Face Yoga Method: 5 Best Face Yoga Exercises You Should Do Daily

What is face yoga?

Face yoga is a series of targeted facial poses that release tension from overworked face muscles and activate the underworked ones.

Combined with proper body posture and conscious breathing, face yoga is a mind, body, and muscle experience.

When muscles are tense and tight, oxygen flow is restricted, lymphatic fluids and cellular waste get trapped. As a result, nutrients are not able to reach the skin cells, causing slow cell renewal, puffiness, dull and lifeless skin.

Face yoga includes exercises and techniques that help keep the skin healthy, toned and glowing.

FACE YOGA INCLUDES

Face yoga exercises - Exercises that stimulate the muscles, skin, and lymphatic system. This technique is designed to soften and relax your face muscles to help alleviate tension, stress, and worry.

Acupressure techniques - They boost circulation and relieve stress, which can aid in preventing headaches, releasing sinuses, and enhancing the quality of your sleep.

Massage - The face has over 57 muscles, so massaging the face is not just good for applying products, but for moving energy, addressing sinus issues, and reducing puffiness with lymphatic drainage. Additionally, activating your muscles every day can help to impart a more toned appearance in the long term.

Breathing exercises - Breathing exercises like pranayama increase the supply of oxygen, which increases the blood thrush and improves the appearance of skin. It also detoxifies blood which results in younger and glowing skin.

Mantra - Chanting mantras results in glowing skin.It also helps in boosting awareness and improving concentration.

Benefits of face yoga

1. Healthy skin metabolism 2. Activates the lymphatic system (nutrients in, cellular waste, and fluids out) 3. Radiant complexion (increase blood circulation) 4. Lifted face line & facial feature 5. Symmetrical feature 6. Youthfulness (Face yoga boosts collagen production) 7. Improved eyesight and delivering a clearer speech 8. Toned facial muscles and reduced double chin 9. A renewed sense of self-awareness and self-love

5 Beginner Face Yoga Moves To Slim & Tone Your Face

These are the best face yoga exercises for beginners:

• Practice the pout pose or poses that stretch the chin and cheeks
• Use facial massage techniques to keep the skin healthy and tone the facial muscles
• Include pranayamas and the mindfulness pose in your practice
• Learn water poses to strengthen the muscles of the face and boost collagen
• Use acupressure points to stimulate the muscles in the face.

The above poses and exercises are also considered as face yoga exercises for double chin and face yoga for jawline.

Best Face Yoga Poses For Glowing Skin

• The balloon pose: this helps stretch and strengthen the face muscles and restores or increases blood supply in the face.
• Fish pose: strengthens and tones the muscles in the face
• Breathing techniques or pranayamas can detoxify the body and give you glowing skin
• Facial rejuvenation massage: Helps reduce fat and tone the facial muscles
• Face tapping : Relaxes the face completely.

SARVA tips for face yoga:

• Start your face yoga practice with an experienced yoga teacher
• Be disciplined with your practice
• Develop a skincare routine and follow it diligently
• Figure out what works for you
• Address the external and internal causes that might be affecting your and skin