If you practiced every yoga in existence except for facial yoga, then no, you haven’t been taking care of your skin the right way, sorry. That’s right, face yoga is an essential ritual you must add to your beauty routine. It doesn’t just help relaxation, it also replenishes your skin and your facial muscles, gifting your skin with a beautiful shine, smoothing out all the creases. It became very popular in the US because its results are similar to those you get from Botox, only, it doesn’t involve surgery.
Aveda gave me the chance to follow a class with Silvia Salvarani, personal trainer and facial yoga coach — a true facial yoga expert. The first thing that she felt she should remind us of was that our personality and our emotions tend to change the skin on our face: thinking negatively and looking thoughtful creates tension on our face, and this is where lines come from. So, the first — and most important — step is to get up and SMILE. Smiling doesn’t involve any physical exertion, all it involves is being happy and feeling good: smiling is also proven to be good for your health, since it encourages endorphin production, decreases your blood pressure and slows down your heartbeat, while stimulating your creativity and giving you an extra energy boost. So… Remember to smile more! The second step is preparing and warming up your hands: rub them together until you feel the heat, and place them on your eyes, to shelter them...