New Delhi: Facial yoga can be extremely beneficial for those who want glowing, youthful skin. It helps to increase blood circulation to the head and face area, which will further aid in naturally beautiful skin tone. Inverted postures can stimulate our nervous system, bring more oxygen and blood flow to the brain, boost our metabolic rate, and up to our energy levels.
Kiss & Smile
Push the lips out as much as you can, as if you are about to kiss, and then smile broadly. Do at least 15 repetitions a day. This exercise works on your cheeks and chin simultaneously.
Benefit: When you use these muscles often and in a specific way, it can improve the downward drift to a youthful jawline and flushed cheeks.
Puff Your Cheeks
Inhale through the mouth and distend the breath from cheek to cheek, then release.
Benefit: These quick and easy movements will strengthen the cheek muscles and prevent them from looking hollow. Do this exercise regularly for lifted and plump cheeks.
Chant ‘Om’ With A Smile
Chanting ‘Om’ calms the mind and relaxes the face muscles. This yogic exercise is the easiest of all of the facial yoga poses. Close your eyes and smile slightly, whilst visualizing the point between your eyebrows, as a balancing locus. As most people frown unconsciously, repeated grimaces of the same can form wrinkles.
Benefit: This pose will help offset those lines and give the skin a glow from within.
Lift Your Eyebrows
Place the index finger of each hand, half-an-inch above the eyebrows. Attempt to lift the eyebrows upward, while pressing them downward with your fingers. Repeat this 10- 12 times, a day.
Benefit: Since our forehead is the first place for the appearance of wrinkles, you can tone those muscles, release tension and reduce the appearance of wrinkles by performing this specific exercise.
Make A Fish Face
Suck in the insides of your cheeks, almost like making a fish face. Hold for a few seconds, keeping your eyes wide open. If your eyes start to water, it signifies the time period for which you can hold this pose. Then you may blink and release the pose.
 Yogic Breathing Exercises
Facial yoga is incomplete without yogic breathing exercises. Respiratory changes affect the skin and body, as well as our moods. For instance, shallow breathing pales the complexion. In today’s day and age, stress continuously disrupts the natural breathing pattern, depleting Prana, the life-giving force.
Benefit: To restore this balance, we recommend deep breathing exercises including abdominal breathing and alternate nostril breathing.
