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How To Pair Gua Sha With Your Face Yoga Method Practice

The skin care world is rapidly changing, growing, and evolving. We’ve seen trends come and go, shape and mold, stay and disappear. In this world, NEW is the new black.

But there are some ancient tools gaining recent popularity with the skin care industry. 

We don’t blame them.

Turns out, the ancient Chinese people knew a thing or two about skin care tools that are now coming back. One of those is the Gua Sha. Familiar?

Gua Sha: What is it?

Gua Sha is an ancient Chinese technique that eases facial tension, promotes a healthy glow, and translates into “scraping.” The scraping is what’s responsible for increased blood flow. 

Combining a Gua Sha with your Skin Care Routine will contour your features and revive your glow. Gua Sha nurtures your skin and muscles and lessens the appearance of puffy eyes and inflamed skin by increasing circulation. 

You can think of the Gua Sha as a tool that supports your muscles and promotes lymphatic drainage, which helps to eliminate excess fluid in the face while being a relaxing ritual. 

The Face Yoga Method

The Face Yoga Method is a 100% natural alternative to invasive procedures. It’s designed to shape, tone, and tighten your muscles beneath the skin’s surface. In practicing carefully constructed facial exercises, you’re exercising and toning your facial muscles. 

Just like the body, the face is composed of many muscles that can lose volume and strength over time. When the muscles lose volume, skin starts to sag, and fine lines and wrinkles appear. 

Face Yoga approaches your face and skin from the root — the muscle itself. Face Yoga helps eliminate fine lines, wrinkles, double chin, sagging jowls, crow’s feet, under-eye circles — and even facial asymmetry! The act of doing Face Yoga also boosts blood circulation, clears acne, and revives a natural glow. 

Combining Gua Sha and Face Yoga

If you’re wondering which one is for you, our answer is BOTH! Gua Sha and Face Yoga Method are not meant to work against each other but instead beautifully compliment each other when performed properly! They have some similar benefits but ultimately do different things for you and your skin. That’s why combining them will give you all of the perks of these facial practices. 

Our tip is to do your Face Yoga Routine in the morning to perk your face up and tone your facial muscles. You can then add the Gua Sha to your evening routine to relax at the end of your day and help eliminate excess fluids from your face. 

However, when it comes to crafting your Routine, listen to your skin, and when using each one feels better for you. 

You’ve heard us say this before for many products and skin care tools, and it applies to this as well — not all Gua Sha’s are created equal! 

That’s why we’ve teamed up with our friends at Annmarie Skin Care, who’s perfected the Gua Sha tool and sourced the stone sustainably. Rest assured, you and your face will love it when paired with The Ultimate Guide To The Face Yoga Method.

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