What makes a healthy skin
Over the last few months, we have looked at four of the five pillars of face yoga: exercise, massage, acupressure, and meditation. There is one final pillar to consider when looking a ‘what makes a healthy skin’ – wellness and lifestyle. The terms ‘wellness’ and ‘lifestyle’ encompass a vast array of subjects but, in a nutshell, […]
The Magic of Meditation
When you are not doing anything at all – bodily, mentally, on no level – when all activity has ceased and you simply are, just being, that’s what meditation is. You cannot do it, you cannot practice it; you have only to understand it. – Osho When you hear the word ‘meditation’ how does it […]
The beauty of facial massage
Facial massage is one of the five pillars of a full-face yoga practice. The others are exercise, energy work, relaxation and lifestyle. In my blog last month we looked at the benefits of energy work in a face yoga practice. Here we take a look a facial massage. Why do Face massage? The second pillar, […]
Energy Work & Face Yoga
Here in the West, if we follow a ‘spiritual path’, we often talk about the aura, the chakras and the meridians but do we really understand this energy system and how important a balanced one is to our health? Every living thing radiates an energy, and it is known by many different names around the […]
Pushed for time? 3 ways to practice face yoga…
Here in the western world be always seem, to be pushed for time, rushing here and there. In addition to managing ourselves, there are the kids, the partner, the house, the job… is it any wonder we often put our health needs to one side? When it comes to health, I often hear people say, […]
It’s time to Pro-Age…
I was reminded of a lovely turn of phrase today – “I’m Pro-age” It made me recall a story I once heard. A 98-year-old lady was telling her daughter that she was having trouble getting youngsters interested in the weekly tea dance she organised at the local community centre. Her daughter asked her what she […]
Small Steps to a Healthy Lifestyle
When people look at my before and current photographs the first thing they notice is the weight loss. Although losing 4 stone has been a significant part of my journey to a healthy lifestyle, it isn’t what I want to focus on here. Life sends you lemons… I have suffered from Chronic illness for all […]
The health benefits of a Face Yoga practise…
How I found Face Yoga… In 2018 my brother got married. This event was a defining moment in my life as it was the thing that finally made me take control of my weight and my health. It took just over 9 months for me to lose 4 stone (56lb). As you can imagine I […]