Correct Tongue Posture: Why correct tongue posture affects your whole face (including your teeth!)

We all are familiar with body posture, but what about TONGUE posture? What is correct tongue posture and how does it affect us? Answers to common questions about tongue tie:
- What is correct tongue posture?
- Why does having good tongue posture matter?
- Does tongue posture affect your teeth?
- How tongue posture affects your face shape and attractiveness.

Presented by Jessica Luffey, Certified Specialist of Orofacial Myology
(CSOM/Professional Operatic Soprano)

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[vobavocal]

Finally some good advice on YouTube! Furthermore that high tongue position is also good for speaking (clear&fast pronunciation) and essential for vocal health for singers and actors when using the voice. Thanks for that great content.

[WilliamSussman]

This was a good video thank you. I have difficulty swallowing and some of it has to do such bad tongue positioning I think

[ritvizvaid]

Hey, I'm trying to hold back third of my tongue towards my pallet but I don't feel any strength in that part to do so, any suggestions?

[akaliotp]

I have an issue. Ive been going in and out of dental surgery for the last 2 years, and before the surgeries, my tongue would rest at the top, but now after all the surgeries, my tongue has been sitting as the bottom. To me, it feels more comfortable now to have it at the bottom instead of the top. Should i try to fix it?

[masoudshairzadeh]

When I take a selfie I noticed from the mewing and excercises that my left side is sharper than my right and my right side is slanted a little bit. I also that I been using my left side to chew more and put my tongue pressure on the left side. I’m 27 and wondering if I could correct the asymmetric imbalance by fixing the right side?

[ЏонДизер]

Could you please answer my question. Can the mewing technique be harmful to the bridge on my teeth? As far as I understand, what you present in the clip is what is popularly called mewing. I have a bridge on 4 front teeth. If I did the given technique correctly, would there be any problems with the bridge?

[RashedHiyasat]

Hi and thank you for this info. When i do this i feel that i can barely breathe, and i need to force my palate upwards to enable better breathing.

Is this something that i need to work on to improve my palate position? if so what can i do?

THanks!

[Gokugoku-ec]

my tongue start paining if i try to do it and i also lost my tongue resting position . Can you please help me ?

[sway]

Hey, when I eat my cheeks will get bigger, I visited a dentist and a otolaryngologist, they said everything is fine. What could it be?

[Stoudy]

I can't swallow spit doing this lol

[chensun]

What you're saying is so unusual and unexpected, I'll have to reflect on this further. Most correct posture in other parts of body is an untensed muscle. At 1:15, you're saying to push-tense the back of tongue upwards, to help create an ideal reinforced structure. And we know that continuous application of tension can cause chronic tension in muscles. Also, the tongue is better designed to press downward that create more space for air volume, and resulting louder sound and better resonance. What is this ideal reinforced structure you're referring to?

[dyloak]

When I try it, it pulls all my saliva into my mouth and it pools full of saliva. What am I doing wrong to cause this?

[RS]

If I try to suck my tongue into this position, my lower lip 'sucks' inward, if that makes sense.