Matthew Kopans
StacyWhich muscle group tends to tense up the most when you're stressed?
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Jaw or facial muscles
Shoulders or neck area
Back or belly area
Legs or feet
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Ciscogod@dancinyogi My ears ring non-stop when my jaw muscles tense up.
Mr Lawrence πͺπΊπ·πΌ@ciscogod Ooh mine too, and then when I relax they make a sort of fizzing noise. Iβve no idea what it all is.
Steve@dancinyogi There isn't an everything option. π¬
@Steve You're the second person who responded with that. Yikes! That's a lot of tension!
@dancinyogi Whats the cure?
@Steve There's the usual stuff - meditation, deep breathing, body scan exercises. That helps, but honestly, I have found that having a good laugh and playing like a kid helps too. I find I'm more stressed when I lose touch with my inner kid!
@dancinyogi I will give it a go. I like the idea of deep breathing. I try almost always to take nasal breaths as I've found it makes breathing more efficient through certain workouts.
ββ (β β Λβ _β Λβ )β β alm10965 β’ 6Γπ@dancinyogi mhh, my shoulder-neck-area can also be tensed in phase of no stress, work is finished, nothing else to do
Hot Cross Bunnyβ€οΈπThe whole bunny.
All of the bunny.
The entire bunny.
The Great Llama 
@dancinyogi
Definitely need to be able to do multiple options. It's just the first two for me (just! π), but I see there are others who are even more rigid.
Definitely need to be able to do multiple options. It's just the first two for me (just! π), but I see there are others who are even more rigid.
π©βπ¦―The Blind Fraggle@dancinyogi I actually don't know. Is it normal for people to know this, and is it the same every time?
it's B! Cavello π@dancinyogi @Fragglemuppet Iβm not sure because when I think of it I feel like my shoulders carry a lot of my stress, but the dentist says Iβm grinding my teeth, and I also get leg cramps and now Iβm realizing I just didnβt think of those as a possible stress thing π
GOTV 2026@dancinyogi The first 3. It depends on the cause of the stress. Family is the stomach, jaw is social situations, and neck/shoulders is work.
Joan Albright@dancinyogi I've tensed up so tight doing intense video game challenges that I've actually hurt my shoulder.