SIMPLE DAILY EXERCISES produce IMMEDIATE and cool changes to tongue, and posture
"They feel so good that it's ADDICTIVE!?"
The first time I found these "tongue balancing" exercises, I was a skeptic.
I didn't expect much. They were just some stretches for the head and neck I found online. I was desperate to fix my "mouth breather face" and asymmetry, so I was experimenting.
But after I did them... I was blown away.
I was a 15 year old kid - insecure to say the least. Looking for any solution to my "long and narrow" mouth breather face that I didn't like. (This was pre-Mewing, by the way).
I would spend hours in the mirror, agonizing over the shape of my jaw. I would compare myself to friends with more attractive, square looking jaws and wonder... what happened?
I was desperate to fix this. And so I did what any teenage boy with an internet connection would do... I researched.
I stumbled on a video online, how to fix "ugly" forward head posture. (I was the right audience...)
However when I did these exercises I started to notice something amazing...
After stretching for 5 minutes, something felt different. My tongue was pressing more on my palate, and more evenly, without me having to "do" anything. I wasn't Mewing. I wasn't trying to push it more evenly. It just was.
"Could this be true?"...
I did them for another 5 minutes... then another 5 minutes. And every time I did them, I felt my tongue pushing more and more... It was magical.
Then when I looked in the mirror, I saw it. My jaw and neck area were looking better! Just from a few stretches!
I became a little bit obsessed with these exercises... I would do them all the time. Before going to parties, in the morning listening to music. I would do them in the mirror, and watch as my body changed in front of my eyes.
When I started the BFF Youtube channel, it was to share these exercises with the world. And the response was amazing. Some people completely fixed their asymmetry, just from a few simple exercises!
Needless to say, I started doing these exercises all the time. I would do them at University, before parties, because I knew they were making me better looking every time I did them. So it was like a pre-game routine. I did them so much, that my roommates would ask me "Is there ever a time not to stretch?" But for me, I knew it was making me better. And I was excited.
It wasn't until years later that I learned how these stretches actually work to change your face.
How is it possible, that stretching your neck, can change your face?
As I started learning about Mewing, and later working with Doctor's and dentists around the Toronto area, I realized what was happening:
Every time I did these stretches, I was changing my tongue's position on my upper palate. By improving my posture, there was a direct and noticeable change in my tongue's suction on my palate, which changes the appearance of my jawline, my neck posture, and even my actual jaws shape and position over time.
Tongue suction changes the "under jaw" appearance
Tongue suction changes the "under jaw" appearance
I also learned that the tongue can literally mould and shape our jaws and faces over time.
I learned this from Dr. Mona Moy, who is an ALF practitioner. She taught me that our jaws can change at any age, and that even patients in their 60's are able to see gradual expansion over time as their tongue position and function improves.
So that, by improving this resting tongue position through these exercises, over time, as the tongue presses more on the upper palate, the jaws will begin to expand.
I was so intrigued by this, and I knew if it helped me... It could help others as well. And that's why I eventually started the Best Face forward Youtube channel.
When I shared these exercises, I was excited to find out that many people were experiencing the same thing. They got results, just from a set of exercises!
I spent the proceeding years experimenting with exercises. Meeting professionals, dentists, myofunctional therapists, for the BFF Youtube channel, and to try and find the best ways to help myself, and thousands of others improve.
As we put these exercises to the test on Best Face Forward, what we found was expected:
Many people were able to see changes in their facial asymmetry, gradual expansion, and facial changes from these exercises.
Along the way, and with their help, we've had over 600+ program members use these exercises to improve their facial shape, posture, and health.
Imagine if you had a set of exercises that improved your tongue posture, and jaw every time you did them.
What would you do?
Not just in your head. Not like "I think this is working".
I'm saying, you finish the routine, and you immediately feel a difference.
Your tongue is pushing more on your palate, your posture, jaw, and face, all look better. After a simple set of exercises. What if you knew, that if you kept doing them, you'd improve more and more every day? You're achieving a new "personal best" for your facial structure and posture each day. How would you look and feel in 1 months time? 3 months? 1 year?
If you knew these exercises were working - you'd probably be excited. It wouldn't be an effort. It wouldn't be a struggle. You would want to do them every day.
That's how people in our program feel. They ask me "is it ok if I do them multiple times per day?". Because they feel themselves improving, and they want to go fast!
Now, these routines are available for you to try, in our best and most refined program yet.
Introducing...
