Introduction
It’s no secret that we girls tend to be very concerned about aging and its effects on our appearance. Often times this concern drives us down a crazy path of anxiety, insecurity, and invasive anti aging cosmetic procedures.
However, understanding what’s really behind the common signs of aging in our faces can be key to slowing them down naturally, and even reversing them to an extent!
Understanding Facial Muscles
The muscles in our face are divided into depressors and elevators. Unfortunately, these muscles are prone to spasming.
Facial muscle spasms are the leading cause of unwanted wrinkles and facial sagging. Understanding this is essential to creating an effective anti aging routine. The tense muscles also compress blood vessels, hindering oxygen and nutrient-rich blood flow to the muscle fibers. This leads to swelling and stretching of our facial tissue.
Why Does My Face Spasm?
Emotional Stress
Our facial muscles are extremely sensitive to emotional stress. Even if you’re the type to keep a straight face and hide your emotions - your facial muscles are prone to involuntary micro-movements and excessive activity.
Muscle Tension
Tension in our neck and back is connected to facial muscle spasms. Especially in today’s day and age, many of us spend long hours working on a computer or hunched over our phones - both of which greatly contribute to a tight neck and back. As a result, our facial muscles suffer as well.
How Can I Stop Facial Muscle Spasms?
Relaxing Your Muscles
The first thing to focus on is relaxing your neck. As I just mentioned, a tight neck has a negative domino effect on our facial muscles, so fixing the tightness is key.
When trying to improve our appearance and reduce signs of aging, we can’t just focus on the obvious problem zones. That’s because our body is interconnected by fascia from head to toe. This might come as a surprise, but aging often starts from the feet and works its way up!
Face Yoga
Face Yoga or, in other words, self-massaging your face is a fantastic way to reduce fascial muscle tightness and spasms. Face Yoga also often involves working with other areas of the body, like the neck, to improve our health and appearance.
Even a quick, 10-minute daily face yoga routine can vastly improve your appearance and make you look younger if done consistently. That's why it has become a staple in many women's anti aging routines in recent years.
The world of Face Yoga can be quite confusing. Knowing which exercises you need, and if you’re doing them correctly are common problems people come across. If you’d like to learn more about Face Yoga and how you can use it to take years off your face, visit our Instagram page for free tutorials or check out my Youthful You 2.0 program if you want the fast-track to a more youthful and radiant you.
Stress Management
It’s crucial to manage your stress levels and keep them low, if possible. Taking on a more positive view of stressful situations can help a lot!
Among other things, physical exercise is one of the best ways to reduce stress, so make sure to do some exercise throughout the week.
Proactive Aging: Fixing the Problem
As I said before, our body is interconnected by fascia from head to toe. The bad news is that if one part of your body is in poor health, others will likely be negatively affected.
BUT the good news is that Face Yoga takes advantage of this connection in our body, and uses it to improve our overall health, slow signs of aging, and even help us look younger & and get our glow back!
That’s why I got into it. It’s a natural alternative to Botox, Facelifts, or other invasive procedures, and all you need is your hands and some consistency. If you’re like I was, self-conscious about your appearance and facial aging, but you don’t want to go down the route of surgeries and needles - give it a shot!
Conclusion
Unraveling the mystery connection behind facial aging and muscle spasms gives us a natural and effective remedy with Face Yoga. We can sidestep unnatural, invasive procedures by prioritizing relaxation, stress management, and Face Yoga.
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