Facial Yoga:The New Anti- Aging Craze. Hype or Reality?

Nearly everyone wants to look younger for longer, while everyone wants to look healthy and energetic. Tempted to turn to expensive and risky plastic surgery to make it happen? Hold up! Try face yoga first!

Why Would Anyone Want to Try Yoga for the Face?

Ancient medicine has long taught us that the key to life-long health and beauty is a something that should be an everyday part of life. Just as a vehicle needs fuel and regular maintenance, so does the human body. Skin care can be an expensive form of maintenance so why not start practicing doing a Yoga Facial?  

There are 43 muscles in the face. It takes about 26 muscles to smile and almost double to frown. With tough economic times and other existential threats bringing everyone down, there is a whole lot of frowning happening all across the world. And, thankfully, after the last Video Music Awards, the muscles used to raise eyebrows will be sufficiently exercised. 

Whatever you do with your face often enough will eventually be engraved in it — but unless you're looking forward to looking just like that elderly neighbor who always yells at kids to get off her lawn (complete with a perma-frown), you might want to consider using your facial muscles in a more targeted way.

Yoga is good for the body. Why not try it for your face?

The science of Yoga coincides with the laws of Physics: for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. Wrinkles are nothing more than the result of gravity taking a toll on your face. Marilyn Monroe said it best, ‘Eventually gravity catches up with all of us.’  

Have you ever noticed that a happy person has a glow about them? That glow comes from the muscles in the face being exercised. A good diet, regular exercise, plenty of water, and a way to relive stress is crucial for a long and fruitful life. Unfortunately, the stress and strain of life can start to show up on your face before it affects any other part of the body.  Incorporating Yoga into your daily life will not only improve your core strength, but it will tighten and tone every muscle while also sharpening your mind.

Yoga is good for the mind, body and soul; it exhausts the body so you can quiet your mind. A quiet mind can do wonders for your stress levels and turn frowns upside down. A smile is one way to tighten the nasal labia fold around your mouth.

Why not try to fight gravity using the 18 poses that makes up a Yoga Facial? You have nothing to lose! Here are a few examples of Yoga Facial Exercises:

Lion Face: Improves circulation in the face and releases tension from tight jaws and reduces headaches

Puppet Face: Lifts the lines found between your nose and lips-ideal for smokers

Twist Times Two: Increases the muscle tone of your face

Marilyn: Keeps lips from sagging

Surprise Me: Helps keep the lines smooth across the forehead

Brow Smoother: Smooth the fine lines around the eye

Buddha Face: Strengthens eye muscles and smooths out expression lines

Don’t forget to inhale before the pose and then exhale when you release the pose.