Following diets and regular exercise helps to tighten the body and put its shape in order. But most often, the contours of the face do not feel these changes: puffy cheeks and a double chin just don’t want to go away. Continuing the series of articles on yoga for health, we will talk about this in more detail.
Today, yoga is extremely popular for putting the body in order, but few people know that there is also facial yoga. Sets of exercises give tremendous results after just a month of classes with minimal effort and time. In addition, I would like to note that facial yoga can be practiced not only at home but also at work.
Features of Facial Exercises
Facial yoga originated in India. The practice owes its worldwide popularity to Annelise Hagen. It was this American instructor who introduced the Western civilization to it.
You should not overdo it with training facial muscles. This can lead to the exact opposite of the expected effect. Particular attention should be paid to people with weak and fragile blood vessels of the facial skin.
Exercises for Lifting the Face
It is better to start getting acquainted with facial yoga with a basic set of exercises. It will help you learn what facial massage is in practice and prepare you for getting acquainted with more complex complexes.
During classes, you need to feel comfortable and not be constrained. During training, the face can take on various grimaces, which look a little strange from the outside. Therefore, some people prefer to practice alone.
Exercises to Strengthen Facial Muscles
By performing this set of exercises daily, you can see significant changes after just a week. So, the following exercises will help strengthen your facial muscles.
- Hot Ball - this exercise is aimed at preventing and correcting sagging cheeks, it also helps smooth wrinkles in the nasolabial triangle and correct the chin line: take air into your mouth; move this “ball” of air clockwise, then counterclockwise; repeat 5-7 times.
- Movements of the chin in different directions will help to remove the second chin and improve the shape of the lower part of the face: push the chin forward as much as possible and fix it for a few seconds; pull the chin in as much as possible and press it against your chest, fix it for a few seconds; then the movement first to the left, then to the right, with a short fixation in each position; 5-7 repetitions of the cycle.
- Charging for the cheeks in the form of muscle tension with closed lips and teeth improves blood circulation, helps strengthen the neck muscles and correct the oval of the face: on the exhale, clench your lips and teeth, straining your cheek muscles, fix for a few seconds; on the inhale, completely relax; repeat 5-7 times.
- Helps to tighten the cheeks and chin, as well as improve complexion Air Kiss: stretch your lips forward and hold for 10-20 seconds; then relax your muscles; repeat 5-7 times.
- The following exercise will help with bags and bruises under the eyes: False Wink: strain the muscles with which you wink, but while keeping your eye open, fix the position for a short time; repeat 5-7 times with each eye.
Before starting classes, it is recommended to cleanse the skin of the face from dirt and cosmetics. For this, only natural components should be used. But do not use a scrub or apply a mask before training.
Being successful, healthy, and beautiful is a lifestyle that is trending today. Practicing, known since ancient times to Indian ancestors, will help maintain not only the body in good shape but also the face. Regular classes will help restore the contours of the face, remove wrinkles and refresh its color.
Vitaly
I have been practicing Yoga for a long time. My body became toned, but I had problems with my face, as with age there are many wrinkles, it sags a little. I thought I was getting old, but then the trainer gave me a technique for the face. The technique was, as written in the article, the same exercises. And I did them at work and it doesn't take time and brings benefits. I began to feel that the skin is becoming taut. And after two months, there were much fewer wrinkles, the skin does not sag, as if I rejuvenated by 5 years. And I started practicing Facial Yoga constantly.
Lapteva Tatyana Matveevna
A very interesting and useful article, I enjoyed reading it. While reading, I did some facial exercises. Until now, I did not know that there is facial yoga. The exercises are interesting and easy, so doing them is a pleasure. Yes, yoga is a very necessary and useful gymnastics, it helps the body, face, and soul to become more beautiful and better.
Alina
Very interesting exercises, I learned about facial yoga for the first time. Before that, I was only familiar with facial gymnastics. I am sure that with sufficient skin hydration and a balanced diet, facial yoga gives a good effect.