Yoga is not just your practise of a deep or mild stretch
It really is about bringing your breath, your prana
your life force and blood flow to all the
smallest of cells in the body
I am Lamya, your yoga expert on glamrs.com
and am gonna share with you a few poses for glowing skin
Please refrain from doing these poses if you're pregnant
have low or high blood pressure, neck and back issues or migrains
Otherwise, you are good to go
Bhujang asana or cobra pose opens the chest and
reduces fatigue and tension in the body
It releases toxins and revitalises and rejuvenates your skin
This pose brings increased oxygen to the face and
tightens the muscles of your face
Start by lying on your belly,
bring your hands to the side of the chest and keep them flat to the ground
Keep your feet together and your toe-nails to the floor
Now bring your forehead to the earth
and keep your neck straight while doing this
Gently take a breath and as the belly fills with
breath, slowly lift your head, shoulders and chest off the earth
keep rolling the shoulders away from your body
using the strength of your upper body
rather than pushing into your hands
Toe-nails should be pressed firmly down into the floor
Take 5-10 breathes as per your capacity
and then exhale
slowly bring yor chest down and head back to the floor
Repeat 2-5 times for maximum results
The secret of purifying your skin is to take large amounts
of oxygen to the blood vessels of the face
This effectively detoxes the blood giving you that radiance
irrespective of your age
This pose also normalizes hormonal function which is a
cause of a lot of skin issues
Get started by lying on your back with your feet together
and hands relaxed along side the body
Place your hands underneath your hips and bottoms
with your palms facing down
bring the elbows closer towards each other
then while breathing in lift the head and chest up
Keeping the chest elevated, lower the head back and
touch the top of your head to the floor
Press the elbows firmly into the ground
and lift your chest up from in between the shoulder blades
You also wanna keep the thighs and legs to the floor firmly
Hold this pose for as long as you comfortably can
Finally to come out, lift the head lowering the chest and the head to the floor
Bring the hands back alongside the body and
rest for a few minutes, breathe in to the belly before moving on
This posture helps detoxify the body, enhancing your complexion
It also helps to calm the mind, and release stress which of-course leads to happy skin
Sit in a simple cross legged position
Extend the arms so the fingertips touch the mat and
spine is strong, inhale and stretch the right hand all the
way up and lengthen the spine
then as you exhale, twist your left placing the right hand
on the outside of your left knee
Place the left hand on the floor behind you or wrap it all
the way around to the inside of your opposite thigh
If comfortable, turn to look over the left shoulder
take 5-10 breaths
Inhale and look forward, exhale and come back to centre
Repeat on the other side
The next one is a traditional yogic facial massage
This excellent technique will make you forget all your
expensive skin treatments, it stimulates the nerves of your face
and overtime gives you a natural beautiful glow
It also helps you relax and de-stress and has only 5 simple steps
The best part about this massage is that you don't need any oil or cremes for this technique
Gently but firmly massage your forehead with your fingers starting from the centre of your head
Inhaling and slowly exhaling till you reach the temples
Repeat this 2-3 times
Next gently pinch along your eyebrows
Repeat this 3-4 times while continuing to breathe
Then massage around your eyes in a circular motion
slowly moving to the top of your cheek bones
Then in outward strokes massage the cheeks
Finally look up and massage your neck in upward strokes
starting from the centre and moving to the sides
Follow these 4 practices and in no time
you'll se your skin looking younger and more radiant
Until next time stay tuned and stay glamorous