Teeth grinding

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam.

 

I've had this problem for years and it caused me to kill two teeth, resulting in

root canals.

 

I have tried many things and I am still dealing with this issue, although I've

made a lot of

progress in the last year or so. I look forward to hearing ideas and solutions

from others.

 

Recently in my SatNamRasayan class, the teacher noted that my jaw

clenching/grinding is

one way that I stop the flow in my body and keep a lot of energy stuck in my

head. The

element of air is very strong in me and I need to balance it out with more earth

energy. So

I do a lot of walking (noticing sensations in my feet and legs), KY for the

lower triangle

(esp. root chakra), eat root foods (beets, carrots, etc.), and I have started to

experiment

with the healing energies of stones. Hematite, black tourmaline and obsidian

have been

good for me. I have also started Tai Chi, which sinks the breath low in the 3rd

chakra, and

I feel this has helped me be more " in body " than " in my head. " When I follow all

these

guidelines, I find I am much more relaxed, then energy flows better through all

of me, and

my jaw and teeth are relaxed.

 

I have also heard from a Chinese medicine point of view that there is some

dysfunction in

the liver that causes the grinding. I do work with an OMD for Chinese herbs and

acupuncture and believe this helps too.

 

Finally I see an excellent bio-dentist here in Santa Fe who created a splint,

which I wear

almost all the time and definitely at night. The idea is to get my jaw to relax

so that the

bite can change to produce better energy flow. I was alternating treatments with

chiropractors/osteopaths/cranial sacral healers, then seeing the dentist for a

splint

adjustment. He would grind the splint down and muscle test me to see if there

was any

disruption to flow in through the jaw. We went back and forth like this. Then

after a certain

point, the dentist creates another mouth-guard, like a soft splint, and rebuilds

the teeth

so that the bite is normal. It's amazing how out of whack your mouth can get

from

grinding.

 

The dentist also told me that I should follow this motto " Lips together, teeth

apart. " You

should be able to slide a pencil in between your teeth; that's how much space

there should

be. I check in periodically during the day and notice if my teeth are together

or apart,

consciously opening them.

 

This is what I know so far.

 

I look forward to hearing what works from other people.

 

Thanks,

Gurujot K