So today we're going to start off
with our marma point. Do a little
bit of pressing and massage on that point,
we're going to move on to some massage
for the cheek area and then we're going
to finish using our Gua Sha. Now if you
don't have a Gua Sha I'll show you
what to do with your hands or you can just
skip that bit at the end. So make sure
you have clean hands, a clean face.
Apply a little bit of plant-based oil or serum
now and then just take your thumbs and
you're going to come to this little
point that is just here, either side of
the nostrils and we're going to breathe
deeply in and out through the nose as we
press this marma point. It's called the
phana mama point and it's very well
renowned for helping with sinus issues,
it's very good for overall helping the
energy, it’s very good for helping to
bring the blood flow and the circulation
to the cheek area and we're using the
thumbs because they're known as the
place in the hands to have the most
prana, so the most energy or, if you’re into
Chinese medicine, you'll know it is
chi and we're going to just pulse.
So just simply pulsing, feeling the skin,
feeling the bone underneath and again
breathing deeply, in through the nose and
out through the nose and, after you've
done your pulses, take your index fingers now
press there and we're going to start
by going in an anti-clockwise direction.
So little circles, really helping with
detoxification. Very, very good again for
helping just to get rid of anything we
don’t want, particularly if they're
related to sinus issues and then we're
going to circle in the other direction,
in the clockwise direction. This really
helps to boost the energy and helps to
strengthen the prana. It's also a very
good point if you get dark circles or
puffiness under the eyes. It's very
renowned for helping with that area too
and then just simply press, hold, it's really lovely to
do this with your eyes closed. So you can
breathe in through the nose and out
through the nose as you do this. One more
deep breath in and lovely deep breath
out. Just bring the hands gently down. So,
seeing as we’re working around this cheek area,
this is where we're going to focus our
massage today. So two fingers and thumb,
you're going to pinch down into the
muscle and, as you come up, do a little
twist. So pinch and twist and you can go
any direction over the cheeks. Just make
sure you're thinking about going the
direction of down rather than pulling
the skin upwards. This is so good for
helping to really bring all the fresh
blood and nutrients and oxygen up to the
skin's surface. It helps to allow the skin
to look look a lot brighter, healthier and more
glowing and really is up to you how long
you do this massage for.
I usually recommend around a minute for this
massage, doing that lovely little twist
at the end just really helping to
increase the energy and you may start to
feel a really nice warmth now. That's such
a good indication that you're helping
with that circulation and your cheeks
are going to look so healthy and radiant after this.
Okay, and then just take your
two index fingers, you’re going to come
from this jawline point up to that phana
marma point that we worked before but
we're going to do tapping upward. So
again, simply tapping up that area.
So don't worry too much about your
technique with this technique. You just
need to really focus on moving upwards.
So don't worry how quickly you're doing
it or how slow you're doing it. And again,
use your breath. This is really helping
again to boost the blood flow, boost the
circulation and it's very good if you've got
any stressful tension in this area as well.
We do hold a lot of stress and tension
here so bring your hands down,
finish off just by taking your Gua Sha
and moving up your cheek area.
If you don't have a Gua Sha,
use your hand and go up like this. So just
simply working up the cheek area.
Lovely healing benefits of the crystal helping
to massage, again boosting the blood
flow, lovely warmth on the cheeks now.
And let's just do a couple more each side, really
just following the contour of your
cheeks and, on the other side, just finish off and
just gently bring your Gua Sha down now.
Thanks for joining me today.