In essence, establishing a regular Face Yoga practice helps us to quickly identify and acknowledge our ‘stress triggers’ as they appear, giving us the opportunity to choose how we respond to them.
It might be, that we ignore the feelings and end up with stored tension. For example, above our brow and in our shoulders which, eventually manifests as a headache a few days later! Or, it might be we choose to ask: Why I am feeling like this? Whilst consciously dropping our shoulders, releasing the muscles of our forehead and taking a couple of deep breaths to acknowledge the emotion, but also letting it pass and affirm to ourselves that we’re OK. Often this can take us out of our comfort zone, (which, maybe is the reason we’re being triggered in the firstplace!) And gives us an opportunity to tune into ourselves and do some personal development work.
Face Yoga as a whole practice includes facial exercises, massage, acupressure, relaxation, visualisation and affirmations, making it a completely holistic practice for mind, body and soul. By using Face Yoga to release stress related tension, we can visibly achieve healthier and younger looking skin, increased feelings of happiness (becuase we’re less stressed) and a huge boost in confidence.