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REMEMBER:

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The above charts are to pin down specific muscles, but this is not always necessary in order to deal with a pain, ache or other damage and/or stress in the muscles.  Your body knows where the problem is and simple kinesiology/muscle testing will tell your mind whether you need those details or not.  Ask at each level and don't go deeper than the level needed to release the issue and allow the body to heal it.  

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Find the root issue connected to the area you are dealing with (i.e. the trapped emotion you need to release) AND note the area of pain or discomfort.  WRITE BOTH of these down and rate them separately.  Then do the rounds of tapping you have learned.

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1.  Rate the severity of discomfort - pain, emotion, or feeling of imbalance

2.  Do a round of tapping, remembering that focus is prime here.

3. Practice your deep breathing - 4 in and 6 out

4. Drink water

5. Repeat until your rating is down to a 0 or 1, then move to next issue or trapped emotion related to this issue.  

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REMEMBER, if dealing with a trapped emotion, you will want to follow clearing that by replacing it with a jubilee option to completely cover what your body, soul, and spirit need for health and wholeness.   

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Muscles in Detail: 

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​Muscles for Facial Expression:

These muscles are located in the face and scalp, acting to move skin and enable nonverbal communication.

  • Occipitofrontalis: Raises eyebrows and wrinkles the forehead.

  • Orbicularis Oculi: Closes the eyelids.

  • Orbicularis Oris: Shapes the lips, enabling puckering.

  • Buccinator: Forms cheek, compresses it while chewing, and helps with whistling.

  • Zygomaticus Major/Minor: Draws the mouth upward when smiling.

  • Corrugator Supercilii: Frowns and lowers eyebrows.

  • Platysma: A superficial neck muscle that lowers the corners of the mouth.

  • Nasalis: Flares nostrils. 

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Muscles for Chewing:

These four pairs of muscles connect to the mandible and are essential for chewing:

  • Masseter: The strongest muscle, it elevates the mandible to close the mouth.

  • Temporalis: Elevates and retracts the mandible.

  • Medial Pterygoid: Elevates the mandible and aids in grinding.

  • Lateral Pterygoid: Depresses (opens) the mandible and moves it side-to-side. 

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Muscles of the Scalp and Ears:

  • Epicranius (Occipitofrontalis and Galae Aponeurotica): Moves the scalp.

  • Auricularis (Anterior, Superior, Posterior): Small muscles that surround the ear. 

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Extrinsic Eye Muscles:

These six muscles control the movement of the eye. 

  • Rectus Muscles: Superior, Inferior, Medial, and Lateral rectus.

  • Oblique Muscles: Superior and Inferior oblique.

  • Levator palpebrae superioris: Opens the eyelids.
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