How to Do Jaw Bone Shiatsu Massages

Last Update: September 18, 2008

Video By: eHow.com

Relieve stress in the head and face by learning how to massage the jaw bone with shiatsu massage in this free video clip.

About this Author

Richard Neil is a licensed, certified massage therapist. His technique of healing bodywork incorporates the various modalities in which he's been trained: deep tissue, Swedish, shiatsu, acupressure, reflexology, and kinesiology. The "recipe" of the massage is defined by the individual client's needs. The overall goal is a calming, enjoyable experience, one in which the client will walk away feeling more energy, more flexibility, better alignment, and relief from muscular tension and mental stress. Richard also incorporates his training in kinesiology and muscle testing to strengthen specific organs with accupressure and meridian alignment, creating better circulation and a stronger lymphatic system. Richard is a graduate of The Pacific School of Massage and Healing Arts in Gualala, California where he studied with the master, Dr. Fred Mitour. He also attended The Massage School of Santa Monica furthering his knowledge of Deep Tissue work with Marcel Salomon.

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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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