INSPIRATION & EDUCATION

Proper fitness boosts circulation of immune cells and strengthens the immune system’s ability to identify and prioritize triggers, which lessens the chances of the immune system overreacting. Moderate and consistent exercise also causes the body to release anti-inflammatory compounds, which also aids your immune system’s response. Exercise is a way to protect your tissues.

To heal, you are thinking of reshaping your tissues, stretching and building strength, creating muscle balance in the jaw and neck. But you are also tapping into your nervous system; you are diving into the most important aspect of healing; allowing your nervous system to come to a place of rest. From a place of rest, the nervous system turns down pain signals. I know for sure: women who do these postures, and allow themselves to come to a place of healing rest, report chr

Scalene muscle dysfunction causes neck pain, headaches, migraines, head pain, TMJ pain, whole jaw pain, rib pain, and shoulder pain. The shape of the cervical spine is in-part determined by the health of the scalene muscles. Know this: it is only with gentle and consistent self-love—in the form of neck therapy, stretches, and breathing—that these muscles will take on a new shape, holding onto less tone and tension.