A few years ago the concept of "yoga" was knownnot all people, but now it is being practiced everywhere, and not in vain. Probably, one knows that yoga with its roots goes back to the past. Today, this activity has many fans around the world, the number of which is increasing day by day.

Especially popular yoga for the face, exerciseswhich are aimed at strengthening and stretching the muscles of the face. Thanks to such activities, the wrinkles are smoothed out and new ones are prevented. Developed exercises, included in the yoga program for the face, return tone to the muscles, which with age are subject to serious changes.

Psychologists say that a person who knows how tomanage his facial expressions, can easily control and his mood. Skin rejuvenation does not come from systematic physical exercises, but from the powerful energy that comes from practicing yoga. Thus, yoga for the face attracts to certain areas of the body the renewing energy of life.

Despite the effectiveness of this technique, yetthere are also its contraindications. People who have skin diseases, in which massage is considered harmful, as well as with fragile blood vessels, yoga for the face is not suitable.

Concentration and tranquility are the mainThe requirements for practicing this complex of exercises. In their absence, yoga will turn into the usual training of the muscles of the face. And as you know, mechanical movements can never affect the human psyche, which is the main task of yoga.

Experts argue that many facial muscles andheads are directly connected with some internal organs of the human body. Therefore, strengthening the muscles of the face, there is a recovery of vital body systems.

Yoga for the face includes such techniques: meditation, self-massage, the technique of perception of one's face on specific parts of it, and at the very end of such exercises relaxation is carried out.

Such exercises can be conducted independently at home, as well as visit specialized centers, where every movement of a person is under the supervision of an instructor.

Yoga for the face has a beneficial effect on the musclesin the evening, so conduct classes better at the end of the day. Before you start training your muscles, you need to perform all the cleansing procedures for the face skin and apply a nourishing cream on it. If the classes are held for the first time, it is advisable to start with a minimum time of 10 minutes.

The main exercises of the yoga program for the face:

  1. Mouth open as wide as possible, tongue to stick out, and eyes to look high up. This exercise improves blood circulation and strengthens the muscles of the face.
  2. Head back, pull out the lips with a tube and try to reach out with your mouth as far as possible. With this exercise, the jaw is strengthened and the contour of the lips is maintained.
  3. To smooth wrinkles between the eyebrows, you need to raise your eyebrows with two fingers and perform stroking movements.
  4. Often the very first age-related manifestationbecomes sagging cheeks. To make their outlines clear, you need to put a lot of air into your mouth, inflating your cheeks, and rolling it from side to side, from top to bottom.
  5. Smooth wrinkles around the eyes can be as follows: press your fingers on the skin of the outer corners of the eyes, while squinting and slightly pulling it.

In addition to the beneficial effect on the muscles of the face,Yoga has a therapeutic effect on the back: the pain in this part of the body is most often associated with muscle stretching. Yoga for the back improves the flow of blood, cleans the body of toxins, supplies the intervertebral disks with the necessary nutrients for their full functioning. Among the yoga classes, such exercises are known that are aimed at improving the back: "cat posture", "grasshopper pose", "child's pose", "pose triangle", "pose corpse."

Many people ask themselves: "How is yoga useful?"First of all, it promotes a person's physical development, but, in addition, it is useful for the soul and mind of the self-developing people who are attracted to it.

Regular yoga classes stabilizeactivity of the cardiovascular system: the pressure is normalized and the risk of strokes and heart attacks decreases. A person constantly engaged in this activity significantly improves posture, strengthens joints, and the spine becomes flexible and even.

Soon after the first lessonsa person has the ability to properly control his own breathing. After all, the central concept of this system of personal development is pranayama - the ability to control breathing. With strong and prolonged stressful loads it is very useful to do yoga: it is able to completely relax all the muscles of a person, charging them with new energy.