Yawn.
pop your ears · relax · just breathe
pop your ears · relax · just breathe
Yawning is one of the most effective ways to equalize ear pressure during flights and altitude changes. Yawn. uses carefully selected yawning videos to trigger the yawn reflex through mirror neurons — the same brain mechanism that makes you yawn when you see someone else yawn.
Mirror neurons in your brain activate when you observe actions performed by others. Yawning is one of the most contagious human behaviors — seeing, hearing, or even reading about yawning is enough to trigger the same response. This cross-species empathy even works with animals yawning, which is why our Animals mode includes a variety of species to deepen the stimulus.
When you yawn, the Eustachian tube opens briefly, allowing air to flow between the middle ear and the back of your throat. This equalizes the pressure difference that causes that uncomfortable plugged feeling during takeoff, landing, and rapid altitude changes.
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