Women Can Reduce Wrinkles by Doing Facial Yoga
Plastic surgery and botox both help to reduce facial wrinkles and worry lines,
but recently some New Yorkers are turning to practicing facial yoga in order to
achieve a youthful appearance.
Annelise Hagen, a Manhatten yoga
instructor, recently released a book called, The Yoga Face: Eliminate Wrinkles
with the Ultimate Natural Facelift. She said she developed a workshop using
facial yoga because women wanted to eliminate facial wrinkles, but they weren't
really thinking about how to exercise their facial muscles." She said facial
muscles become weak and flabby and need regular workouts and circulation to
reduce wrinkles. "It uses the same principles of exercise you would use for any
other parts of your body," Hagen said. Facial muscles also become more toned
through facial yoga, so it is a natural way of getting a face lift.
Hagen
recommends facial yoga for those wanting to find outer and inner beauty, saying,
"the emotional aspect is just as important as the physiological." But she does
not rule out plastic surgery or Botox for facial wrinkles. "I don't rule it out
for myself. One day I may feel like I need that. But regardless, maintaining
elasticity and tone is really crucial, especially if you have already had Botox
and plastic surgery," she said.
While making faces in front of strangers
might intimidate some, those who attended the yoga class thought it the perfect
way to combat their busy New York lifestyles.