Yoga for the face: 5 simple exercises that will eliminate wrinkles

In fact, yoga for wrinkles is not only a work with the face, but also with the whole body, because everything in our body is interconnected. Sometimes the first wrinkles or a change in the shape of the face are not about our age at all, but about a violation of posture or a pinch in the shoulder area. Therefore, here you need to use an integrated approach and work equally with the face, neck, shoulders, chest and the entire spine.

Take air into your mouth and shake it from side to side, then in a circle, pumping it all over the inside of your mouth. Next, puff out your lips and massage your cheeks, palate and inner lips with your tongue. Now massage your ears, starting at the earlobes and working upwards, in gentle circular motions. You will be surprised, but there are many biologically active points on our ears, kneading which we start several processes in the body at once. In addition, this technique improves blood circulation in the face, warms up, helps to wake up and cheer up. In order to finally prepare for the beginning of the main complex, properly rub your palms, get a feeling of warmth in them and with gentle tapping movements of your fingertips, go over your face, neck, nape, hair.

With your right hand, rest on the right side of the head and start pressing gently, and with your head, create resistance, as if pushing your hand back. Do this movement for several breaths, then repeat on the other side of the head and the back of the head. This exercise is very important, because a strong and healthy neck is the basis of a beautiful face.

This exercise tones all the muscles, relieves tension and smoothes the delicate skin around the eyes, leaving the look fresh and radiant. Close your eyes, direct your gaze between the eyebrows, then direct your eyeballs left and right without opening your eyes (10 times in each direction). Try to make conscious movements, bring your eyes to the side as much as possible. After directing the eyeballs up and down also 10 times. And finish with circular movements, let it be full circles with maximum amplitude. Then open your eyes, put the middle finger under the eyebrow and the index finger above the eyebrow, pull the eyebrows slightly upwards (the main thing is not to stretch the eyebrows too much, so as not to stretch the delicate skin of the contour eyes) . Now look at the tip of your nose, close your eyelids and keep your gaze between your eyebrows. Stay in this position for 5 breaths, then open your eyes and, without removing your fingers from your eyebrows, repeat the exercise several times.

The following exercises tone the muscles of the cheeks and cheekbones, tighten the oval of the face, smooth wrinkles and help prevent the appearance of new ones. With your mouth closed, make several rotational movements with your tongue in a circle, capturing the inner surface of the cheeks and lips. Do 10 circular movements, then repeat the same on the other side. Now puff out your cheeks and start tapping them lightly with your fingers. At the same time, try to push the air a little higher and do tapping movements a little more actively. Then relax and rest. After a pause, open your mouth so that the oval looks like the letter “O”. Place your index fingers under your eyes at the top of your cheekbones and try to smile (you should feel your cheeks pushing your fingers up). Completing the exercise, walk with gentle pinching movements over the entire surface of the cheeks and cheekbones.

The formation of wrinkles is associated with gravity, so to fool physics and nature itself, do “inverted” postures. Spread your legs as far as you can stretch. Push your hips out, stretch forward parallel to the floor, and lower your head. If the head does not reach the ground, then you can place special “yoga bricks” on it, or just a stack of books. Stay in this position as long as you feel comfortable, then carefully, without sudden movements, “raise” your legs and straighten your body.