Reich muscle shell how to remove. muscle tension

More often than not, we do not know how to express anger or fear in a way that does not harm ourselves or others, we do not want to know about these feelings, preferring to suppress them. The body cannot be deceived; what we hide from others and our consciousness remains in it in the form of tension. This chronic tension of the muscles of the body is called "muscle shell". Gradually, it ceases to be noticed, and a person lives without even knowing about it. These exercises help to relax muscle clamps.

When we express emotions, the resource prepared by the body is used in a timely manner and the muscles relax. But more often than not, we don't know how to express anger or fear in a way that doesn't hurt ourselves or others; we do not want to know about these feelings and the feelings of our loved ones, preferring to suppress them.

The body cannot be deceived, and what we hide from others and from our own consciousness remains in it in the form of tension. This chronic tension of the muscles of the body is called "muscle shell". Gradually, it ceases to be noticed, and a person lives without even knowing about it.

Muscular shell imperceptibly does its bad deed:

he spends a large number of energy, which means that a person constantly experiences a lack of it;
tense muscles pinch the blood vessels, and in those places where the muscular shell is located, the tissues of the organs constantly receive less nutrients and oxygen carried by the blood, the metabolism is disturbed, which, in turn, leads to weakening of the organs and to various diseases;
the human body becomes split.

A person charged with energy radiates cheerfulness, he is less sensitive to climate change, does not depend on weather conditions. A person who experiences an energy deficit necessarily reacts to rain, to pressure drops, and to a change in length. daylight hours. It is known that people prone to depression feel worst in winter and early spring, when even strong organism somewhat depleted.

The unproductive expenditure of energy to maintain the muscle shell leads to the fact that a person unconsciously seeks to save energy. To do this, he reduces his communication, fenced off from the outside world.

Movement, posture, facial expression - all this is developed gradually as a result of the most commonly used combination of muscle tension and muscle relaxation, which has become familiar. All this expresses our main life positions, thoughts, attitudes, expectations and beliefs, which, in turn, cause a certain emotional state.

The following exercises help to relax muscle clamps and are available for self-fulfillment. However, they won't help if you only do them a few times. Make it a rule to do them daily and dedicate at least half an hour to them. Of course, you don't have to deal with everything at once. Do it a few times first. Then set for yourself the sequence in which you will deal with them, and master in turn. Later you will understand which activities give the greatest effect and are more necessary for you.

Let's start with the top ring of clamps that goes through the mouth and throat.

Mouth

A clenched mouth blocks all transmission of feelings. But it is the mouth that is the very first channel of communication. We kiss those to whom we want to express our tenderness and love.

When we forbid ourselves to feel longing for love, based on sad experience that tells us that love can only bring pain and disappointment, this retention of a natural human need is reflected in the clamping of the mouth area. The same thing happens when we forbid ourselves to express our feelings in words. A clenched mouth also leads to a disruption in communication, and all together - to dissatisfaction with life.

To relax the blocks around the mouth, you must systematically perform the following exercise.

Lie down in the fetal position, that is, lying on your side, pull your knees up, fold your arms, crossing them over your chest. This pose is also referred to as "curl up". Start making sucking movements with your lips. Do this for as long as possible - as long as the lips can suck. After that, relax and lie down a little more.

During this exercise, many people begin to cry. This happens because long-suppressed longing for caress and security rises and begins to come out. By no means hold back. Sobbing with the whole body is helpful. It helps to defuse the accumulated negative tension not only around the mouth, but throughout the body. Babies cry all the time, from head to toe. Then they are taught to restrain themselves.

Jaws, throat and vocal cords

The ring of tension in the throat area corresponds to the unconscious defense against the forced "swallowing" of something unpleasant from the outside. At the same time, this is an unconscious preservation of control over the feeling of fear, protection from those feelings and reactions that, in the opinion of a person, may be condemned and unacceptable to others.

