The key to mewing is not to push up on the maxilla. This is just cope by John Mew about his long face, and isn't even how mewing works.
The key to mewing is to contract the palatoglossus muscle, pulling down on the back of the maxilla, increasing its height. This force is transferred onto the sides of the palate to widen=shorten it, the incisors to push them forward, and the front of the maxilla to hold it up.
You want a tall maxilla, but a short palate. John Mew has confused a tall palate with a tall maxilla
![[Image: Palatoglossus+Styloglossus+Genioglossus+...sus+24.jpg]](https://web.archive.org/web/20191219152918im_/http://slideplayer.com/slide/4113711/13/images/24/Palatoglossus+Styloglossus+Genioglossus+Hyoglossus+24.jpg "[Image: Palatoglossus+Styloglossus+Genioglossus+...sus+24.jpg]")
Lack of force of the tongue pulling down on the maxilla contributes to, if not completely causes, short and downward tilted maxillas. And these in turn result in tiny ramuses we see on almost everyone today, even so called beautiful people.
Just imagine the subhuman angle of Keria Kinghtly's maxilla:
![[Image: Keira_Knightley_left_l69Tm69KKB-largeThumb_8a9b8178.jpg]](https://web.archive.org/web/20191219152918im_/http://susers.thatsmyface.com/h/hatterc/Keira_Knightley_left_l69Tm69KKB-largeThumb_8a9b8178.jpg "[Image: Keira_Knightley_left_l69Tm69KKB-largeThumb_8a9b8178.jpg]")
I see a lot of people dont mew correctly, and report a muscle bulging under the jaw. The opposite should happen.
To learn to engage the palatoglossus muscle correctly you swallow into a breath hold where your tongue and soft palate are completely cutting off our airway. You then release your soft palate just enough to breath through to obtain the correct position.
To mew correctly, you also want to apply force on your upper incisors. Before you engage you palatoglossus, place the tip of you tongue below you lower incisors incisors. After you engage you palatoglossus, you contract muscles in the roof of you tongue to straighten it out, so that there is no gap between you palate/incisors and the roof of you tongue.
Good luck! Mewing is a constant battle of your hero the tongue vs the villainous cheeks and lips, for the angle of your teeth. Don't let them win and angle your teeth in!
The key to mewing is to contract the palatoglossus muscle, pulling down on the back of the maxilla, increasing its height. This force is transferred onto the sides of the palate to widen=shorten it, the incisors to push them forward, and the front of the maxilla to hold it up.
You want a tall maxilla, but a short palate. John Mew has confused a tall palate with a tall maxilla
Lack of force of the tongue pulling down on the maxilla contributes to, if not completely causes, short and downward tilted maxillas. And these in turn result in tiny ramuses we see on almost everyone today, even so called beautiful people.
Just imagine the subhuman angle of Keria Kinghtly's maxilla:
I see a lot of people dont mew correctly, and report a muscle bulging under the jaw. The opposite should happen.
To learn to engage the palatoglossus muscle correctly you swallow into a breath hold where your tongue and soft palate are completely cutting off our airway. You then release your soft palate just enough to breath through to obtain the correct position.
To mew correctly, you also want to apply force on your upper incisors. Before you engage you palatoglossus, place the tip of you tongue below you lower incisors incisors. After you engage you palatoglossus, you contract muscles in the roof of you tongue to straighten it out, so that there is no gap between you palate/incisors and the roof of you tongue.
Good luck! Mewing is a constant battle of your hero the tongue vs the villainous cheeks and lips, for the angle of your teeth. Don't let them win and angle your teeth in!
