5 Exercises To Do Every Day

Visualization Meditation

Visualize yourself and reflect all the positive qualities and good work you are doing with your Face Yoga practice. Hold those thoughts and foster love for yourself.

Mantra Meditation

Focus on breath, pick a word you would like to reflect such as,

“happiness, beauty, smile, peace, love, or grace” and repeat it as you breathe for several minutes. Know that the word you chose is in you, and you radiate it to the world.

Savasana/Corpse Pose

Corpse pose is an excellent way to reduce stress and it benefits your skin. To practice, relax, and lie flat with legs extended or with your knees up and feet flat on the ground about hip distance apart.

1) Meditation

The aim of this exercise Is to help relax face muscles and tension in the back, shoulders and neck. Practice for 5-10 minutes a day.

2) Conscious Breathing

Practice conscious breathing, described on page 11. Use a timer and breathe deeply following all three steps. Practice for 2-3 minutes a day.

3) Face Yoga Massage

This is a beautiful light massage, through all three zones of the face, helping to stimulate nerves in the face and improve lymphatic flow. o Gently sweep from the center of your chin out to the edge of your jaw with a gentle light touch thinking out and up. Repeat 3 times.

o Gently sweep from the edge of your nose across the cheek bone to the top of your ear with a gentle light touch thinking out and up. Repeat 3 times. o Meet the hands at the center of the forehead and gently sweep out and up toward your temples with a gentle light touch. Repeat 3 times. o Finally start at the temple and with a smooth circular motion guide your fingers down the sides of your face over the jaw and through the sides of your neck toward your collar bone. Repeat 3 times.

4) Ear pull

We practice this simple technique for better circulation in your face. o Gently tug down three times at the base of the ear. o Gently tug out three times on the midsection of your ear. o Gently tug three times on the tip of your ear.

5) Neck stretch

There are a variety of ways to gently stretch the neck, this is just one series that is beneficial to add to our daily practice. o Find your spine tall and shoulders stacked over hips. o From a centered neutral head, gently draw your chin down toward your chest, noticing the back of the neck lengthen. o Take 2-3 deep slow breaths. o Return to the starting position. o From a centered neutral head gently raise your chin toward the sky, noticing the front of the neck open and expand. Take 2-3 deep slow breaths. o Return to the starting position. o From a centered neutral head, gently tilt your right ear toward your right shoulder, noticing the slight tug and stretch of the left side of your neck. Take 2-3 deep slow breaths. o Return to the starting position. o From a centered neutral head, gently tilt your left ear toward your left shoulder, noticing the slight tug and stretch of the right side of your neck.

o Take 2-3 deep slow breaths. o Repeat series 1-3 times.

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