The Facial Detox
Health & Fitness|February 2019

Looking as frazzled as you feel? Get your glow back and boost your wellbeing with this ayurvedic facial massage

Mary Comber
The Facial Detox

Is the festive season taking a toll on your skin? Before you book in for that pricey facial, how about trying a simple, DIY face massage that restores glowing skin and boosts your wellbeing too? Facial abhyanga is an ayurvedic massage technique that increases blood supply to the facial muscles, relieves tension and improves energy in your whole body.

‘This simple, cleansing self-massage of the face goes more than skin-deep,’ says Swami Saradananda, author of new book The Cleansing Power of Yoga (Watkins, £14.99). ‘It works on marma pressure points energetically linked to the chakras in your body.’

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