Clenched jaws block out any sound that tries to break through. The vocal cords are clamped with the same ring. The sound of the voice gives the impression that the person is speaking tensely, it is difficult for him to give sound different intonations. Sometimes the voice becomes monotonous, sometimes hoarse or hoarse, and sometimes too high. This happens because the muscles involved in sound production become inactive.

Clenching the lower jaw is tantamount to the words "they will not pass." It is as if a person does not want to let unwanted people near him, but he also does not want to let go of those who live in the soul. He is closed and cannot accept the changes that are inevitable in life.

When the body needs more energy, such as when tired or sleepy, the mouth should be opened wide for fuller breathing. That is why we yawn. When yawning, the ring of tension that turns on the muscles that move the jaw is temporarily released, and this acts on the mouth, pharynx and throat, opening them wide to let in the required air. Therefore, to relax the jaw, it is necessary to yawn.

Open your mouth wide and yawn. Do this in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Blocks in the jaws occur due to the pent-up desire to bite, which is on psychological level means restraining the impulses of anger.

Take a moderately elastic and moderately soft ball. You can use dog toys specially designed for this purpose. You can take a rolled towel. Bite with all your might. At the same time, growl, pull the toy out of your own teeth, but do not loosen the bite. Put into this process all the rage, all the anger that has gathered in your soul. When you are tired, relax your jaws. At this time, the lower jaw will drop, the mouth will be slightly open.

Here are two more ways to relieve tension in mandible:

Drop your lower jaw. Press on the chewing muscles at the angle of the lower jaw. If the muscles are very tense, it can be painful. Regularly squeeze, promyat these muscles, which helps them to relax.
Push your chin forward and hold it in this position for 30 seconds. Move your tense jaw to the right, to the left, keeping it pushed forward. Then open your mouth as wide as possible and notice if you can open it enough to fit three middle fingers of the palm one above the other between the teeth.

During this exercise, you may feel anxiety or rising anger. This is good. Many people are hesitant to unblock their emotions out of fear of not being able to handle the surging feelings. But it is the ejection of feelings in special conditions(for example, when doing an exercise) makes this process safe and very useful. For many people, tension in the chin muscles prevents them from opening their mouth wide.

The jaws are energetically connected with the eyes. Tension in the lower jaw reduces the flow of energy to the eyes and reduces visual capabilities. The expression "extinct eyes" has literal sense: lack of nutrients, in particular due to blockages in the jaw, affects the cornea of the eye, and it becomes less shiny. And in reverse direction: Chronically suppressed crying leads to tension in the jaw. That is why doing the exercises to release the clamps is often accompanied by crying.

Because of the suppressed desire to scream in pain and fear, there are blocks in vocal cords. Therefore, the best way to unblock the clamps in the throat is to scream loudly and continuously.

If you have the opportunity to scream at the top of your lungs (for example, in the forest or in the country, when there is no one around), scream. Cry out your suffering, your anger and frustration. You don't have to say the words. Let it be a single sound coming out of your throat with force.

Often such a cry turns into a sob. This is due to the unblocking of emotions and is very beneficial. Many people can't afford to scream - the conditions don't allow it, or the clamps are so strong that they can't scream.

Then you can do the following exercise:

Place thumb right hand one centimeter below the angle of the lower jaw, and the middle finger in a similar position on the other side of the neck. Maintain this pressure continuously and begin to make sounds, first quietly, and then increasing the volume. Try to maintain a high tone.

Then move your fingers to the middle of the neck and repeat the long sound of the middle tone. Then repeat the same, squeezing the muscles at the base of the neck, while making low sounds.

However, throat exercises alone cannot remove all blockages caused by holding on to emotions. The next belt of muscle clamps is at chest level.

Chest and breathing

For many people, the chest does not move with breathing. And the breath itself is superficial and frequent or superficial and uneven. There are delays in inhalation or exhalation. Alexander Lowen said that puffing out the chest is a form of defiance, as if the body is saying, "I won't let you get close to me." In other people, the chest is compressed and never expands completely. In the language of body metaphor, this means: "I am depressed and cannot take from life what it offers me."

