Most people wouldn't think the tongue has much to do with their emotional regulation, but according to Jules Horn , the unique method can work wonders.
In a video shared to his Instagram that's now gone viral, the somatic healer can be seen standing behind a child, who has her arms crossed. Holding a cloth towel, Horn has her tongue in between his fingers.
"They’re not acting out, their body is," he wrote in the caption. "And all it needs is release. So many of us learned to hold it all in."
"We were told to be strong, to stop crying, to keep going. And that’s how the body became the storage for everything the heart couldn’t express," continued Horn. "Children feel it too. When they can’t focus, sleep, or calm down, it’s not misbehavior."
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's