Anti-Aging Miracle: No More Needles or Doctors

Written on February 11, 2008 by Holly · Filed under Health & Fitness

facial yoga For many people who are worried about aging, wrinkles or laugh lines, Botox and plastic surgery have been quick and easy fixes for most on the path to looking their best. But now, for those who are petrified of needles (such as myself–it’s a phobia,) don’t like doctors or don’t like the idea of plastic surgery, yoga enthusiasts are now swearing by a new way to not only look younger, but to fee younger and better about your appearance.

Facial Yoga has been deemed the natural Botox and is being used by many yoga enthusiasts as a daily exercise. By making theatrical expressions and stretching and training your face in your daily exercise routine, in your spare time or while doing household tasks, within as little as a few session you can start to see not only the lines on your forehead and under your eyes fading, but you can also see the stress that most people carry in their faces cease.

Annelise Hagen, author of The Yoga Face: Eliminate Wrinkles with the Ultimate Natural Facelift, conducts weekly facial yoga classes and developed her own facial yoga techniques that she teaches to her clients.

Hagen’s facial exercises include the Smiling Fish (purse your lips and smile slightly), the Marilyn (blow kisses while keeping your forehead smooth) and the Satchmo (puff out your face and transfer air from cheek to cheek).

Not only can yoga make you look and feel better about yourself and your appearance, it has also been used to train injured faces to move again after an injury or stroke and is also said to help sharpen your mind by Rose Hong Tran, a yoga instructor in Houston. Above all, it can help bring out that inner child in you that doesn’t get to come out and play very often. Making theatrical and hilarious faces in the mirror can do wonders for your spirit.

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  1. Claire on February 12th, 2008 at 5:53 am

    facial exercises are a great way to keep your face looking young. More people should do them!

  2. neil strauss on February 12th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

    All these celebrities doing botox is not good. If only they did some facial yoga, they could save some money as well as accidental errors.

  3. Cynthia - Editor: Best Registry Cleaner on February 13th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Wow, facial yoga?? Geez. I’m behind…I was about to start regular yoga.

  4. HappyCamper on February 14th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    Yeah, where have I been?!! THis sounds amazing and I am eager to start. However, I may feel more comfortable practicing facial yoga in the privacy of my own home!

  5. InnovationLuggage on February 15th, 2008 at 1:10 am

    I have heard about this new innovative surgery-less way to reduce aging and wrinkles. It’s hard to believe that stretching and training your face could actually reduce aging, but I do know that Face-yoga is rapidly gaining in popularity. All I can say is that it definitely couldn’t hurt to try it and if it means avoiding surgery or Botox, that’s certainly a good thing!

  6. fat loss 4 idiots review on February 15th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Actually this is much better than botox for obvious reasons!

  7. Chevy Camaro Girl on February 15th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    I’m skeptic, but I would be surprised if it helps. I mean natural working out of the body is good for your skin, so I guess working out your face must be also good for your skin.

  8. miss wheelchair on February 19th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Very interesting, facial yoga. I love regular yoga with all the benefits, strength, and relaxation it gives me, but I’ve never heard of Facial Yoga till now. I’ll look into it more. Thanks for sharing. :)

  9. Arm Kandi on February 29th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    I have heard that exercising the face in an incorrect way does more harm than good and I would be concerned that I wasn’t performing the exercises correctly.

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  10. Jen - cosmetic surgery forum on April 13th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    This is an excellent book and the techniques really do work! Definitely required reading for any woman who wants a little lift/toning without getting work done.

  11. Yvonne - Wrinkle Cream Reviews on April 16th, 2008 at 8:35 am

    Hm, I’m quite skeptical about facial exercises. Most dermatologists agree that by moving your face so much you will only create more wrinkles. Although it can indeed decrease sagginess. Just be careful that you don’t do anything that causes strain on the existing wrinkles or lines. Will check out the book though!

  12. PC Speed Up on May 1st, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    My wife is a firm believer in facial exercises. Not that I am biased, but I can see an improvement in the 8 months or so she has been doing it. :)
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  13. Josefin on May 1st, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    I would much rather this over something like botox.

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  14. Ralf on May 8th, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    I like Botox, but I will try this technique

  15. Yoga Toes on May 9th, 2008 at 3:18 am

    I was on the swim team in high school and our coach had us perform visualization exercises before meets. This included ‘facial stretches’ which I see is now so fashionably known as ‘facial yoga.’ Who knew?

  16. Fat Loss 4 Idiots on May 11th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    My wife had similar problems. Botox helped her and the result was fantastic.

  17. Swindon Computer Repair on June 18th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    i always thought moving your face would cause wrinkles, but i guess if you are firming up the muscles underneath the skin that support it then you will end up preventing wrinkles.worth a go!

  18. Vertalen Engels on June 26th, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Generally moving your face does cause wrinkles. Can help with sagging though. Some people use Frownies or (the cheaper version) Scotch Tape just to prevent themselves from frowning and thereby prevent wrinkles.

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