Clamps on the chest belt cause breathing problems. Any difficulties in the respiratory process also cause fear. When a person does not realize the true cause of fear, he becomes anxious and looks for this cause in the world around him.

To check if you have breathing problems, do the following exercise:

While sitting on a chair, say in your normal voice: "Ahhh" while looking at the second hand of the clock. If you are unable to hold the sound for 20 seconds, it means that you have breathing problems.

You can relax the muscle ring around the chest with breathing exercise. This method of breathing is named after Lowen, a psychotherapist who developed a lot of different bodily techniques. targeted therapy. There is a special chair for such breathing. But at home, you can perform Lowen breathing as described in the exercise. Experience has shown that this does not make it less effective.

Lie across the couch with your bare feet flat on the floor and your buttocks hanging slightly. Place a roller under your lower back (for example, you can tightly roll a cotton blanket with a roller) so that the chest is maximally deployed, the head and back are below the waist. Place your hands above your head, palms up.

Start breathing deeply and rarely. Often you can’t breathe, this will be another breathing technique, which is performed only with an assistant, as there may be side effects. Breathe like this for 30 minutes. If suddenly you start crying, or crying all over, or laughing - do not get confused. This is a good reaction, indicating the release of repressed emotions blocked in muscle clamps.

When the muscle clamps relax, the energy is released and tends to come out. That is why it is so important not to restrain the reactions that arise, but to let them flow freely. After all, if you restrain them, they will not react again and again form a muscle clamp. You may feel dizzy - lie still after doing the exercise until the dizziness passes. At first, you may want to sleep after doing this exercise - fall asleep if possible, but only after doing the exercise.

Your feelings or reactions may change. There may be tingling, twitching and other sensations in the arms, legs, back. You may want to tap your feet. In general, sensations and reactions can be very different. Don't resist them, just watch them.

Do this exercise every day for the duration of your self-therapy. After a while, you yourself will feel what positive impact provided by this breathing technique.

Diaphragm and Waist Exercises

The next ring of muscle clamps is located around the diaphragm and waist. This ring splits the human body into two halves.

The diaphragm is a muscle that is involved in breathing; it contracts whenever a person experiences fear. If the fear becomes chronic, the diaphragm is in constant voltage, creating breathing problems and provoking the appearance of a predisposition to experience fear. Thus arises vicious circle. Fear creates diaphragmatic congestion, and constriction creates anxiety.

The diaphragm is located above the waist, which connects the chest to the abdomen and pelvis. Muscular constrictions in this area interfere with the flow of blood and senses to the genitals and legs, causing anxiety, which in turn leads to respiratory failure. Then again the same vicious circle.

There is only one conclusion from all this: it is necessary to relax chronic clamps and release the accumulated fear.

In order to check how tight or loose your waist is, do the following exercise:

Do this exercise while standing. Place your feet parallel, knees slightly bent, the weight of the body is slightly shifted forward. Raise your arms with bent elbows to shoulder height. The brushes hang freely. Turn your body to the left as far as possible and hold in this position for about a minute. Then turn your body to the right and stay in that position for about a minute. Pay attention to the tension in the muscles of the back and waist. Are you able to breathe in this position? bottom belly?

If breathing is disturbed and the muscles are too tense or you experience pain in them, then you have developed a muscular shell around the diaphragm and waist.

To relieve chronic muscle tension in the waist area the best way is Lowen breathing, the technique of which you already know. In addition, it is useful to systematically perform the following exercises:

Lie on the floor on your back, arms out to the sides, palms up, feet together. Bend your knees at a 90° angle. Turn both legs first to the left, so that the lower (left) leg lies completely on the floor, and the right one lies on it; the legs remain bent at the knees. Then turn your legs to the right in the same way. In this case, the back to the waist remains pressed to the floor. Repeat the exercise up to 10 times.

Now do the previous exercise, making it more difficult. Turn your head as you turn your legs opposite side. Do this exercise up to 10 times.

