crown of your head

Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high.

Lift the crown of your head toward the ceiling.

Put your palms together, extending to the crown of your head.

Lengthen up through your spine, all the way through the crown of your head.

Looking into his eyes, I said: "I, your father, anoint the crown of your head with the soil of Africa.

Do not float toward the heavens when the same patronising person places a hand on the crown of your head and breathes compliments into your vulnerable ear.

They have an upside-down witch's hat that they put right on the crown of your head and pour all their hopes and desires into it, all their expectations.

Your eyelashes were burned away, as was a patch of hair at the crown of your head, and the effect was to make you look comical-a clown surprised in the act of sleeping.

But if, like Queequeg and me in the bed, the tip of your nose or the crown of your head be slightly chilled, why then, indeed, in the general consciousness you feel most delightfully and unmistakably warm.

If you are unable to relax your mind, Meditate on (name of protective figure) Meditate on your friends (name) Think of them with profound love and trust, As overshadowing the crown of your head.

In the Decca, Georg Solti recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Niebelungen there's a passage in which Fafnir roars-and on headphones the sound seems to move up from your throat to the crown of your head.