Face Yoga Introductory Course Week 1

The transcription provides instructions for facial exercises to strengthen and tone various muscles in the face. It starts with exercises for the eyes, then moves on to a total facelift exercise, and concludes with exercises for the jaw and chin. The exercises involve specific hand placements and movements, along with breathing techniques, to target and activate the desired muscles. The goal of these exercises is to improve muscle strength, reduce tension, and enhance facial appearance. Starting with cat eyes, we'll take the heel of our hand, placing them on the temples, palm and at the corner of the brow, lifting diagonally back and up, drawing the frontalis and temporalis muscles up, squeezing the eyes together, squeezing the brows together to create resistance and opposite resistance. We're holding for 30 seconds, we're lifting the muscles up, squeezing the eyes together to strengthen the muscles around the eyes, smoothing out the forehead, lengthening the masseter along the side of the face in front of the ear, relax the neck and shoulders and release. We're going to do that again, heel of the hand at the temples, end of the hand on the brow, pulling diagonally back and up, squeezing the eyes together, feeling the resistance and opposite resistance, breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth, relax the neck and shoulders, relax the lower face, breathing deeply, feeling the stretch in the side of the face, lifting the brow, lifting the frontalis, lifting the temporalis and release. We'll do that one more time, heel of the hand on the temple, not on the cheek, not over the eye, just right at the tail of the brow, lifting diagonally back and up, squeezing the eyes together, making sure you're breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth, relaxing the lower face, relaxing the neck and shoulders, holding for 30 seconds, really feeling those eyes trying to squeeze together, but we're lifting the other muscles up so you're feeling that resistance and strengthening and release. Now we're going on to total facelift. You can sweep out any stagnant fluids that we may have released, long and narrow O, lips over the teeth, feeling the stretch, long and narrow O as much as possible, cheeks up, this may take a few times to really learn how to isolate, fingers at the corners of the eye to prevent wrinkles, eyes closed and rotated backwards, this strengthens that muscle under the eyes and also releases stagnant fluid around the eyes, relaxing the forehead, we're really helping to lift the cheeks, strengthen the cheeks and release. This is going to help with nasolabial folds, long and narrow O, lips over the teeth, cheeks up, lifting as much as you can, fingers at the temples, close the eyes, rotate them backwards. If you're feeling a lot of tension or if you have a lot of tension in your jaw, it may take a while before you can really lengthen, so only go as far as what's comfortable. Don't hurt yourself. It takes time to release that tension. We're really working all the muscles of the face and neck with this exercise, really activating all those muscles, long and narrow O, lips over the teeth, cheeks up. You can try to lift the corners of your mouth in order to really get the cheeks up, but you want to keep your O as long and narrow as possible. Fingers at the temples to prevent wrinkles from when you lift your cheeks. Close your eyes. Rotate the eyes backwards. This really strengthens the muscle around the eye. It helps with vision. We get a lot of blood flow here, so you may have blurry eyes with some of these exercises from rotating the eyes backwards. Rotating the eyes backwards, make sure your forehead is relaxed and release. Tap to release any tension, any fluid that may be released, and guide it downward. Now we're moving on to bye-bye double chin. This is going to help the jaw, smile, bottom lip over the bottom teeth, chin and jaw forward, lengthening, and we're placing the fingers at the corners to prevent wrinkles. Eyes are closed. Rotate it backwards. Cheeks up, corners of the mouth to the ears. Chin and jaw are pushing forward, so your muscles are moving in opposite directions to create that resistance to strengthen the chin, strengthen the jaw, tone the neck. We're working all the muscles of the chin. This is going to help with marionette lines, and release and tap. Again, this may feel tender for those of you with tight jaws, bottom lip over the bottom teeth, chin and jaw forward, lengthening. Cheeks up, corners of the mouth to the ears. Fingers at the corners of the mouth to prevent wrinkles. We're not pressing. We're just lightly placing the fingers. You can tilt your head back slightly just for a little more lengthening in the neck. Forehead relaxed. Eyes rotated backwards, looking to the back of the skull, and tap. One more time. Smile. Bottom lip over the bottom teeth, chin and jaw pushing forward, fingers at the corners. Cheeks up, holding for 30 seconds. Really feeling those cheeks burning, feeling the muscles strengthening, relaxing the neck and shoulders, relaxing the forehead, breathing in through the nose, out through the nose, and release.