Posture Your Tongue for Better (Spiritual) Health
Your tongue is much more than just an instrument for speech or eating, prompting some to ask:
Have you ever thought about how your tongue could be affecting your posture even all the way down to your feet?
What if something as simple as where your tongue rests in your mouth could influence your body’s alignment, balance, and even breathing?
The tongue is more than just a muscle for speaking and eating, it’s deeply connected to the body through fascia, an intricate web of connective tissue that links the tongue to the feet.
It's true. An internet query of a growing body of research reveals that the position of your tongue can influence your posture, balance, breathing, and even facial structure. Here's some of the ways tongue posture can affect your overall health:
POSTURE
- Muscle Tension: Your tongue is connected to muscles in your jaw, neck, and even your shoulders. Poor tongue posture (e.g., pressing against your teeth or lying flat at the bottom of your mouth) can create tension in these areas, leading to misalignment like slouched shoulders or forward head posture.
- Spinal Alignment: When your tongue rests properly — on the roof of your mouth just behind your front teeth — it helps stabilize the head and neck, which supports better spinal posture.
BALANCE
- Proprioception Boost: Proper tongue posture may enhance proprioception — your body's ability to sense its position in space. This can improve balance and stability, especially in people with vestibular disorders.
- Sensory Substitution: The tongue can deliver balance-related signals to the brain, directly affect equilibrium.
BREATHING
- Airway Support: A tongue resting low in the mouth can block the airway, leading to shallow breathing. Proper tongue posture opens the airway, encouraging nasal breathing and better oxygen intake.
FACIAL STRUCTURE
Palate Development: Especially in children and young adults, resting the tongue against the roof of the mouth helps shape the palate and support facial symmetry. Poor posture can lead to a narrower palate and less prominent cheekbones over time.
So, much research has been done, supporting the theory that the tongue is much more key to the body's overall health than previously realized, again prompting some to ask,
"Could improving tongue posture be the missing key to better posture, core strength, and overall movement efficiency?"
*Click here to watch a video on proper tongue posture.
Well, well, well. Perhaps science is lagging a bit behind Scripture when it comes to realizing the immense importance and power of the tongue — well, maybe not physically, but certainly spiritually!
We are told variously throughout the Scriptures of this and so much more:
"So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. ... But no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison" (James 3:5-6,8, ESV).
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits" (Proverbs 18:21, ESV).
"If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless" (James 1:26, ESV).
"A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit" (Proverbs 15:4, ESV).
Our tongues must take the proper "spritual" posture, or else they can ruin the health of the entire body, and worse, they can be used as a weapon to ruin others! Prompting one to ask ...
"Could improving spiritual tongue posture be the missing key to better health, core strength, and overall spiritual maturity and efficiency?"
"When There Is No News" God's Presence Is Constant
On April 18, 1930, the BBC announced, “There is no news.”
On April 18, 1930, nothing at all newsworthy occurred — at least according to the BBC. At the start of its regular news broadcast at 8:45 p.m., the BBC announced, “Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news.” This unexpected declaration was followed by 15 minutes of piano music, before the radio station resumed its broadcast of Wagner’s opera Parsifal.
In our fast-paced, information-saturated world, it might be hard to imagine a day when literally nothing made the news. But even on that date so long ago, the stunning announcement, “There is no news,” took everyone by surprise.
Now, think about that for a moment. An entire global news agency, tasked with informing the public, had nothing to report. No headlines. No drama. No crisis. Just ... silence and a little music.
That moment reminds me a lot of the seasons in our spiritual lives when it seems like nothing is happening. We read our Bibles, we pray, we go to church—but we don’t feel goosebumps or hear God speak loudly. It’s tempting to think, “God must not be doing anything in my life right now.”
But friends, silence doesn’t mean absence! Just because the headlines of our lives feel quiet doesn't mean God isn't at work behind the scenes. Some of God’s greatest work is done in the stillness.
Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God."
It doesn’t say, “Be busy,” or “Make some noise.” It says, “Be still.”
In those quiet seasons, God is still sovereign. He’s still shaping you, preparing you, guiding you—even when there’s “no news.”
So the next time your life feels silent, and heaven seems quiet, remember: Just because you don’t see it or hear it, it doesn’t mean God isn’t doing something powerful.
"For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him" (Psalms 62:5, ESV).
Perfecting the Heart Transplant
The first successful heart transplant was achieved in 1967, but it would take decades for medical science and skilled practitioners to advance the success of the procedure. One such skilled practioner was Dr. Zbigniew Religa of Poland. Religa dedicated his career to transforming Poland's outdated healthcare system.
A now famous picture Religa captures his exhaustion amidst the tangled aftermath of a 23 hour long heart transplant surgergy (a surgery thought nearly impossible in Poland at the time).
As one Facebook poster observes:
This image does more than document a surgical milestone; it invites viewers into the intense reality of the operating room, where science and human spirit collide. It speaks to the sacrifices and unyielding commitment behind medical miracles. The photograph became iconic because it revealed not just the triumph of transplant surgery, but the deep exhaustion and hope that fuel such extraordinary moments. It is a timeless tribute to those who dedicate their lives to saving others, often at great personal cost.
The picture captures perfectly the effort, the exhaustion, the skill, and the ability of this pioneering heart surgeon. And the operation was a great success. The patient, Tadeusz Żytkiewicz, lived until 2017 ... 30 years post surgery!
Dr. Religa, as others both before and after him, have been hailed as medical saviors.
What a picture, and what an accomplishment. Yet with all Dr. Religa's skill — his effort, his commitment — his patient still died.
Truth is, we are all desperately in need of a heart transplant. But we need more than a medical savior. We need a spiritual heart transplan executed by the Savior of our souls — the one who accomplished what was once thought "impossible," instilling eternal "hope," at "great personal cost."
"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:26, ESV).
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalms 51:10, ESV).
"I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people and I will be their God, for they shall return to me with their whole heart" (Jeremiah 24:7, ESV).
"Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded" (James 4:8, ESV).
And finally, once we have submitted to the Great Physician, asking him to replace our hearts of stone with a new a living heart ...
"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water" (Hebrews 10:22, ESV).
"... in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 3:15, ESV).