Get on all fours, knees at an angle of 90 °, keep your arms straight on which you are leaning. Bend your back at the waist down as far as possible, and then arch your back up as much as possible. Do up to 10 of these movements.

Get on all fours as described in the previous exercise. Then slowly stretch your straightened arms and body forward, sliding along the floor until they almost completely lie on the floor. Your posture will resemble that of a stretching cat. Stay in this position for a while and slowly bring your arms back to the starting position. Do this exercise several times (as many as you can).

Sit on the floor with your legs slightly bent at the knees and slightly apart. Place your palms on the back of your head. Tilt your torso to the left, trying to get your elbow as close to the floor as possible ( perfect option if it touches the floor). Stay in this position for a while. Then slowly straighten up and repeat the same to the right side.

Although these exercises help to release the clamps around the waist, they are not enough to release the “clusters” of fear impulses. Fear can only be released through the release of blocked anger. The work of unlocking the emotion of anger, the most condemned in society, is of particular concern to many people. What if she breaks out in an uncontrolled flow? What if the consequences are many times worse than emotional distress and depression?

In fact, it is the ejection of anger outward in special ways that makes it safe, since it no longer accumulates, but is discharged in a timely manner. The blocking belt of clips around the waist violates the integrity of the processes occurring in the body, making it divided.

The upper and lower parts seem to belong to two different people. Some top part the body is well developed, and the pelvis and legs are small, as if immature. In others, the pelvis is full and round, but the upper half of the body is small and narrow. Or the top half can be hard and resilient, while the bottom half is soft and passive. This development of the body indicates the inconsistency of the "upper" and "lower" feelings.

Ecology of health: This technique is designed to liberate a person, gain a sense of confidence, develop elegance in movements. The technique is based on the ideas of body-oriented psychotherapy by Wilhelm Reich. It includes thirty mini exercises.

The purpose of the technique

This technique is designed to liberate a person, gain a sense of confidence, develop elegance in movements. The technique is based on the ideas of body-oriented psychotherapy by Wilhelm Reich. It includes thirty mini exercises.

Wilhelm Reich believed that every characteristic relationship of a person to anything has a corresponding physical posture. The character of a person is manifested in his body in the form of muscular rigidity or even a muscular shell.

The relaxation of such a shell unchains a person, makes him more balanced and confident. The liberated body allows, as it were, to be thrown into environment superfluous emotional stress. The manifestation of emotions in movements allows you to control both the first and second. Emotions become more controlled. Movements acquire expressiveness and elegance.

The main effect of mastering this technique in this way is the formation of a strong connection between the internal and external state.

Each of the mini-exercises should take about a minute. In general, 30 minutes are allotted for the technique.

Can be used as in a group program psychological training, individual training. You can learn on your own.

The technique is useful in self-expression development programs, including acting skills, trainings personal growth, emotional self-regulation trainings, different kind image training.

Develops: Qualities. Confidence. Liberation. Elegance

Description of technology

The technique includes 30 mini-exercises, each of which takes a minute. Do not rush or, on the contrary, delay the implementation of each exercise. You should strive to keep within exactly thirty minutes. Confident alternation of exercises is the key good development techniques of the so-called opening of muscle shells, that is, the removal of tightness.

We will be working on muscle shells in seven areas:

1. In the eye area. The protective shell in this area is manifested in the immobility of the forehead and inexpressive, inactive eyes that look as if from behind a carnival mask. The eyes can be on the contrary too mobile, "running". The eye shell holds back manifestations of love, interest, contempt, surprise, and in general, almost all emotions.

2. In the mouth area. This shell consists of the muscles of the chin, throat and occiput. The jaw can be both too compressed and unnaturally relaxed. This segment holds emotional expression crying, shouting, anger, grimacing, joy, surprise.

3. In the neck. This segment includes the muscles of the neck, the tongue. The protective shell keeps mainly anger, screaming and crying, passion, languor, excitement.

4. In the chest area. This protective shell consists of the broad muscles of the chest, shoulders, shoulder blades, as well as the chest and arms with hands. The shell holds back laughter, sadness, passion. Breath control, which is an important means of suppressing any emotion, is largely carried out in the chest.

