Giving Your Face A Lift, Naturally
Facial Exercises for Health and Beauty
Like any body part, your face can benefit from regular exercise. By strengthening and firming facial muscles, you can give yourself a natural facelift. The following exercises pull the muscles upward so that the skin looks firm and youthful. And, because facial muscles are small, you'll see improvements quickly.
To get the circulation going, tap lightly from the bridge of your nose upward along your eyebrows and then downward around to your cheekbones. Tap up from the sides of your mouth to each inner eye. Then out from the chin, along the jaw line to each ear. Tap sharply and quickly with the pads of your middle fingers, 20 times in small sections covering the whole face.
You can get your face glowing with an ear massage. Rub your ears in small circles between your index fingers and thumbs. Hold the top rim of your ears and pull upwards. Move down around the rim of the ears pulling gently and massaging. Pull the lobes down slightly and massage for about one minute. Massage all the cervices as well.
Massage your throat by gentle squeezing the skin up and down your throat in gentle circular motions between your thumb and fingers. Firm the jaw line with quick, gentle slaps under the chin. Do this 30 times using the back of your hand.
Face stroking is soothing and relaxing and lifts up your facial muscles. With open palms stoke upwards ten times from your chest to your jaw, alternating hands. Smooth your face with upward from the jaw, over your cheeks and along each side of the nostril. Go gently over the eyes to the forehead. Then go back down the side of the face, repeating five to ten times continuously. Next, with your middle fingers follow the bridge of your nose, out along your eyebrows, down to your cheekbones and back ten times. Then smooth downward from the forehead, holding and pressing lightly for a moment at temples. Go down and come back up along the bridge of the nose. Do this ten times.
To lift the eye area, place the base of your palm, or the pads of your fingertips, against your temples and push upwards. Suck your tongue to the roof of your mouth, making sure to keep your back teeth together. Hold for a count of ten, then slowly release and relax. Work up to a count of 20.
Exercise your mouth and lift lip lines by opening your mouth wide, as if yawning. Pull in the sides of your mouth to form an oval then curve your lips over your teeth. Slowly count to ten, close your mouth leaving you lips 1/2 inch open, feeling an outward pull. Release very slowly.
Cool down by closing your eyes and breathing deeply for a few moments. Just imagine, you're on your way to a more beautiful you in just a few minutes a day!
From DailyOM
Like any body part, your face can benefit from regular exercise. By strengthening and firming facial muscles, you can give yourself a natural facelift. The following exercises pull the muscles upward so that the skin looks firm and youthful. And, because facial muscles are small, you'll see improvements quickly.
To get the circulation going, tap lightly from the bridge of your nose upward along your eyebrows and then downward around to your cheekbones. Tap up from the sides of your mouth to each inner eye. Then out from the chin, along the jaw line to each ear. Tap sharply and quickly with the pads of your middle fingers, 20 times in small sections covering the whole face.
You can get your face glowing with an ear massage. Rub your ears in small circles between your index fingers and thumbs. Hold the top rim of your ears and pull upwards. Move down around the rim of the ears pulling gently and massaging. Pull the lobes down slightly and massage for about one minute. Massage all the cervices as well.
Massage your throat by gentle squeezing the skin up and down your throat in gentle circular motions between your thumb and fingers. Firm the jaw line with quick, gentle slaps under the chin. Do this 30 times using the back of your hand.
Face stroking is soothing and relaxing and lifts up your facial muscles. With open palms stoke upwards ten times from your chest to your jaw, alternating hands. Smooth your face with upward from the jaw, over your cheeks and along each side of the nostril. Go gently over the eyes to the forehead. Then go back down the side of the face, repeating five to ten times continuously. Next, with your middle fingers follow the bridge of your nose, out along your eyebrows, down to your cheekbones and back ten times. Then smooth downward from the forehead, holding and pressing lightly for a moment at temples. Go down and come back up along the bridge of the nose. Do this ten times.
To lift the eye area, place the base of your palm, or the pads of your fingertips, against your temples and push upwards. Suck your tongue to the roof of your mouth, making sure to keep your back teeth together. Hold for a count of ten, then slowly release and relax. Work up to a count of 20.
Exercise your mouth and lift lip lines by opening your mouth wide, as if yawning. Pull in the sides of your mouth to form an oval then curve your lips over your teeth. Slowly count to ten, close your mouth leaving you lips 1/2 inch open, feeling an outward pull. Release very slowly.
Cool down by closing your eyes and breathing deeply for a few moments. Just imagine, you're on your way to a more beautiful you in just a few minutes a day!
From DailyOM
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