If you clench your jaw or grind your teeth, this workshop is for you! Jaw Tension can be a factor in many conditions including headaches, sinusitis, sciatica, digestive and hormonal disorders among others.
Your jaw is intimately connected to the rest of your body. Yoga and mindfulness can be powerful tools for integrating awareness and relieving pain.
Participants will learn to create a self-care tool bag for relieving jaw tension.
Class time includes information on the causes and repercussions of jaw tension that can manifest throughout your body. This understanding lays a foundation for how we practice yoga and breath awareness.
Saturday December 6 12:30 to 3:30 pm pt
Day 1: Understanding Jaw Tension - Learn about cause & effect within your body & your life
Discussion of causes & repercussions of jaw tension
Core actions & asana sequence to bring relief
Guided Meditations & Mindfulness practices
Sunday December 7 12:30 to 3:30 pm pt
Day 2: Rewiring Your Nervous System to Relieve Jaw Tension
Your jaw and your nervous system are intimate partners
Gentle, safe self-massage to relax your face and jaw
Restorative yoga to soothe frayed nerves
Pranayama & Breath Awareness
This session will be recorded and available for 2 weeks to review and practice.
Classes can be taken independently. Day 2 will build on info shared during Day 1.
Cator Shachoy is the author of The TMJ Handbook: A Therapeutic Guide to Relieving Jaw Tension and Pain with Yoga and Mindfulness. She has practiced Iyengar style yoga, Mindfulness Meditation & Craniosacral Therapy since 1990.
Saturday, December 6, 2025 12:30 to 3:30 PM PT
Sunday, December 7, 2025 12:30 to 3:30 PM PT
Cost: Join entire course for $150 or drop in for $90 - See regular schedule to drop in.
This series is hybrid. It is offered both in person and online.
Single Day sign up is available for this course.
To register for a single day, please go to the schedule page on the day you’d like to attend, and register there.