5. In the area of the diaphragm. Includes diaphragm, solar plexus, various organs abdominal cavity, muscles of the lower vertebrae. This shell holds mostly strong anger and general excitement.

6. In the abdomen. This shell includes the broad muscles of the abdomen and the muscles of the back. The tension of the lumbar muscles is associated with the fear of an unexpected attack. The protective shell on the sides creates a fear of tickling and is associated with the suppression of anger, hostility.

7. In the pelvic area. The seventh shell includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. The stronger the protective shell, the more the pelvis is pulled back, as if sticking out. The gluteal muscles are tense to the point of soreness. The pelvis is "dead" and not sexy. The pelvic shell suppresses excitement, anger, pleasure, coquetry.

Before exercising, it is advisable to change into light clothing that does not restrict movement. Or at least take off the excess: jacket, tie, shoes, etc. Some exercises require you to lie down.

If there are any discomfort, then stop the exercise for a few seconds, then continue. During each exercise, you can do several such pauses.

Exercises

1. Squat down. Calm your breath. Tell yourself: "I am calm. I am completely calm. I am confident about the future. I like new sensations. I am open to change."

Try to achieve such a state of calm, which you have on the morning of the weekend, when you don’t have to rush anywhere.

EYES

2. Open your eyes as wide as possible.

3. Move your eyes from side to side: right-left, up-down, diagonally.

4. Rotate your eyes clockwise, counterclockwise.

5. Look askance at different things around you.

MOUTH

6. Depict a strong cry.

7. Blow kisses different things around, while pulling out the lips strongly and with tension.

8. Draw a mumbling mouth: pull your lips inward, as if you have no teeth. Read a poem with a mumbling mouth.

9. Alternate between sucking, smiling, biting and disgust.

NECK

10. Depict gagging. Try and don't be shy.

11. Shout as loudly as possible. If you absolutely cannot scream, then hiss like a snake.

12. Squat down. Stick out your tongue as far as possible.

13. Touch your head lightly with your finger. After that, your head should dangle like it's light. balloon and your neck is like a thread. Repeat several times.

BREAST

14. Squat down. Take a deep breath. In this case, the stomach swells first, and then the chest expands. Deep breath. Again, the stomach is first deflated, then the chest is already contracting.

15. Pretend that you are fighting with only your hands: pounding, tearing, scratching, pulling, etc.

16. Inhale and try to raise your chest as high as possible, as if trying to touch the ceiling with it. You can even stand on tiptoe. Exhale, rest a little and repeat.

17. Dance, actively moving your chest, shoulders, arms. Try to keep the dance passionate and sexy.

DIAPHRAGM

18. Sharply contracting the diaphragm, exhale shortly through a wide open mouth. The diaphragm relaxes to inhale. Inhale-exhale should take one second. Approximately one fifth of a second - a sharp exhalation, four fifths - a smooth breath.

19. Breathe with your stomach: it should swell as much as possible, and then go inside and, as it were, stick to the spine.

20. Lie on your back. While exhaling, raise your torso and try to grab the soles of your feet with your hands. Hold your breath. Return to starting position. Repeat.

21. Lie on your stomach. As you inhale, raise your body and tilt your head back as far as possible.

STOMACH

22. While punching with the belly, hit various objects around you with it.

23. Put your hands behind your head. With your sides, keep hitting objects around you.

24. Ask someone to hold your waist. Lean back as far as you can. If you are doing the exercise alone, just put your hands on your belt and bend back.

25. Get on all fours and do different cat movements.

This will be of interest to you:

TAZ

26. Draw a kicking horse.

27. Lie on your back. Hit the pelvis on the mat.

28. Standing, place one hand on the lower abdomen. Put your other hand behind your head. Make obscene movements with your pelvis.

