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- Feb 3, 2024
I discovered mewing accidentally, while studying Buddhism. In the Majjhimanikāya, the Buddha explains how he tortured himself so far that the gods came down to try and keep him alive, and in that section, he says this:
There's a bunch more after, but this part interested me because I know that Tibetan monks do the same thing while meditating, so I decided to try it as well. The most immediate effect was that I discovered just how much I relied on breathing through my mouth, and when my tongue pressed totally against my palate, it blocked the throat and denied any breathing through the oral cavity. It forced me to breathe what feels like straight upwards, and every breath would force my spine straight. It was forcing me into proper posture involuntarily and without pain. You will know that you'd got the position correct once you're pressed enough of your tongue upwards that your lower jaws flex outwards. I have since kept this posture as much as possible, only relaxing when eating and/or drinking. Once it becomes your normal posture, you will retain it even when you're asleep.
After two years: here are the measurable effects I've noticed, though I was only keeping track month-by-month:
1. My jawline has become more prominent.
2. The slight misalignments in my teeth have been fixed.
3. I almost never run out of breath during exercise, and can keep breathing deeply through stress.
4. My face has become more angular, there's been an effect similar to what buccal fat removal is supposed to do, but since you're not gouging out your face, it never causes the embarrassing clown faces you see in middle-aged and older celebrities.
5. I no longer slouch.
If you've got something seriously fucked up like a recessed chin, it won't improve through mewing and posture, but the improved face alignment will definitely help, as long as you aren't also gaining weight and covering your face with fat.
There's a bunch more after, but this part interested me because I know that Tibetan monks do the same thing while meditating, so I decided to try it as well. The most immediate effect was that I discovered just how much I relied on breathing through my mouth, and when my tongue pressed totally against my palate, it blocked the throat and denied any breathing through the oral cavity. It forced me to breathe what feels like straight upwards, and every breath would force my spine straight. It was forcing me into proper posture involuntarily and without pain. You will know that you'd got the position correct once you're pressed enough of your tongue upwards that your lower jaws flex outwards. I have since kept this posture as much as possible, only relaxing when eating and/or drinking. Once it becomes your normal posture, you will retain it even when you're asleep.
After two years: here are the measurable effects I've noticed, though I was only keeping track month-by-month:
1. My jawline has become more prominent.
2. The slight misalignments in my teeth have been fixed.
3. I almost never run out of breath during exercise, and can keep breathing deeply through stress.
4. My face has become more angular, there's been an effect similar to what buccal fat removal is supposed to do, but since you're not gouging out your face, it never causes the embarrassing clown faces you see in middle-aged and older celebrities.
5. I no longer slouch.
If you've got something seriously fucked up like a recessed chin, it won't improve through mewing and posture, but the improved face alignment will definitely help, as long as you aren't also gaining weight and covering your face with fat.
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