These exercises target the facial muscles to reduce signs of aging.
## Facial Yoga Exercises:
### 1. Forehead Wrinkle Prevention Exercise:
– **How to do it**: Clench both hands into fists and place your knuckles on your forehead. Gently glide your knuckles across your forehead, starting from the center and moving outwards towards your temples.
– **Repetitions**: Do this at least 6 times to smooth out wrinkles and crow’s feet on your forehead.
### 2. Eye Wrinkle Reduction Exercise:
– **How to do it**: Place your index and middle fingers at the outer corners of your eyes. Gently spread your fingers apart, pulling at a 45-degree angle towards the back of your head until your eyes are gently squinted. Focus your eyes on a distant point and hold this position for 5 seconds before relaxing.
– **Repetitions**: Perform this exercise two more times.
Facial yoga is a wonderful way to maintain a youthful appearance.
### 3. Eye Area Firming Exercise:
– **How to do it**: Place your thumbs near your ears and your index fingers below your eyes. Open your mouth wide and look up at the ceiling, keeping your eyes open. Hold this position for 10 seconds, then release.
– **Eye Blink Exercise**: Close your left eye while keeping your right eye open. Look up at the ceiling with your open eye. Hold for 5-10 seconds, breathing normally. Repeat the exercise, closing your right eye and opening your left eye.
– **Repetitions**: Do this 3 times.
### 4. Comprehensive Facial Exercise:
– **Forehead and Eyebrows**: Place your hands on your forehead, spreading your fingers between your hairline and eyebrows. Gently glide your fingers from the center of your forehead outwards. Repeat this movement 5-10 times. Then, place your middle and index fingers at the inner corners of your eyebrows. Press firmly, then slightly spread your fingers apart and repeat 5-10 times.
– **Cheekbones**: Take a deep breath and exhale through your mouth, making an “ah” sound. Close your mouth and pull your lips towards your teeth as if you’re smiling with a closed mouth. Suck in your cheeks towards your teeth, creating a fish-like face. Hold this position for 5-10 seconds, then release. Repeat 5-10 times.
– **Puffer Fish Exercise**: Inhale, filling your mouth with air, and close your mouth tightly so that your cheeks puff out. Move the air to the right side of your mouth, then to the left, and finally, up and down. Hold the air in each position for 5 seconds, feeling the resistance in your cheeks and upper and lower lips.
### 5. Face Slimming Exercise:
– **How to do it**: Take a deep breath and exhale slowly. Inhale again and puff out both cheeks with air. Use your index and middle fingers to gently press your cheeks in towards your teeth. Hold this position for 5-10 seconds, then release and exhale.
– **Repetitions**: Do this 10 times.
### 6. Jaw Exercise:
– **How to do it**: Inhale deeply through your nose, then curl your tongue and touch your palate, right behind your front teeth. Exhale slowly through your nose, keeping your tongue in this position. Hold your breath for a few seconds, maintaining tongue contact with the palate, then release your tongue and exhale completely. Repeat this cycle of inhaling, holding your breath, and exhaling, gradually increasing the duration as you feel comfortable.
### 7. Lip Plumping Exercise:
– **How to do it**: Sit down and tilt your head back, pursing your lips together tightly. Lean your body forward and hold this position for at least 10 seconds, then release.
– **Repetitions**: Perform this exercise 5 times regularly for effective results.
