Yoga is an organic approach to improving one’s wellness.Face yoga is a contemporary concept that provides a non-invasive approach to strengthening face muscles and enhancing your daily skincare routine. Face yoga includes exercises and massage techniques that relieve tension from the facial muscles and can improve the quality and brightness of your skin. The benefits of this practice have been briefly discussed below:

• 1. Face Yoga helps smooth the skin and reduces the incidence of wrinkles.
• 2. The acupressure and massage techniques improve the skin’s firmness by regulating and toning the facial muscles.
• 3. Face yoga helps in increasing blood flow in the face enhances skin glow and reduces puffiness in the cheeks around the eyes.
• 4. Face yoga induces lymphatic drainage that detoxifies the skin and brightens our complexion. It also rids our face of any sort of spots or dark circles.
• 5. Induces relaxation of the facial muscles as well as promotes mental peace.

When it comes to incorporating face yoga into your daily skincare routine, regular practice can be of great benefit due to the following reasons:

• 1. Face yoga promotes a sense of mindfulness.
• 2. Regular practice of face yoga complements the use of products and enhances their effects.
• 3. Face yoga improves skin elasticity and resilience which inturn reduces the incidence of wrinkles.

2. Step-by-Step Guide to Adding Face Yoga to Your Routine

Face Yoga involves many facial exercises and massage techniques that, when incorporated into your skincare routine, can bring about magnificent results. However, it is important to maintain a morning and evening routine and practice it religiously for the best results.

Morning routine:
The morning routine should stimulate facial muscles that will energize the face and give it a refreshed look. Exercises for a morning routine have been mentioned below:

• The cheek lifter – This exercise requires you to open your mouth and form an “O” whilst trying to smile so that your upper lip is positioned over your teeth. Lift your cheeks with the help of your finger and hold for 5 seconds. Repeat this exercise 5 to 6 times.
• Benefit: Lifts the cheeks to give better definition.
• Forehead Lift – Place your fingers on your forehead and push them upwards towards your hairline. At the same time raise your eyebrows to intensify the massage. Repeat the process 5 to 6 times.
• Benefit: Wakes the upper face and reduces wrinkles on the forehead.
• Jawline Sculpting – Tilt your head back and move your lower jaw forward. Hold the position for 5 seconds as you feel the stretch.
• Benefit: Improves jawline definition.

o Evening routine:
The evening routine should focus on relaxation and lymphatic drainage.

• Jaw massage – Apply gentle pressure with your knuckles as you massage your jawline from your chin to your ears.
• Benefit: Promotes lymphatic drainage and relieves tension in the jaw muscles.
• Eye Soother – Close your eyes and gently massage your temple region for one or two minutes.
• Benefit: Relaxes the region around the eyes and rduces puffiness.
• Eye Lift – Gently place your fingers beneath your brows and lift slightly as you raise them. Hold for five seconds and repeat.

Benefit: Reduces eye drooping.
It is important to remember to breathe during the poractice of these exercises as the oxygenation of the body will improve blood flow to the face.

o Combining Face Yoga with cleansing and moisturizing.
Incorporating face yoga into your daily skincare routine can be of great benefit as it will enhance the effects of the products your are using. Steps for incorporating yoga into your skin care routine have been mentioned below:

• Start of with cleansing where you massage your cleanser into the skin with circular motions around your cheek, jawline and forehead regions.
• Benefit: This improves blood circulation and helps the skin absorb the product better.
• The move on to the use of a serum that will be massaged into certain targetted areas of the skin. Use a tapping movement for the serum after which you massage those areas with an outward rubbing movement.
• Benefit: Induces lymphatic drainage and allows the product to seep into the targetted areas.

The last step is moiturization which is to be applied to the entire face with upward and outwards strokes to stimulate facial muscles. You can also incorporate some face yoga exercises here like the cheek lift or jawline sculptor.
Benefit: Enhances the absorption of the moiturizer and keeps the skin hydrated.
Make sure that these exercises are practiced daily so as to generate best results and dont forget to focus on your movement and breathing the entire time.

3. How to Fit Face Yoga into a Busy Schedule

Finding the time to practice everyday can be a difficult task but like any other discipline, it must become a living reality for you to ensure best results. There are many ways to incorporate face yoga into your daily routine and some of them have been mentioned below:

Time-saving tips for doing Face Yoga throughout the day.

• Practice in short sessions of 5 to 10 mins in the morning and another short session in the evening.
• You can incorporate and targeted practice where you focus on certain areas of the face like the cheeks or jawline.
• Set alarms or reminders to discipline yourself.

Incorporating Face Yoga while doing other daily activities.

• You can practice a cheek toner exercise (Fill air in your mouth) or jawline squeeze (Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth) while driving.
• You can practice face yoga whilst watching TV at home.
• You can take short breaks at your work desk to practice face yoga.

4. Tools and Products to Enhance Your Routine

Suggested skincare products to use after Face Yoga.
Serums – Serums will help with heydrating the skin. Some recommnded serums are hyaluronic acid or peptides. Using these products post face yoga will increase absorption.
Moisturizers – Use a thick moisturizer or face oil to keep your skin hydrated and suppleness intact.

Optional tools.
Using a Jade Roller after face yoga can further improve blood circulation in the face and reduce puffiness.
Gua Sha Stones are great for a deeper massage which enhances lymphatic drainage and relaxes the facial muscles thus making the skin glow.

5. Conclusion

On a concluding note, face yoga is a daily simple practice that can seamlessly fit into your daily skincare routine. All it takes is 10 minutes of your day and some will power to ensure the best results