Face Yoga - Neck & Forehead

This face yoga session will help you enjoy and learn a series of neck exercises engaging the neck and the neck muscles, diminishing the appearance of turkey neck and double chin. On top of that, the forehead massages are extremely beneficial for general tension relief as well as reducing horizontal and longitudinal lines on the forehead.

Transcript

Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello. Welcome to face yoga. Let's begin. Big inhale, Shoulders up. Exhale, Roll them back and down. Two more. Inhale. Inhale. Exhale. One more. Inhale. Beautiful. Now right here. I'm going to. . . Bring um bring uh uh one year towards one shoulder. Now make sure that The shoulders are really back and down, Yeah? And make sure that your chest is as square as possible. You can bring one forearm behind the back, The opposite forearm from where your head is going to be tilted. End. Let's go. So tilt your head to the side as much as possible. Have fingertips on the tip of the ear. And right here, We're going to inhale, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn the head to look at the ceiling. And then exhale, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn to look down. Two more, Please. Inhale, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn, Look up. Exhale, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn, Turn. To look down one more, Inhale. And then slowly, Slowly turn and breathe. Exhale. Inhale, Come to center. Release here oh take a breath big inhale Excel. Let's do the other side. So we're stretching the neck and warming it up at the same time for the exercises that are about to come. Lean ear to the other shoulder. Sensation may be different here, Fingertips on to the tip of the ear. And. We're going to inhale and look up. And then exhale, Chin, Chin, Chin, Chin, Chin to look down. Two more. And here. And then exhale. Last one, Inhale. And then exhale. Inhale, Come to center. And then release. Take another breath here. And. Here we are. It's like we're gonna grimace, Yeah, But so. Big, Big, Wide. Flat smile sort of but then we're going to try to lower the corners of the lips yeah so we're lowering them instead of lifting and check this out we're working the muscles of the neck now go to the end of the collarbones and you can place your index fingers there You're going to notice your muscles working. You can place more fingers. It's up to you. Now. Let's see so rapid movements we're going to do 15 of them and we're going to do three sets breaking to 20 seconds in between. Let's do it. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, Release. This is lifting cheeks as well. It's a really big combo. I can feel it. I'm sure you can too. There's a gap between the teeth. Yeah. So you're not clenching the teeth when you're doing this. Um, And, Um, The, The, Uh, Lips are as flat as possible so that you can go as wide as possible and engage as many muscles as possible here. I'm sure you can feel them when we're, Uh, Doing this and uh yeah i think the 20 seconds are up for the second round rapid quick movements let's do it 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. Release. Take a breath. Oh, Feels good. Very close to beginning the third set so let's go one two three four 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. You like skipping numbers, Don't you? Breathe. Mm-hmm. Ah. All right, So we need. . . We need a little bit of a break between the exercises, So I will explain the next one, It's perfect. We're going to again engage the neck. I think this is called the swan neck or something like that. It has a swan connotation in this exercise. So we're gonna. . . Bring the tongue upward as if we're trying to reach the tip of the nose with it. And we're going to hold that for about 10 seconds, I would say, 10 to 15 seconds. We're going to do three rounds on each side. We're going to engage the neck. We're going to engage all this area. We're going to lift the tongue, So we're going to diminish whatever puffiness and double chin we're having here. We're going to be pulling and diminishing jowls too. There's not much cheek lifting into this exercise but the cheeks will be engaged a little bit too and if you want to work your eyes you can also look up and hold on to the forehead so that you don't get extra lines onto the forehead Let's do it. So. . . Initially. Inhale, Shoulders up, Exhale, Roll them back and down. We're going to turn the head, Lift it slightly, Tongue comes out toward the tip of the nose. You can look up and hold on to the forehead. And we're counting 10 to 15 seconds here. Let's do it. If you want the other forearm behind the lower back to keep the chest as square as possible, That's a good idea too. Let's do it. So it's a big combo, A lot to do. And release. Ah, Smile. Breathe. Hmm, She's not touching. Let's do the other side. So we have three on each side. Forearm behind, Turn, Lift. Tongue up as if you're trying to reach the tip of the nose the shoulder here we're trying to bring it back Hold on to the forehead if you want to. You can close your eyes here. And release, Come back to center. Take a breath. Let it go. Hehehe. Hmm. Big sigh from the puppy. Let's go for the other side. And release. Relax your tongue. And yeah, Just like. And fleece. We have one more round on each side. Just breathe and relax. Cheeks are working as well. Mmm. One