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Relieving Jaw Tension and Pain with Yoga & Mindfulness with Cator Shachoy


  • In Person & Online Series at California Yoga Center 1776 Miramonte Avenue Mountain View, CA, 94040 United States (map)

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.

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

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

Join us in person
Join us Online

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.

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