The ALIGN Program
From Best Face Forward
The align program is a step by step, daily exercise program. Inside, you'll do daily 5-15 minute routines, that all have the same aim: IMMEDIATE change. Change that you can feel in your tongue, and in your posture - and yes, in your jaw.
These routines will not work for everyone. You have to have an open mind to try them, and you have to be inquisitive and curious enough to notice which exercises are working for you the best.
But if you can dedicate 15 minutes a day to doing these exercises, I can virtually guarantee you will feel the changes. And if you're like me, and countless others, you could experience such cool and amazing changes that you can't even believe - that a set of exercises can work to change your face in this cool and awesome way.
The Methodology Behind These "Cool and Addictive" Exercise Routines
Here's the underlying physiology behind how these exercises produce these cool and addictive changes to your tongue and jaws:
1. Reducing forward head posture:
Every time you do these stretches, you're releasing "locks" that keep your head forward. Your shoulders rolled forward. And your upper and lower body misaligned.
The further forward your head comes from the midline of your body, the harder it is for your tongue to work.
2. Your posture affects your tongue
When your head position changes, it IMMEDIATELY changes your tongue position. Most people feel the tongue is better able to suction up to the palate, because forward head posture has been reduced.
As you improve your posture, your tongue is immediately better able to suction up to your palate. This is why these exercises can produce such an immediate feeling of change. (same)
3. Your tongue affects your face
Just as they became WORSE from the tongue not being there, as the tongue position improves, you'll see the changes in your jaw. Just like hundreds of our members have.
How the Program Works
For the first 30 days - we introduce one follow along exercise routine per day. You'll learn each of the ALIGN exercises one by one, experimenting with them. Experiencing them. And recording the changes you feel.
30-Days of Experimentation
Every day for 30 days, you will receive a follow along exercise routine.
A Journey Through The Body
Each week progressively moves through the body, to unlock various parts of your posture that may be keeping you STUCK.
WEEK 1 - Head and neck balancing routines**
Week 2 - Upper body balancing (vacuum routines)**
Week 3 - Lower Body Balancing**
Week 4 - Core stability
Daily 5 Minute Follow Along Routines
These videos are all "follow along style". All you need to do is play the video and do the exercises as demonstrated by Ryan, and the myofunctional therapist Joe Sigfried.
Gradual Weekly Progressions
Over the 30 days, these videos will systematically, one at a time, walk you through each "tongue balancing" routine in the program.
Everything is not addressed "all at once", or it would be overwhelming. These videos are generally between 10-15 minutes, to encourage you to follow the program all the way through.
Some of what's included inside...
Week 1: Forward head posture and tongue suction
Exercises addressing forward head posture, gradually unlocking your upper body posture with each and every stretch. You'll feel your neck and shoulders "unlock", and you'll likely feel a change under your tongue as well!
Week 2: Asymmetry detection and correction
Week 3: Full Body "Unlocking"
Week 4: The Core Alignment Secret
As you do the routines, we will document which exercises you feel the most immediate change to your tongue position.
Here's how we help you find the most important stretching exercises for you and your specific case:
1 Minute "Align" Prompts
After you finish a routine, there will be guided prompts in the APP to help you reflect on the changes you feel, and mark down the exercises that matter the most for YOU and your specific case.
Determining Your "Align Blueprint"
These prompts also help us detect and record imbalances that YOU FEEL from left to right.
This helps us create your IDEAL program for YOUR specific imbalances.
Imagine, feeling daily improvements?
Remember: the goal of these exercise routines is to feel an IMMEDIATE shift in your underlying tongue position, so that:
It more naturally, evenly, and fully "suctions up" to your palate.
The idea is: after you finish the routine, you feel this cool change taking place! And with 0 Mewing, or conscious effort on your part. You do the routines, and as you stretch, you feel your posture, and tongue suction improving. This can be felt as a sensation under your chin, a "tightening" of your tongue, and pressing more easily on your palate.
When the tongue suctions up more fully (AND EVENLY), it has immediate and longer-term benefits.
30 Day GOAL
Life AFTER the ALign program
Here is our goal outcome for after you finish the ALIGN program:
1. You have a set of exercises you KNOW produce immediate, and COOL changes to your tognue, that you can feel
2. You know WHICH exercises work the best for your specific jaw/body/tongue.
So that...
IF you just continue doing the exercises every day, you know you're improving consistently, and reaching a new personal best each day.
