the touch.
ONLINE COURSE
The Jaw Edition
June 24 - July 15
THIS EDITION
Jaw, Tongue & Face
Touching Into Softness, Voice &
Inner Ease
June 24, 2026 - July 15, 2026
Live & Guided Online
Awaken the intelligence of your jaw and the subtle pathways it opens through face, breath, and nervous system. In this four-week exploration of self-touch, somatic awareness, and mindful movement, you’ll soften habitual holding, nourish the jaw, face, and throat, and reconnect with the natural ease that emerges when the body feels safe to express.
Through gentle release techniques, facial reflexology, breath, and nervous-system–informed movement rituals, we’ll explore the jaw as a key regulator — a threshold between emotion, voice, and inner orientation.
Whether you’re seeking relief from clenching, grinding, headaches, or facial tension, longing for freer expression and clearer breath, or simply wishing to live with more softness and regulation, this program offers a grounded, embodied path to ease, expression, and inner steadiness.
Why the Jaw Matters
The jaw isn’t only a joint — it is a holding place for stress, emotion, and unspoken tension.
Every day we clench and brace:
✓ when we hold back words
✓ when we endure without expressing
✓ when stress settles into the face and neck
Over time, this tension doesn’t stay local — it shapes how you breathe, speak, and regulate.
Unreleased jaw tension can show up as:
✓ jaw clenching or grinding
✓ headaches and neck tightness
✓ restricted breath and shallow breathing
✓ limited emotional expression
✓ pelvic floor tension
✓ a nervous system that stays on high alert
In this course, we'll explore:
Somatic Jaw, Tongue & Facial Release
Precise self-touch, tongue awareness, facial reflexology, and gentle release techniques to soften tension in the jaw, tongue, face, neck, and throat while supporting circulation, mobility, and ease.
Jaw, Tongue Awareness & Emotional Regulation
Practices to sense subtle holding patterns in the jaw and tongue, work with these structures as gateways to nervous system regulation, and create space for freer breath, voice, expression, and emotional processing.
Movement, Voice & Integration Rituals
Slow, nourishing movement sequences inspired by somatic practice, dance, and Gyrokinesis, combined with gentle vocal and tongue-based explorations to integrate release, support posture, and invite greater ease, vitality, and self-expression throughout the face, throat, and upper body. This highlights the tongue not as an afterthought, but as an essential part of the jaw–throat–voice–nervous system connection that is central to your work.
Weekly Schedule
Practice with me each week and build strength while deepening your relationship with yourself and your body. Each class is offered online at 6 PM (CET/ Berlin time), and you don’t need any equipment other than a stool. Each 75-minute session includes time for Q&A, making space for all your questions.
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Introduction to Multi-Facial Reflexology: Understanding Dien Chan
We kick off by exploring the foundation of multi-facial reflexology and the Dien Chan system. You'll learn the structure of the face and how different zones correspond to the body’s overall health, setting the stage for targeted healing and deeper connection through facial touch.
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The 8-Zone Facial Lymphatic Massage: Releasing Tension & Promoting Flow
This week, we focus on the 8-zone facial lymphatic massage sequences for the face and neck. Using specific touch techniques, you'll learn how to stimulate lymphatic drainage, reduce puffiness, and promote a healthier, more radiant complexion, while fostering relaxation and emotional release.
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The Jaw & The Tongue: Unlocking its Importance and Connection to the Whole Body
We dive into the jaw, understanding its role in both physical tension and emotional expression. You’ll learn techniques to release tension and open the jaw, followed by a full-body exploration of how the jaw connects to the neck, shoulders, and spine, fostering balance and ease throughout your body.
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Facial Movement Tools & Massage Sequences: Deepening the Release
In our final session, we combine facial massage sequences with movement tools, integrating carrier oils to enhance the healing process. You’ll learn the most common and effective sequences for maintaining facial health, releasing emotional tension, and promoting long-term self-care.
Osteopathy x Self-Touch: Precision Meets Embodiment
This course blends the precision of osteopathic insight with the intimacy of mindful self-touch. Osteopathy gives us a deep understanding of structure and nervous system regulation, while self-touch practices help you feel into that structure, release holding, and learn to respond with nuance and presence. Together, they create a path of embodied ease — a process that is both grounded in anatomy and rich in felt experience.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
✓ Jaw Release Techniques
Learn precise, gentle self-touch techniques to soften chronic jaw tension — supporting a lighter, freer feeling in your face and neck.
✓ Facial Reflexology Practices
Stimulate facial reflex points to calm the nervous system, invite relaxation, and support emotional release.
✓ Nervous System Regulation Through Touch
Understand how slow, mindful touch helps your body shift out of stress and into safety and presence.
✓ Breath, Jaw & Voice Connection
Explore how jaw tension influences breathing and expression — and how softening the jaw creates more space for your voice.
