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Myo Family Health Hi! My name is Amy. I focus on helping kids & adults with their tongue and facial muscles in order to breathe & sleep better. Additional hours by appointment

Mouth breathing | Tongue ties| Myo Munchee & Buteyko Specialist
📍Bay Area | Sacramento | Virtual
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09/02/2026

**Your tongue has a job — is it doing it?** 👅

A proper tongue seal (resting flat against the roof of your mouth, not on your teeth or floor of your mouth) does more than you’d think:

✨ Supports nasal breathing over mouth breathing
✨ Helps stabilize your jaw + reduce TMJ tension
✨ Plays a role in head + neck posture
✨ Can even affect sleep quality

Most adults never learned proper tongue posture — and it shows up as jaw pain, headaches, or restless sleep down the line.

The fix? Myofunctional therapy retrains where your tongue rests, all day and while you sleep.

Check out all the products that can help with nasal breathing through the links in bio

09/02/2026

**Did you know your tongue is supposed to rest on the roof of your mouth? 👅**

Correct tongue posture (tongue resting fully on the palate, not against the teeth or on the floor of the mouth) plays a bigger role in your health than most people realize.

Here’s why it matters:

✨ It naturally shapes and widens the palate as a child grows
✨ It supports proper nasal breathing (instead of mouth breathing)
✨ It helps guide healthy jaw and facial development
✨ It keeps the airway open, supporting better sleep
✨ It reduces strain that can lead to teeth shifting or a low, forward head posture

When the tongue rests low or forward instead, it can contribute to a narrow palate, crowded teeth, mouth breathing, and even sleep-disordered breathing down the line.

The good news? Tongue posture is trainable — that’s exactly what myofunctional therapy helps retrain, one small habit at a time. 💪

📍 Book a free consult (link in bio) if you think your tongue posture might need some work!

09/02/2026

Why do we recommend the Sonu Band in our myo program? 🤔

As myofunctional therapists, our job isn’t just about tongue exercises — it’s about helping your whole airway function the way it should. And that starts with how you breathe, especially while you sleep. 😴

Here’s why we love the Sonu Band as a tool in therapy:

✨ It supports nasal breathing by gently keeping the lips together at night
✨ It reinforces the lip seal habits we’re already building in sessions
✨ It helps break the mouth-breathing cycle that can undo progress made during the day
✨ It’s a passive, low-effort way to practice good habits while you rest

Think of it as homework that happens while you sleep! We can do all the right exercises in the office, but if the mouth falls open every night, it works against everything we’re building. The Sonu Band helps close that gap. 🌙

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09/01/2026

Where does your tongue rest when your mouth is closed? 👅

If it’s not gently resting on the roof of your mouth, it might be affecting how you breathe. Here’s the connection: 🧠

✨ The tongue is meant to rest against the palate (the roof of the mouth) — not on the floor of the mouth or against the teeth
✨ Proper tongue posture helps naturally seal the lips together, which supports nasal breathing over mouth breathing
✨ When the tongue rests low, the mouth tends to fall open — making mouth breathing the “path of least resistance”
✨ Over time, low tongue posture can even influence jaw and palate development, especially in growing kids

This is one of the first things we assess and retrain in our myo program. Correct tongue posture isn’t just about breathing — it’s the foundation for a healthy airway, proper swallowing, and even facial development. 🌬️

Small habit, big impact. Ask us how we help retrain tongue posture in therapy! 💬

08/30/2026

Always work with a professional for mouth taping protocols. All three of these demonstrations allow for compensatory mouth breathing if the nose gets congested.

08/29/2026

Just having a little fun. Seriously, true palatal expansion needs to be done by a dental professional. If you laughed. You belong here!!

08/29/2026

Just having a little fun!🤩 Seriously though…Expanding the roof of the mouth is a treatment done by orthodontists. You aren’t going to separate the bone open with your thumbs.

08/29/2026

The toothbrush is like the telephone between the brain and the roof of the mouth. We need them chatting

08/28/2026

There are many steps to getting lip seal. Muscle strength is just one step. That’s why Myofunctional therapy is about more than just exercises. It’s about detecting the root cause and treating it. Then you take your face to the gym!!

08/26/2026

Quick myo tip: that tongue click your therapist keeps asking you to practice? 👅✨

It’s called a “tongue pop” and it’s one of the simplest ways to train proper tongue posture. Here’s what’s actually happening:

🔹 Your tongue suctions up against the roof of your mouth
🔹 That’s the correct resting position — the one it should be in all day, every day
🔹 Practicing the click builds the muscle memory to get there automatically
🔹 It’s often one of the very first exercises in a myo program for a reason — it sets the foundation for everything else

Two minutes a day of practice adds up. Try 10 clicks right now — how’d it feel? 😄

Drop a 👅 below if you’re working on yours!

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