From there, here's how you'll continue doing the exercises and seeing results
CHOOSE YOUR PERSONALIZED ROUTINES
You'll keep doing the routines where you feel the biggest change in your tongue after you do them.
These results become cumulative if you do them day after day.
Custom Routines for Every Case!
We make this easy for you. With 40+ routines to choose from, and custom routines recommended to you based on your Align Blueprint.
Also Included:
120+ Exercise Database
With over 120+ exercises to help align your posture and body, you can just press play and experiment, learn, and follow along with Ryan to do individual exercises as you wish
Educational Modules: Learn While You Improve
You'll receive a weekly educational module from Ryan, and the professionals he's worked with along the way.
That way - you can understand the methodology behind the exercises. Why we are doing them, and what you should be feeling along the way
Access Your Routines on Any Device
You'll be able to access your routines on any smartphone, tablet, or computer for ease of use.
This Program will NOT work for everyone
It's important before you join to understand:
Some people may not be able to get a full result from these exercises alone.
This is particularly the case if you have a very narrow palate, severe tongue tie restriction, more drastic asymmetrical case. In other words: for some people the jaws being too small is a real restriction, and needs to be addressed directly.
This is especially true for cases of more extreme facial asymmetry and canting, or for very narrow palates, severe tongue ties, or extractions.
In these cases, you can proceed to more advanced techniques such as thumb pulling in our supervised programs.
However, it is still a requirement to start with posture. Here's why:
Why We ALWAYS Start with Posture
Posture is the low-hanging fruit.
We start our programs always with posture for these 3 reasons:
1. Many people can see changes in symmetry and tongue posture from JUST posture alone
So starting with posture makes sense. Many people are able to fully balance their tongue posture, and asymmetry, from just working on posture alone.
2. Posture Improvement is the low-hanging fruit.
Most people have some sort of postural imbalance. And reducing those is the fastest way to improve your tongue position.
So start there..
3. Posture, then tongue, then palate
Once your posture improves, it will be easier to make improvements using thumb pulling and myofunctional therapy.
However ignoring your posture is like skipping a step. When you do move to more advanced exercises, you will get less benefit from them, and there will be more risk of something going wrong.
This is why ALF practitioners always have their clients see osteopaths/bodyworkers BEFORE they begin treatment. Improving your alignment sets you up for success.
3. Least Invasive to Most Invasive
The reason I'm such a big fan of exercises, is because they're extremely "non-invasive". Meaning, you can try them, and if they don't work for you... You just stop.
Often orthodontic or surgical procedures are not so simple to "undo" once you go down that path.
3. Starting with posture is the safest option
And out of all the potential exercises, posture are the LEAST invasive. Meaning,they're generally the safest to do. You can feel your body changing and improving, and thedownside risk is very small compared to other, more advanced routines, that require more specialized support and guidance from us.
3. Once you improve your posture, and learn the exercises, you'll be set up to continue with the next phase
These routines will ALWAYS be a core part of your program - even if you start using thumb pulling to expand the upper and lower jaws. So it's critical to learn them first regardless, and give yourself the time to experiment and learn your own body.
As in, even if you do want to use thumb pulling, myofunctional therapy, or even ALF appliances, which are potential next steps, we always start with posture. The immediate and incremental gains from doing daily ALIGN posture improvement routines can be amazing. And they will also set you up moving forward.
Start Improving Today!
Ready to get started? Great! The earlier you begin improving the better, because you can experience more and more results over time. When you register for the program, you will get access to the following:
- 30 day ALIGN journey, including modules for forward head posture rounded shoulders and kyphosis, asymmetry, and full body alignment
- Daily 5 minute follow along routines to experience and learn all exercises
- Building program to learn the exercises gradually week by week
- Your bodies "align blueprint" from daily feedback prompts
- And 1 year access to:
- Custom routine for your specific blueprint type
- Exercise database with 120+ exercise videos
- Educational modules from course creator
You will also get access to the mobile app - where every day we make it easy for you to know exactly which exercises to do. We will also tailor the routines to you.
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1 Full Year Access to the Program
This program was created from Ryan's 10+ years of experience working with and learning from amazing professionals, including dentists, osteopaths, and more.
When you sign up - you will have 1 full year access to all the material, modules, and exercise routines.
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You also have a 14-day money back guarantee, so you can try them for yourself, and see the effects first-hand.
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100% Risk Free 30 Day Trial
We are so confident in the methodology of this online program, that if you do not get results we will give you a full refund. The program works, plain and simple.
