THE BUZZ - FACE YOGA - NUTRITIONAL SKIN CARE

Can the same principles that work to provide stress relief, improved circulation and muscle tone to your body be applied to your most visible feature, your face?

More and more the evidence is pointing in that direction.  Yoga for you body in general is a great stress reliever. And the more you can relax your body the lines in your face relax too.  Yoga works because of specific breathing techniques.

Most people’s breathing is unconsciously very shallow, making it impossible to deliver enough oxygen to all the vital organs. Conscious breathing is deep, slow and begins in the lower belly, not in the chest, and can be done anytime, anywhere...

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Sit up straight. Try closing your eyes and slowly inhale through your nose, puffing your belly up. Next, feel your diaphragm expand and then your lungs. When exhaling, empty your lungs first, then your diaphragm and finally your belly. At the end of the exhale you want to contract your belly tightly, squeezing out that last bit of air.

This breath should be done to a count of four

• Four counts breathing in
• Four counts holding your breath
• Four counts exhaling

Do this conscious breathing technique four times.  With every exhale imagine letting go of any tension you may be feeling. Just allow it to melt away like butter, into your breath - By the fourth breath you will feel a wave of relaxation flood your body. Your neck, shoulders and back will feel the most noticeable immediate relaxing results.

So the conscious breath is the most important part of yoga. It is combined with certain postures or asanas for a relaxing and renewing whole body experience.  And many people believe that by applying these simple principles to your face will help to avoid plastic surgery. The thought is that by stimulating the glands in the neck, which are the thyroid and parathyroid, which helps to balance the hormones, that your skin will retain it’s relaxed unlined state.

 

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• #1 THE TONGUE LOCK - curl your tongue as far as you can into the back of your throat while staring cross-eyed at the tip of your nose, and BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE
  
  The result will be improved circulation, which is rejuvenating

• #2 THE EYELID LIFT - Close your eyes and stretch your upper lids as high as you can, and let your eyeballs roll up into your head, and BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE
   
• #3 LIP LINE REDUCTION - Puff out your top lip with air, then your bottom lip, then do both together, kind of like you’re blowing up a balloon and BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE

These techniques are not a one time transforming event. The practice of yoga is a lifetime and lifestyle commitment.  Incorporating these exercises into a daily routine will pay dividends in the long run, giving you more energy, sense of well being and calmer more relaxed body and mind, resulting in less facial wrinkles and lines.