@glynis ,
@Mellow7
For much of my life I have had an ache in my right temple. I worried about what could be happening inside there. I thought the worst.
Nearly 30 years ago I went to a brilliant psychtherapist, who used hypnosis to access the subconscious and to facilitate hypnotic suggestion....
(in laymans' - she just put you out)
I learnt that my mouth posture was all wrong.
I learnt that my mouth was like a rocky cave, my teeth were clenched, my jaws shut tight, my oral muscles hard, my tongue forced up against my palate.
Classic TMJ.
It seems that we attempt to control our anxiety by having control over our jaw.
Instead of which, we need to learn to let go.
Everything was wrong.
The mouth is the seat of anxiety.
I went to this therapist for a couple of years, but what I learnt in just the first two sessions was crucial to my future relaxation and meditation.
I know I mention
"
a soft mouth and a hanging jaw"
ad nauseum on here, which must get terribly boring I suppose, but if anybody picks up on it, they have the key to relaxation.