If you do not feel improvements in your tongue and body posture after 30 days, simply reach out to us and we will give you a refund, no questions asked.
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If you have any questions or concerns about starting the online program, please e-mail us at ryan@bestfacefwd.com
4 MONTHS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
How would you feel knowing you're improving every day? Waking up with better tongue posture, and having the feeling of excitement that comes from knowing you're improving?
On the flip side, if you don't do this program - you may miss out on improved tongue posture now, and more important the future benefits that come from it.
If you improve your tongue posture today, you will look better tomorrow. Even more so next month, and even more so next year. The efforts you put in by doing this program, will follow you through your life.
These are the benefits we are talking about:
- Improve your tongue posture every day
- Breathe better through your nose, feel healthier
- Make your lips, cheeks, and facial features more attractive
- Improve your facial structure over time
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4 Monthly Payments of $57
If you have any questions or concerns about starting the online program, please e-mail us at ryan@bestfacefwd.com
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How is this different from Mewing?
The problem with Mewing, is it's asking you to exert conscious control over somehting that our bodies ALREADY control subconsciously. Our tongue's have a certain resting position and function. When you go to sleep every night, yuor tongue goes to this position. To try and force it, generally only causes tension, anxiety, and increased sympathetic tone. This program is completely different because we are using exercises to level up the resting position of your tongue. So without you trying, you are "Mewing" differently, and better. And that is the goal. Nobody with ideal tongue position and facial structure ever had to "do Mewing" to get there. The tongue knows what to do, if we release the restrictions to it doing so, and functioning how it knows how to. That is the goal of this program, daily, small, levelling up, incremental improvements to your tongue posture that you can feel immediately after you finish doing the routines.
What changes can I expect from this program?
There is obviously no "guaranteed" results, because everyone is different, and it's important to do the right exercises for you, and your body. With that being said, the goal of these exercises is to feel immediate improvements. And I mean IMMEDIATE improvements. As in, right after you finish the exercises for that day, you feel a change. As you do each exercise, you feel more and more of an improvement. What improvements you ask? Here are the most notable, and most important:
1. A change in your "resting tongue posture". This is the biggest one I noticed when I started doing them. RIGHT AFTER you finish the exercises, you feel your tongue is "different". It's more easily, and fully suctioning up to your palate. This happens because as your posture improves, it makes it easier for your tongue to work correctly. Your tongue knows what to do. You just need to remove the restrictions to it doing so. In this program, we do this with the daily exercises. So you'll likely feel:
- Your swallowing pattern is slightly different, and more improved. Your tongue is suctioning up to your palate more fully. Your under chin area may look tighter, and your jaw may look more defined.
- Your posture will likely improve very quickly. Your neck and trap area may feel more relaxed, and look more attractive as well.
What about expansion and bone growth?
If you improve your tongue position on your palate, so that it's pressing against your maxilla more fully, especially the inside of your pre-maxilla behind the first 6 teeth, then your maxilla is likely to expand, and you'll see this change visually in the mirror. This is the second order consequence. Meaning, the first and most important change, is your resting tongue position, and posture. If that tongue position improves, and stays in an improved position, your jaws will expand over time. How long? It really depends. However if you feel the change in tongue, you will see the change in your jaws, and in our experience, this happens very rapidly if a true change is achieved.
What about for fixing asymmetry?
This program is designed to help fix asymmetry. Because facial asymmetry is almost always connected to a full body alignment issue. When the jaws are uneven, it is almost always caused by the tongue being uneven, and pushing unevenly on your upper palate. As you improve your tongue balance through the posture exercises, you can feel your tongue pressing more on the weaker side of your jaw, and face, and therefore expand it, and bring it out and forward in 3-dimensions. Fixing asymmetry is one of the main use cases for this program. Although again, not guaranteed, and varies depending on your case.
What if it doesn't work?
If you feel 0 changes or improvements to your posture or tongue position, you can get a fully refund within the 14 day period.
Also, if you choose to stay Ryan can help you figure out exactly what may be limiting your results, or potential other exercises you can do, or treatments/appliances you can try.
What Happens Next?
After you enrol in the program - you will be sent to a page with a personal video message from Ryan and the course creators.
Then we will send you a survey to determine your baseline, or starting point. This is so we can help you get the best results possible out of the program.
You will be able to login to the app and watch introductory videos - the exercise program will start the day after you register. Look forward to having you in the program.