A quick reference for four gentle facial yoga techniques. Keep your movements slow, your pressure light, and stop if anything hurts. For the full step-by-step versions, read Face yoga techniques you can try at home.
At a glance
- Forehead Smoother: a side-bending stretch with fingertips on the temple. Helps release tension in the frontalis, the forehead muscle.
- Neck Stretch: pucker to one side, turn and tilt the head up to about 45 degrees. Hold 3 seconds each side.
- Temple Stretch: palms on the temples, glide up and back, then open into an "O" and lengthen the jaw. Hold 5 seconds, twice.
- Eye Area Release: fingers placed at the outer brow and the temple, light pressure only. Check your form in a mirror.
Good to know
Facial yoga is a calming practice, and research on visible changes is still limited. Support your skin with your hands, avoid creasing and relax between moves.
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