more round. Let's do it. Turn left. And ease. Hmm. This is very good for the opening of the jaw as well, This tongue exercise. It does keep your jaw open. And you do get to release tension there just by doing that. To our last, Very, Very last one. Shoulder blades back and down, Lift. And release. Hmm. Take a breath. All right, Perfect. Let's see, Yeah, We did engage the chin here too. Now. . . I wanted to do one more. And. . . Right. This is a little. . . Little hard to do but it will help again this area and working the cheeks and mostly this area and the neck. Let's do it. We're gonna bring the tip of the tongue. Right at the back of the roof of the mouth. Something like that. If we're trying to swallow it and we're going to swallow and we're going to hold for 10 seconds and we're gonna Um. . . We're going to do three. 3, 2, 5, That's 2, 3 And it's going to be, Again, Another jaw opening, Turkey neck toning exercise, And these muscles here, Yeah, Including the cheek muscles. Rolled tongue, Yeah? Place it flat. On the back of the ceiling of the mouth, The roof of the mouth, And we're holding for about 10 seconds and we're swallowing. Don't worry, You're not going to swallow your tongue. And we're swallowing for 10 seconds, Three rounds. Let's do it. Also left in the chin. Slightly and as much as possible. Release. How does it feel? It's a new one for me. But it is, It is. It is quite engaging. Let's do two more sets. Maybe. Ow. We're gonna do another one. So, Last one. You can close your eyes so that your forehead stays. Without extra lines. And release. Yes, Mademoiselle Lulu has been making a lot of noises in the background and. . . Yeah, Not being able to stay stuck. Yes, I know. Let's take a breath here. Hmm. All right, Moving on. We did. And then go back. We did, I can feel my cheeks, So we're gonna go and follow the. The bottom side of the cheekbone. And we're going to go with the thumbs and upward and outward. We're going to massage. So it's sort of one, Two, Three, One, Two, Three with a quiver. And as up, You're going to go down. Okay, There you go. So with a quiver, Just going. Outward. And upward. And we're gonna go for about a minute. So take your time here. The pressure is yours. If your cheeks get red, Don't stress out. And release, Take another breath. It's your go with puppy, I should call it. You're not though. Great. 13. Yeah. Here's your little cat. All right, You go out. So breathing here we're gonna move on to the forehead now I I know you can you can feel your cheeks here Just release. We can just pack a little bit here. I can feel the work already, So. Probably you can too. And release. Breathe. Or the forehead. Bring the fingertips center of the forehead and we're just gonna slide up. If you want to go over the temples you feel that you have extra lines there and you want to smooth them out be extremely gentle at the temples. If you don't worry about the temples, You stop at the temples and you can be as strong as you want to be into this massage. At least 10 times. You can close your eyes and just breathe. And release. Take a breath. Hmm. We're going to massage above the eyebrows so tiny tiny circles, Please not with the nails. So go 15 tiny circles one way and then sort of 15 tiny circles the other way. Next we're gonna go center of the forehead same thing Trying not to press with the nails, We don't want to scratch the skin. And then the other way. And then right at the hairline. Going 15 times. Pressure is yours, You will feel it, You'll feel what you need to do. And please do not clench your teeth here. Relax the jaw. The easiest way to do this is to place the tip of the tongue right above the upper teeth. And let it rest behind the upper teeth. Something like this. Not exaggerated so that you can do this easily. Hold the tongue there. Hold the tip of the tongue there. It's called that fire point. And let's. . . Let it rest behind the upper teeth. This automatically opens the jaw. And if you can train yourself to do this every time, All the time, Except for when you're talking or chewing or sleeping, Of course. This is first of all releasing tension. It's teaching your body to no longer clench your teeth. No longer grinding them at night. It is a wonderful relaxant for the brain. I remember to do this all the time. When I'm driving, When I'm. . . Stressed I always just put the tip of the tongue there, Let it rest there, It opens my jaw, It releases tension and I find myself smiling so and it's wonderful and the more you do it the more you're out of the clenching teeth, Grinding teeth situation. It really works for me. A few years ago I was still grinding my teeth at night and also pretty much all the time like I said when you're not chewing talking or sleeping try to have it there and it will eventually automatically set itself over there. So it's a really, Really easy and amazing technique to release tension and Be happy in this area. We're going to tap and take a big breath in first. Let it go. From the hairline, We're going to tap, Tap, Tap all the way to the collarbones. Breathe. And release, Take another breath. Ah, Let it go. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for taking this practice with me. Wishing everyone well, Wishing you and all yours a fantastic day. Remainder of the day. Wonderful, Wonderful weekend and lots and lots and lots of health, Joy, Peace, Balance. And so much.