29. Spread your legs as wide as possible. Shift your weight alternately to your left and right foot.

COMPLETION

30. Free dance. Try to dance something original. published

Reich believed that:

- the mind and body are a single whole, each character trait of a person has a corresponding physical posture;

- the character is expressed in the body in the form of muscle rigidity (excessive muscle tension, from lat. rigidus - hard) or a muscular shell;
- chronic tension blocks the energy flows that underlie strong emotions;
- blocked emotions cannot be expressed and form the so-called COEX systems (systems of condensed experience - specific clumps of memories with a strong emotional charge of the same quality, which contain condensed experiences (and related fantasies) from different periods human life);
- the elimination of muscle clamp releases significant energy, which manifests itself in the form of a feeling of warmth or cold, tingling, itching or emotional uplift.

Reich analyzed the patient's postures and physical habits to make him aware of how vital feelings are repressed in various parts body.

All patients said that in the course of therapy they went through periods of their childhood when they learned to suppress their hatred, anxiety or love through certain actions that influenced vegetative functions (breath control, abdominal muscle tension, etc.).

The reason for the increase in muscle tension in adults is constant mental and emotional stress.

Targeting is the state of modern man.

Imposed ideals of material well-being and comfort, the conditions for their achievement, focus on the end result, and not on life in this moment- keep people in constant tension.

Hence muscle clamps > spasm blood vessels> hypertension, osteochondrosis, peptic ulcer, etc. etc.

Everything else is secondary.

The function of the shell is protection from displeasure. However, the body pays for this protection by reducing its capacity for pleasure.

The muscular shell is organized into seven main segments, consisting of muscles and organs. These segments are located in the eyes, mouth, neck, chest, diaphragm, abdomen and pelvis.

Reichian therapy consists in opening the shell in each segment, from the eyes to the pelvis.

The elimination of muscle clamps is achieved through:
* accumulation of energy in the body;
* direct effect on chronic muscle blocks (massage);
* expression of released emotions, which are thus revealed;
* spontaneous movements, dance therapy, relaxation exercises, yoga, qigong, holotropic breathing, etc.

1. Eyes. The protective armor is manifested in the immobility of the forehead and the "empty" expression of the eyes, which seem to be looking from behind a motionless mask. Opening is done by opening the eyes as wide as possible to engage the eyelids and forehead; eye gymnastics.

2. Mouth. This segment includes the muscle groups of the chin, throat, and back of the head. The jaw can be both too compressed and unnaturally relaxed. The segment holds the expression of crying, screaming, anger. Muscle tension can be relieved by imitating crying, lip movements, biting, grimacing, and massaging the muscles of the forehead and face.

3. Neck. Includes deep neck muscles and tongue. muscle block keeps mainly anger, screaming and crying. Direct impact on the muscles in the depths of the neck is impossible, therefore, screaming, singing, gagging, sticking out the tongue, tilting and rotating the head, etc., allow eliminating the muscle clamp.

4. Thoracic segment: broad muscles of the chest, muscles of the shoulders, shoulder blades, chest and arms. Laughter, sadness, passion are restrained. Breath control is a means of suppressing any emotion. The shell is opened by working on breathing, especially by exhaling completely.

5. Aperture. This segment includes the diaphragm, solar plexus, internal organs, muscles of the vertebrae of this level. The shell is expressed in the forward curvature of the spine. Exhalation is more difficult than inhalation (as in bronchial asthma). Muscle block holds strong anger. One has to pretty much unravel the first four segments before moving on to unraveling this one.

6. Belly. Abdominal muscles and back muscles. Tension of the lumbar muscles is associated with fear of attack. Muscle clamps on the sides are associated with the suppression of anger, hostility. Opening the shell in this segment is relatively easy if the upper segments are already open.

7. Taz. The last segment includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. The stronger the muscle spasm, the more the pelvis is pulled back. The gluteal muscles are tense and painful. The pelvic shell serves to suppress arousal, anger, pleasure.

Our body is a complex and wisely arranged instrument. Just as rings in a tree trunk can tell a lot about his life, the body carefully stores a person’s experience and often reflects all those difficult and unlived situations that have ever happened to him.

