Face yoga: how to practice it at home alone

Starting from the beginning, it is best to do face yoga in the evening, after the routine is over. Before starting, it is best to have an oily product applied to the face so as to slide your fingers or tool better.

Why try it

In addition to relaxing and relieving tension, the purpose of the Face Gym is also to stimulate the production of collagen, epidermal elasticity and cell turnover.

The benefits are visible if you are consistent and they are noticeable not only on wrinkles, marks and scars that appear more smoothed but also on the skin, more hydrated and luminous thanks to the stimulation of the lymphatic and blood microcirculation.

Following the Langer Lines

Discoveries in the 19th century by by Karl Langer, Austrian anatomist, Langer’s lines are points of tension in the epidermis where the facial muscle bands are located identified

Performing the massage by following them helps tone, stimulate collagen fibers and microcirculation to make the skin firmer and reduce swelling.

How you do it

Creams and serums must therefore be applied starting from the central part of the face outwards or from the bottom upwardsexerting light pressure with the fingertips, without forgetting the neck and décolleté.

The direction of the lines is in fact from the inside out as regards the lower part of the face, the jaw area, the lips and the cheekbones. In the eye contour area, Langer’s lines instead follow two directions: from the outside to the inside in the area of ​​the bags and dark circles, vice versa under the eyebrow arch.

The lines on the nose instead start from the center of the eyebrows and continue downwards along the nasal septum and to the sides, while those of the forehead follow the direction from the bottom towards the hairline.

Zone by zone, like massaging the face

Face Yoga begins by massaging the lymph nodes located under the ears where fluids and toxins generally accumulate. With the fingers, their activity is stimulated by performing circular movements from the bottom starting from the ear along the entire neck to the collarbone.

Massage the jaw to define the face

We then move on to the mandible so as to define the outline. With your fingers or a tool, start from the center of the chin and, working on each side, slide towards the ear to the hairline. The same movement can also be done starting from the sides of the mouth and nose, always up to the hair.

If you use the tools, the pressure will be higher and the reactivation of the microcirculation and the drainage of liquids more effective.

How to deflate bags and dark circles

In this case, it starts from the tip of the nose and moves externally towards the temples in a delicate way so as to act on water retention. This particular massage can also be performed in the morning as soon as you wake up in order to stimulate circulation.

Another specific massage for the eye contour is what lifts the area making it brighter: fingers in a circle, starting from under the eyebrows and proceeding outwards circularly including the outer corner of the eye, the dark circles, the sides of the nose and then return to the eyebrows. Done gently, the muscles in the area are strengthened and, if done in the morning, you can use the jade roller left overnight in the refrigerator to deflate and awaken your eyes..

For a “level” forehead

It is the area where the horizontal and vertical wrinkles are deepest. With circular movements, we move starting from the eyebrows and going back and forth from the center outwards. Then, you place your thumbs on your temples and your index fingers horizontally next to it and press it up from your eyebrows to your hair. And good relaxation!

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