to side and move tongue around.

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