12 Facial Yoga Poses for Quick Detox and Slimming

by sudaa4t5 on 2012-02-19 15:58:33

Key tip: Urban dwellers experience significant life pressure, compounded by insufficient sleep, and the aftereffects immediately show on their faces—there's no fooling anyone! After cleansing every night or before applying makeup, if you notice facial swelling, you can follow the steps below to massage your face for about ten minutes. The swelling will disappear instantly, toxins will be drained from your face, and your skin will regain its radiance.

Step 1: First, take a coin-sized amount of massage cream with your fingertips, then warm it slightly by rubbing it between your fingertips.

Step 2: Spread the massage cream evenly over your entire face, neck, and around the eyes, using a light touch.

Step 3: Press with the tips of your four fingers from the side of the nose to the cheek muscles near the earlobe, awakening the muscles without too much force.

Step 4: Use the palm of your hand to massage your neck upward from bottom to top, repeating fifteen to twenty times.

Step 5: Push your fingertips from the tip of the nose upward to the center of the eyebrows several times, then slide from the center of the eyebrows to the temples a few more times, pressing the temples for about three seconds.

Step 6: Press the inner corners of the eyes with the tip of your ring finger for three seconds, then slide it to the outer corners of the eyes and back to the inner corners, repeating five to six times.

Step 7: Massage in circular motions with the tip of your ring finger starting from the inner eyebrows to the temples, pressing the temples for three seconds to help relieve eye swelling.

Step 8: Place the "tiger's mouth" area (the space between your thumb and index finger) against your cheeks, pushing horizontally from the side of the nose outward to the ears, repeating six to eight times.

Step 9: Place your middle and ring fingers on the chin's center, sliding along the lips to the philtrum, then horizontally to the ears, massaging the acupoint behind the earlobes, repeating six to eight times.

Step 10: Place the tips of your four fingers along the expression lines, pulling and sliding them toward the ears from inside out, repeating three to five times.

Step 11: Place your palm against the chin, lifting and sliding along the jawline from the bottom up to the ears, pressing the acupoint under the ears on the neck, repeating six to eight times.

Step 12: Again, lift the neck skin with the tips of your four fingers, repeating six to eight times.

Finished! Finally, massage from the jawline down to the clavicle area, repeating six to eight times, to remove toxins from the face.

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