✓ Emotional Awareness Through the Body
Develop the ability to sense and meet emotional patterns as they arise in the jaw and face, without forcing or analysis.
✓ Personal Jaw-Care Rituals
Create simple, sustainable rituals you can integrate into daily life to maintain ease, regulation, and self-connection.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AFTER FINISHING THE FULL CYCLE
✓ A Softer Jaw & Face
Less holding and tension in the jaw, face, and mouth.
✓ A Calmer Nervous System
More inner safety, regulation, and ease in daily life.
✓ Freer Breath & Voice
Breathing and speaking feel more spacious and natural.
✓ Reduced Head, Neck & Shoulder Tension
Less physical strain carried in the upper body.
✓ Emotional Fluidity
Emotions move more freely without getting stuck or suppressed.
✓ Grounded Self-Connection
A sense of presence and connection you can return to again and again.
Jaw, Tongue & Face
Touching Into Softness, Voice
& Inner Ease
June 24, 2026 - July 15, 2026
Live & Guided Online
269 EUR
ONE TIME
During the next four weeks, we will release stored tension and experience emotional freedom by awakening the power of your jaw and face. In this transformative 4-week journey, you’ll learn to dissolve blockages, enhance self-expression, and restore balance to your body and mind.
✓ 4 LIVE classes with Q&A sessions
✓ 4 Short practice videos with potent self-massage techniques, movements, and exercises for daily use at home
✓ 3 Meditations
✓ Full replay access for 3 months
✓ Downloadable practice guide
✓ Tools for lifelong self-care
✓ Payment plan available
✓ BONUS: Rose Lip Balm Stick (shipped to your home, EU only)
Videos for Daily Practice
BONUS GIFT
A Sensory Companion
Touch deepens when the senses are involved.
As part of this course, you’ll receive the Rose Lip Balm as a sensory companion to support your jaw and facial self-touch practices.
Applied to the lips, jawline, or fingertips, it offers warmth, glide, and a subtle rose scent that supports presence, nervous system ease, and emotional softening.
Included as a ritual extra with your course enrollment
About Marie-Sophie Kiepe
OSTEOPATH & DESIGNER OF EMBODIED EXPERIENCES
Marie-Sophie is an osteopath, embodiment educator, and founder of the touch.® — a method rooted in the art of Touch, Movement, and Presence. After experiencing chronic pain at a young age due to thrombosis, she devoted her life to studying self-healing and the intelligence of the body. Her approach weaves osteopathic medicine, somatic education, and Daoist and Tibetan energy work into a refined philosophy of embodied care — guiding others to reconnect with themselves through awareness, intimacy, and touch. Read more about her here.
FAQ
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Whether you're completely new to self-touch practices or have some experience, this course is designed to meet you where you are. The techniques are easy to follow and adaptable for all levels.
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Yes! This course addresses both physical and emotional tension. Even if your focus is primarily on relieving physical discomfort, the practices will support relaxation, better alignment, and overall well-being.
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No worries! Each session is recorded, so you can watch and practice at your own pace.
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This online guided live sessions brings you back in balance, whatever you are experiencing right now. It increases circulation, stimulates organ function, helps your body detox and improves sleep. It also has many other potential benefits, such as slowing aging, nourishing your skin or preventing injury. It’s one of the most effective ways to calm modern life-induced anxiety, as well as leaving your skin looking smooth and radiant. It is also a great way to regularly check in with your body and get to know yourself, keeping an eye on changes, understanding your natural rhythms — especially for ovulating women. It is the perfect time to notice any new moles and do breast checks. The Touch – Self Massage Sequences is a supportive way of seeing yourself with all your senses rather than through the often critical way we consider ourselves in the mirror or through photos.
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These online guided live sessions are based on the philosophical approach of Taoism, Tibetan Energywork and Osteopathic Medicine.
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The online guided live sessions are created mainly for every body. However, it is not recommended for a person under treatment or facing a severe illness. Drugs can easily trigger unwanted and dangerous skin reactions on the body when using too much pressure. Physical illnesses weaken the body and increase its sensitivity. We recommend you to seek advice from your personal medical doctor if you are unsure.
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Definitely! This course integrates jaw release techniques, sensual movement, and the precision of osteopathic practices, offering a holistic approach that goes beyond traditional reflexology.
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You will have three months access to the course (until September 2026).
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We will meet each Wednesday at 6pm (Berlin time) for 75min live session where we will go through a sequence of massage techniques and sensual movements. Once you have enrolled you will get access to the content. Furthermore, we will upload a replay after each live session for you, so you can repeat the session afterwards again whenever you have time and space.
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In this online guided sessions, you will find a self massage sequence to help you to get in touch with your body. This online guided sessions has been designed as an inspiration tool but cannot in any case be considered or replace advice from a medical practitioner.
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The beautiful side of crafting natural and holistic self-care rituals is that you don’t need much. You have your hands with you. For this online guided sessions, you will only need a stool, oil, water and a towl.
