A baby’s life force energy is fresh, unstressed, and free. Still unaffected by the world we live in, the baby rolls around, kicking and waving at the air, making all sorts of sounds, uninhibited by nature. The ‘force is strong’ with them. They sleep with their mouths closed and their tongues touching the roofs of their mouths.

 The life force of an old person approaching their last days is weak, hesitant, and thin. Worn down by the years, they move slowly, limbs stiff, voices soft, inhibited by age itself. They sleep with their mouths open and their tongues lying flat in the bottom of their mouths. 

The strong life force of the sleeping baby ‘pulls’ the tongue up against the roof of the mouth, making a connection between the energy that runs up the spine and over the top of the head, and the energy that runs up the front through the chest and neck to the tip of the tongue. The ‘strong force’ works like a magnet, drawing up the tongue and closing the mouth.

In the old person the energy isn’t strong anymore, and the mouth falls open when they aren’t keeping it closed consciously.

Want to hold onto the strong effects of the ‘force’? Develop the habit of keeping your tongue gently pressed to the roof of your mouth whenever you aren’t talking. Where, exactly? Right where your tongue would be if you were about to create the sound for the letter L. This is also the position used for the Breathing Technique.