Want to enhance your youthful glow naturally? Need a complexion pick me up? We’ve got a simple technique that will keep that summer glow a few weeks longer-Facial Qi Gong.
If it’s good enough for the empresses of China then surely it is worth a try. Qi Gong, an ancient healing system dating back 5000 years ago, literally means Qi cultivation. Qi(pronounced chee) is our vital energy that we use daily. So, learning how to cultivate it is a great way to promote health and longevity. The secret to looking younger may be tapped into with this simple breathing technique. It not only boosts Qi, but it guides it to the face leaving you in a calm state with a beautiful glow.
She Essential Beauty’s Facial Qi Gong
1. Sit in a comfortable position with your hands resting on your thighs, palms face up, thumb and index finger together. Breathing should be relaxed and even. Spend a few minutes clearing your mind.
2. Place both hands below your navel in the area known as the “dan tian” (about 1 and ½ inches below the navel). Focus your mind on this point until the area begins to feel warm.
3. In your mind, create a vision of a beautiful ball of energy or light (any color you choose to focus on is fine).
4. Send the energy ball up your midline to the top of your head, and then down the back midline, returning it to the dan tian area where you started.
5. Focusing on your face, inhale and exhale, imaging your pores are opening on each inhale as you take in healthy Qi. On each exhale imagine the skin releasing toxins. Inhale and exhale for 5-10 breaths.
6. Now, send the energy ball up the midline again. When it reaches your chin, let it break in half to the size of two small balls that could fit into your palm.
7. Imagine you are massaging your forehead, temples and cheeks with these balls, visually massaging away wrinkles.
8. Go back to your chin with both energy balls and make one ball travel back down your midline to the dan tian. Hold the energy there and visualize it entering your body, sending healing energy everywhere.
9. Take a few deep breaths to end your practice.
Enjoy!
Laura Kauffmann and Beth Hooper are organic skin care entrepreneurs, co-founders of She Essential Beauty and licensed Acupuncturists and Chinese herbalists.
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