Many people do many things to become physically fit nowadays. Some either go to the gym, some practice yoga and many more. Majority people do workouts to reduce their body fat and get fit from the body only. But, generally, they forget to take care of their face unfortunately. Our face is the first and the foremost body part that gets noticed on the first impression.

It is super important for our face to look good whenever a person takes a look at you. And for that, your face should be slim, attractive and fat free. The on the face generally gets accumulated in the jawline area causing a double layer of chin made of fat cells called as “The Double Chin”.

So, here in this article we are going to discuss about the “Best Face Yoga Exercises to reduce Double Chin” and make your face look slimmer, younger and more attractive as well.

Why the problem of Double Chin occurs…???

1. The problem of double chin can occur due to multiple reasons. Double chin might occur due to the excess fat accumulated in the body making you overweight resulting in double chin.
2. It might happen because of the loosening of the skin due to the ageing process and due to the decreasing elasticity of the skin due to ageing.
3. If you always look into your phone by dropping your head in the downward direction, that might also cause double chin due to bad face posture.
4. If you drink a lot of alcohol and if you are a chain drinker or a chain smoker, so, regular and excessive consumption of alcohol can also make your face puffy resulting in a double chin.
5. A Sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise and poor eating habits are also one of the major reasons for the double chin to happen on somebody’s face.
6. At last, a person can also have a double chin due to a person’s genetic body disorder that has hierarchically passed on from his/her ancestors to a person’s body.

How Yoga helps in reducing Double Chin…???

In yoga, there are some amazing and great face gestures and postures that will surely help you in reducing your double chin and help in making your face look more slimmer and attractive as well.

The gestures that we do in face yoga to reduce double chin like the fish pose, the pout pose and kiss the ceiling pose etc. helps in making more blood to flow towards the skin of your face. As a result, when there is more blood flowing into your face, it gets more oxygen supply. The oxygenated blood flowing towards your face makes your skin more youthful and elastic. Due to the increased blood flow in the face, the temperature of your face also slightly risen ups a little bit.

This slight increase in temperature and rise in heat also speed ups the process of fat burning in your face, chin and neck area.

Face Yoga also has some particular exercises related to stretching and contracting of the facial muscles. Face Yoga Poses like the chin tuck pose and kiss the ceiling pose helps you to stretch your whole facial and neck muscles making them more toned and elastic allowing to shed off and burn the stubborn fat that has been accumulated around your face.

These face yoga stretches also prevents your face muscles to become flabby and loose after the reduction a fat cells.

Face Yoga Exercises to reduce Double Chin

1. The Fish Pose

The Fish Pose is one of the most prominent face poses when it comes to reducing double chin fat or making your face slimmer. In this pose, you make your face and lips like a fish by sucking your cheeks inwardly inside your mouth. This makes your face and lips look like a fish.

Steps for practicing the fish face yoga pose

1. It is very simple to perform this yoga pose.
2. Just gently suck your cheeks into your mouth gently between your teeth, not chewing them but, gently pressing them with your teeth.
3. Open your eyes wide-opened while doing this.
4. Hold this position for 30 seconds in the start.
5. Repeat this practice on a 30 seconds interval for at least 3-5 times.

2. The Chin Tuck Pose

The Chin Tuck Pose is another superb pose when it comes to reducing the size and fat of your double chin. In this pose, you press the accumulated chin fat below your chin between your chin and neck by tucking your chin with your neck.

Steps for practicing the chin tuck face yoga pose

1. First take a deep breath and inhale the fresh air to relax your whole body and face muscles as well.
2. Then try to look down towards your belly button area and try to press your chin with your neck.
3. As you do this, give some good pressure on your chin such that you feel the heat generating between your chin and neck.
4. Hold this position for 30 seconds and then relax by reaching to the normal position.
5. Repeat this pose for at least 3-5 times per session.

3. Kiss the Ceiling Pose

The Kiss the Ceiling Pose is a very interesting face yoga pose as it sounds. It gives a tremendously superb stretch to your chin, cheek and neck muscles making it easier to burn more fat from your double chin and also, it, very actively helps in toning the saggy, loose and flabby muscles and makes them more supple and tight as well.

Steps for practicing the kiss the ceiling face yoga pose

1. To start this face yoga pose, gently look upwards and try to look towards the ceiling of your room.
2. As you look towards the ceiling of your room, make a pout with your lips and lift them gently and try to kiss the ceiling of your room.
3. When you try to kiss the ceiling, you will feel a good stretch on your neck, chin and jawline.
4. Do at least 30 kisses for 30 seconds each.
5. Repeat this process for 3-5 times per session.

Some additional benefits of doing Face Yoga Exercises

Performing Face Yoga Poses also has some additional benefits also, doing face yoga poses can also help in making your skin glow. It will also help in smoothening and tightening up your face and without the use of any outer or additional cosmetic, you will get an unmatchable glow and radiance on your face simply for free without even spending a penny.

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