You may have a dedicated yoga routine for your body, but what about your face? Whether it’s dark circles or fine lines, face yoga promises to address it all. “Facial exercises when done regularly help with facial muscles and circulation. They cannot replace good skincare habits, but there are several studies that endorse facial yoga as an effective anti-ageing treatment. “When the muscles are nudged in the right direction, it can prevent sagging, increase blood flow to the face and also improve absorption of any products.

Yoga has a solution for most of our common problems. But can this age-old practice involving numerous yoga poses, mudras, and kriyas has the potential to help get rid of that extra facial fat? 

Belly fat, saggy arms especially after losing weight, love handles, and double chin are the most common concerns about which people become overly cautious. They are the most noticeable personality traits one finds difficult to hide. Especially the facial fat, double chin to be precise, can’t be hidden under the baggy clothes or any such excuse. Some makeup techniques can help to a certain extent or few people even consider surgery to get rid of it. 

A sculpted face, perfect jawline enhances a person’s overall facial appearance, generating good self-esteem due to a presentable personality. Excess weight is one of the culprits causing a double chin. Furthermore, aging causes collagen loss that leads to saggy skin, losing its elasticity. Don’t worry! We are introducing you to the most natural way in form of these top yoga poses to get that enviable perfectly sculpted jawline and cheekbones. 

Can yoga reduce double chin? 
Of course! Practicing facial yoga poses regularly can help you get rid of that embarrassing double chin. And this process doesn’t take much of your time. A daily practice of 15-20 minutes can also do the needful effectively. So why opt for time and money consuming makeup tutorials, or risky surgical processes? Just start practicing facial yoga and enjoy the amazing results. Shiny, glowing, clear skin is an extra add on! 

Here is the list of some yoga poses to say goodbye to the double chin and extra facial fat- 

A sculpted face, perfect jawline enhances a person’s overall facial appearance, generating good self-esteem due to a presentable personality. Excess weight is one of the culprits causing a double chin. Furthermore, aging causes collagen loss that leads to saggy skin, losing its elasticity. Don’t worry! We are introducing you to the most natural way in form of these top yoga poses to get that enviable perfectly sculpted jawline and cheekbones. 

1. Neck Practices
Neck stretches are one of the basic exercises for face jawline and neck. It stimulates the tired muscles and gets the blood flowing.

Helps: Prevent saggy neck and double chin.

How to do neck practices:

• While breath in head goes back and breathing out forward, chin to the chest
• While exhaling bend your head towards the right shoulder, inhale center and exhale to the left shoulder
• While exhaling move your head towards the right shoulder, inhale center and exhale to the left shoulder
• Then circle clock and anti-clock

Frequency for neck stretches: 5 each.

Note: Follow slow movements to help avoid jerks to the delicate neck region.

2. The Pout Pose
Pouting can be good for pictures and a chiseled jaw. Pulling in your cheeks to create a pout will stretch mouth muscles.

Helps: Stretching your cheek muscles and neck creates good blood flow.

How to do the pout pose

• Gently press your lips together and bring the corners of the mouth together.
• Widen your eyes as you feel the stretch in your face.

Frequency for the pout pose: Thrice. Hold each repetition for 10 seconds.

Note: Take it up to 30 seconds for faster results.

3. The Tongue Lock (Jihva Bandha)
Jihva means ‘Tongue.’ This exercise involves stretching the tongue. Jihva Bandha is the opposite of Simha Mudra.

Helps: Stretching the tongue and neck simultaneously reduces fat accumulation.

How to do the tongue lock:

• Touch the tongue to your upper palette, creating a vacuum.
• Slowly open your mouth, keep the tongue intact and tilt your head upwards.
• Release your tongue and close the mouth to break out of the pose.

Frequency for the tongue lock: Thrice. Hold for 20 seconds.

Note: Sit in Vajrasana or upright on a chair to feel the stretch effectively.

4. The Roaring Lion Pose (Simhagarjanasana)
Simhagarjanasana means Roaring Lion pose.

Helps: Erases fine lines and wrinkles. Enhances blood circulation in the face, throat, and brain.  

How to do the lion pose:

• Open your mouth wide.
• Eyes open gazing at the eye brow center.
• Let the tongue out while making the sound of a lion.
• Breathe in while closing your mouth to break out of the pose.

Frequency for the lion pose–– Thrice. Hold the pose for 15-20 seconds.

 

5.  The Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana)
It’s a great practice for the double chin and the back.

Helps: Stretches the neck muscles and improves overall blood circulation in the body.

How to do the cobra pose:

• Lie down on your stomach.
• Breathe in.
• Slide your upper body forward like a rising cobra.
• Take the support of palms faced down near your chest.
• The abdomen and pelvic region should touch the ground.

Frequency for the cobra pose: 5 times. Hold the position for 30 seconds.

Note: Shoulders should be slightly pushed back. Looking upwards will help you feel the stretch in the neck and back.

DARK CIRCLES:
Your eyes aren’t just the window to the soul, but also your health! You see, having dark circles and puffy eyes naturally makes you look under the weather and fatigued. No matter how perfect your skincare routine is—having dark circles and puffiness around the eyes will always add dullness to your face.

Yoga is always good for total health and well-being. For different problems, we do have different method of yoga exercises to follow. Here these postures and workouts keep us away from the aging process of eyes and the surrounding areas, keeping it wrinkles free and also with no dark circles.

Frustrating, isn’t it? But, nothing facial yoga can’t take care of! It might take a little longer to see results but if you practice facial yoga regularly, you will experience its long lasting effects on your under-eye area. The best part of facial yoga is that it can be done anywhere and at any time. You will only need 15 minutes from your daily schedule to practice it.

Try these 3 facial yoga practices that will erase your dark circles and smoothen the puffiness around your eyes:

1. Tap your dark circles away
Place your index and middle finger on the inner side of your eye socket. Press gently for 5 to 10 seconds. Next, start tapping the under-eye region lightly. Go from inside to outside and trace the area in a circular fashion till above your eyebrows. Do 10 to 15 repetitions of this as a part of your facial yoga routine.

Even expensive under-eye patches can’t do what facial yoga for dark circles can.

The tapping action will improve blood circulation in the area, and this improved blood flow will lighten dark circles, making your under-eye area look healthy and youthful.

2.  Use the victory sign to remove puffiness
Make a victory sign using your index and middle finger. Place the index finger on the outer corner of the eye and the middle finger on the inner corner. You will have to perform this exercise for both the eyes simultaneously. Use very light pressure to press your fingers down and look up with your eyeballs.

The trick here is that you cannot wrinkle up your forehead. So, ensure that you keep your forehead absolutely smooth even when you’re looking up. Squint your eyes slightly and hold this for a minimum of 10 seconds. Doing this thrice a day will ensure that you don’t experience puffiness.

3.  Pull back for smooth under-eye skin
Place the index finger on your eyebrow and the middle finger below your eye. Do this for both the eyes. Now, pull the fingers towards the hairline with light pressure on the skin. As you pull the fingers, close the gap between them.

By the time they reach your hairline, there should be no gap between the fingertips. Tap at the hairline slightly. Now, repeat this 3 to 5 times. This will smoothen the skin under your eyes and enhance blood circulation which will lighten the dark circles.