Hi Guys - and a warm welcome to today's
video. My name is Danielle Collins and
I'm going to be showing you some face
yoga to help with sinus issues.
Now these techniques are great if you know
that you get blocked sinuses, either on a
regular basis or maybe you get them now
and again because of allergies or maybe
when you get the cold or flu but also
these techniques are lovely to do just
to help with the circulation in general
to reduce stress and just to help you
feel a little bit more boosted and
really helping the well-being.
So I'd recommend you do them whether you get
sinus issues or you don't. Now if you do
have any serious sinus issues please
check with the doctor before doing these exercises.
And it's good to do this with
clean hands, clean face. Apply your Fusion
by Danielle Collins Organic Serum and then
we can get started. So nice long spine,
really relax your shoulders here and
take a few deep breaths, in through
the nose and out through the nose if you
can. If your sinuses are very blocked
then use the mouth instead and we're
going to start by taking the two index
fingers onto this little acupressure point here.
Now this acupressure point is used in
both traditional Chinese medicine and
also Ayurveda too and it's fantastic
for any sinus issues. It's also a very
renowned point for helping with any dark
circles under the eyes. So once you press
with just enough pressure to feel
comfortable, you don't need to press too
hard, you can circle gently. So whilst you
do this try and breathe deeply. You may
find that your breath feels a little bit
harder or a little bit sort of more
blocked than usual as you do it but as you
release from this point you should find
the breathing becomes a little bit
easier and everything should feel much
more released. So let's go the other
direction now. Just really working with
the pressure that suits you, I usually
recommend to go gentle with the pressure
at first and then build up as and
when you like. You can be really
intuitive with acupressure points and
then move up in little higher.
So there's a little point just here either
side of your nasal bone and just gently
press there. Same thing, breathing in and
out through the nose as much as you
possibly can. Again if it feels a little
bit blocked just go with your mouth
either with the exhale
or both for the inhale and the exhale.
As long as your breath is steady, it
doesn't matter if it feels slightly
blocked throughout the exercise. And then
just circle gently in one direction and
then circle gently in the other direction.
Such nice acupressure
points, these - and these are two of the
key points that we show our teachers who are
training to be teachers of the Danielle
Collins Face Yoga method and really
recommend that they show their clients
and their students how to do these
points for sinus release. Then take your
thumbs and just come all the way up and
lift off. So this one is excellent for
releasing sinuses and this is a
technique which you can find in my book
Danielle Collins Face Yoga which is
available on Amazon. It works really well
if you've got a little bit of oil.
I haven't got enough oil on my skin here
today so it's not gliding as well as it
should but it's a really, really nice one
to do and you can just do that one
three more times
and then just gently bring
your hands down. So hopefully your
sinuses feel a little better now.
If you want to repeat that whole cycle a second
time you can do. Take care and I look
forward to seeing you again next time.