Face yoga works on all the three layers of the skin, resulting in improved blood circulation. The result is a skin that is nourished and healthy from the outside as well as inside. Try these simple funny face yoga exercise to relax your facial muscles and attain a healthy face.
1. Eye Massage Exercise
Make fists with your hands, holding your thumb finger upright. Close your eyes and gently massage them using each of your thumbs. 1 If you want to make it even more effective, try scrunching up your eyes and releasing them repeatedly.
How Does It Work?
- It releases the tension in the muscles around your eye, thus getting rid of dark circles.
2. Blinking Eye Exercise
Open your eyes as wide as you can exposing the whites. Then squeeze your eyes shut, and open them wide again. Repeat this for three to four minutes until your eyes start to water.2
How Does It Work?
- By doing this, you will be exercising the muscles around your eyes and forehead. This improves your eyesight and may also help you get rid of your spectacles over time!
3. Cheek Exercise
Take a deep breath and hold it in your mouth by puffing your cheeks. Hold the breath in for eight to ten seconds, before exhaling through your mouth.3
How Does It Work?
- This exercise strengthens your cheek muscle and prevents them from becoming hollow or loose. It also gives you toned and plump cheeks.
4. Mouth Exercise
Give a broad and bright smile, while stretching your mouth as wide as you can. Now pull your lips together into a pout and air-kiss. Repeat this process for twenty to twenty-five times.4
How Does It Work?
- By doing this, you will be exercising the muscles around your lips and cheeks. It brightens up your face while giving you a pink blush and charming smile.
5. Chin Exercise
Hold the lower part of your chin with both your thumbs, pressing it in. Slowly, tilt your head upwards only with the force applied by the thumbs on your chin. Do this exercise for two to three minutes.
How Does It work?
- Doing this regularly with give you a well defined jaw and helps you get rid of a double chin.
6. Push And Pull: Eyebrow Exercise
Hold your eyebrows such that you can push and pull them from the centre towards the end of you eyebrows. Do this for three to four minutes. 5
How does it work?
- It massages your eyebrow area, relieving stress. It also relaxes you.
7. Ear Exercise
Hold the bottom of your earlobes, and pull them down, like that of an apologetic gesture. Assume this stance for thirty seconds. For the next thirty seconds, hold your earlobes by pulling them outward. Continue holding them and rotate them clockwise and anti-clockwise for 30 seconds each. 6
How does it work?
- This two minute exercise releases tension in the facial muscles. It is also said to bring awareness. Perhaps, apologizing is not that bad after all!
Why Opt For Funny Face Yoga
Similar to all the other forms of yoga, funny face yoga also shows results with continuous practice. With continuous practice, your face will look a lot fresher and younger.
It is cheaper than cosmetic surgery, and a lot more natural. You can gain the benefits of expensive creams with just targeted exercise.
Face yoga eliminates the necessity to opt for expensive and artificial cosmetics with often leaves your skin more prone to damage. The exercises strengthen the face muscles, and give a toned look to your face by removing the double chin. Most importantly, funny face yoga makes you laugh and gives you a good dose of endorphins. Also, some proponents of funny face yoga claim that it has anti-ageing benefits.
Aren’t these a whole lot of benefits you can derive from just being funny?
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