04/06/2026
The relationship between the jaw, diaphragm, and pelvis is a beautiful doorway into understanding the body as an interconnected whole rather than separate parts.
Moving in harmony with a healthy conscious breath.
When you INHALE
The diaphragm descends.
The pelvic floor gently lengthens and drops.
The tongue and jaw relax.
When you EXHALE
The diaphragm rises.
The pelvic floor naturally recoils upward and
the jaw remains soft.
Almost like three diaphragms stacked within the body.
The jaw and tongue sometimes also known as the upper diaphragm.
The respiratory diaphragm, the breathing muscle.
The pelvic floor, the lower diaphragm.
In somatic work and ancient healing modalities they are known as the three gateways:
Jaw the expression, the voice, the truth.
Diaphragm the feeling, emotion, breath and life force.
Pelvis our instinct, creativity, sexuality and ground of being.
When one softens, the other often follows.
How are you restoring communication between these three gateways so breath, expression and embodied feeling can move more freely through the body?
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