The theme of the month continues with Larynx - HALLOWEEN EDITION
Over the past few weeks we talked about the larynx as a spider that lives on a web in the throat. The web below are the muscles that lower the larynx, and the web above, the muscles that raise it. To raise and lower the larynx without tension, we have to keep that web taut so the spider can move up and down effortlessly.
Today, we’re going to talk about how to engage and make stable the upper part of the web.
The muscles that raise the larynx are more complicated than the ones that lower them because they are many of them in many different spots.
The upper web starts at the hyoid bone, the top of the larynx, and inserts into the floor of the mouth, the jaw, and up behind the ear.
Let's engage the upper web:
STEP ONE: Hold out the sound "ooo"
STEP TWO: Flare your nostrils, hard.
STEP THREE: Pretend as though you’re eavesdropping on a conversation behind you, but you can’t turn your head. Your ears go up and back and align over your shoulders.
STEP FOUR: Add those together (ears over shoulders, + flare nostrils)
It brightens because by engaging the nostrils and ears, you’re stabilizing the upper part of the web. And because the upper is taut and the bottom web is not, the spider goes up.
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XoXo, Nicole
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