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Yoga to Slim Your Face?!

This is not only a face slimming workout, it is also a super mood-booster. Just try to do some of these without cracking a smile at least once! 1. Kiss Me Keep your forehead and eyebrows relaxed while you blow four kisses. Then place two fingers on your lips to weight them down and repeat. 2. Surprise! Widen your eyes without wrinkling your forehead then focus on a point on the horizon for 10 seconds. Repeat four times. 3. Fish Faces Smile slightly while pursing your lips. Suck in your cheeks to create a fishy face and repeat for five times. 4. Lion Face Inhale through your nose while making a fist with your hands. Tighten up all of your face muscles and hold for 5 seconds. Exhale through the mouth, sticking out your tongue and opening your hands. Repeat 5 times. 5. Bumblebees Inhale through your nose and act like you're chewing. Hum out your nose (I know, this sounds weird haha) as you exhale. Repeat for four breaths.
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sammha
my face is getting tired
abbylopez
did it during class and everyone kept laughing at me
sophiamor
Definitely did some of these last night while washing m face :)
nokcha
@sammha Haha! I know, I've never worked out my face before...
GetFitwithAmy
What fun! The closest I've come to this is to focus on relaxing my forehead. I've never taken my facial expressions quite this far hahaha
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3-Minute Morning Yoga
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Before and After
This before picture was taken 5 years ago I still can't believe how far I've come. At that point I was just starting to make small changes in my life that would eventually lead to me making better/healthier choices about what I eat and working out 6 days a week. People have asked me if I've now reached my goal weight but I never really had a goal weight I'm just trying to live a healthy lifestyle wherein I will always try to be active and eat healthy, I'm not just trying to lose weight. And believe me I'm not perfect and I do indulge here and there I just try not to over do it. After 5 years I'm definitely not at the end of anything I'm still trying to push myself to do things I never thought I was capable of doing.
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