In psychology, thanks to Wilhelm Reich, the theory of the muscular shell was once born, which consists of muscle clamps and tensions that help protect against painful emotional experience. Each part of the “shell” is a tension corresponding to a certain internal blockage of feelings, emotions, experiences.

The main clamps are located in the areas of the eyes, mouth, neck, chest, diaphragm, abdomen and pelvis. Each of these "defenses" first appears as a defensive structure against overwhelming feelings of tension and arousal, and then turns into physical and emotional armor. This leads to impaired breathing and posture, limited mobility, poor blood circulation, and pain in various parts of the body. For a person as a person, a “straitjacket” prevents you from naturally expressing your feelings, opening up and growing.

What emotions can our body store?

Eyes- not only a mirror of the soul, but also a reflection psychological state; them different expressions reflect how a person looks at the world, what relationships were in his family. The look can be different: serious, anxious, avoidant, haughty, gloomy. Anxious or chronically stressed people often suffer from eye strain that radiates to the forehead, head, and neck. This tension is associated with the suppression of crying, fear, anger, a panic desire to run away, hide.

Mouth- the main channel of communication, a tool for communication and interaction with the world, expressing oneself. Tension in this area accumulates when we forbid ourselves to express our feelings in words, closing ourselves off from the world, people, emotions of rejection, disgust, resentment accumulate here. Such a clamp manifests itself in the limitations of facial expressions and a compressed, smirk-like smile.

The next stress segment is throat, neck, jaws. Here the body is kept unconscious defense from unpleasant information from the outside, restrained fear, screaming, those feelings and reactions that, in the opinion of a person, can cause condemnation or be inappropriate. This segment is directly related to the sound-producing muscles and therefore affects the voice: it can be monotonous, hoarse or very high, there are few semitones in it and tension is heard.

clenched jaws, on the one hand, they do not allow the voice to "break free", and on the other hand, they say that a person is protected from the world and does not want to let people near him. In addition, clamping in the jaw is due to the instinctive desire to bite, which in fact means the suppression of impulses of anger.

When the body is free from tension and accumulated negative experience, then it moves in waves along with the breath.

Rib cage- a part of the body directly related to breathing, and first of all, the body tells us about tensions in this place in the form of various respiratory disorders: breathing can be superficial, frequent, uneven, with delays in inhalation or exhalation. The chest seems to be clamped and does not move in the process of breathing, and any difficulty in the process of breathing is instinctively associated with a feeling of fear.

Breathing is the basis of life and the expression of emotions in any form. When the body is free from tensions and accumulated negative experience, it moves in waves along with the breath. But the first thing a child often learns, trying to suppress his feelings, is to control his breath, but because of one stressful situation it could take a lifetime.

If the chest seems to stick out, then this is a signal to others that they should not even try to get closer to the person. For someone, it’s the other way around - the chest never fully expands, and this indicates that the person is depressed and does not receive from life what it gives him.

Another ring of muscle clamps is located around the diaphragm and waist and as if dividing the body into two halves. The diaphragm is a muscle involved in breathing. Every time a person experiences fear or anger, the diaphragm contracts, and if the fear becomes constant, the diaphragm does not come out of a state of tension. As a result, breathing becomes difficult, and this phenomenon already provokes a new wave of fear and anxiety - a kind of vicious circle. Physiologically, tension in the diaphragm interferes with blood flow to the lower body - and again anxiety is born and breathing is disturbed.

Tension in the abdomen and lower back associated with fear of attack and suppressed hostility and anger.

The most Bottom part"shell" - pelvic tension- serves to suppress arousal, anger, pleasure. Claims and resentments against ourselves accumulate here, prohibitions on sensory experiences associated with various areas of life - from dancing to work.

The main function of any clamps in our body is to organize protection from displeasure and fears, a reflection of internal protest or confrontation. If you listen to your body and overcome muscle tension, restoring freedom of movement, you can regain the whole spectrum of the joys of life, feel your body in a completely new way, look at yourself and the world around you differently.