BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Hanging your tongue out and rolling back your eyes for 60 seconds not only can help you get a seat on a train, it can also reduce facial wrinkles and help you look younger, says New York yoga instructor Annelise Hagen.
At a recent class in Manhattan's wealthy Upper East
Side, Hagen teaches several facial exercises designed to stretch and tone facial
muscles.
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Yoga student Kathy Healey stretches her facial muscles during a face intensive yoga class taught by Annelise Hagen in New York Aug. 31, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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A group of women practice moves including "The Lion,"
showing the tongue hanging out and eyes rolled up. Hagen encourages class
members to hold the position for 60 seconds, joking: "You can do this any time.
It really helps you get a seat on the train."
Hagen recently released a book, "The Yoga Face:
Eliminate Wrinkles with the Ultimate Natural Facelift." She developed a workshop
using facial yoga because women wanted to look their best, "but they weren't
really thinking about how to exercise their facial muscles."
She said facial muscles become weak and flabby and
need regular workouts and circulation to reduce wrinkles.
Other exercises include "Satchmo," blowing cheeks
out like trumpet player Louis Armstrong, and "Marilyn," in which seductive
kisses are blown to strengthen mouth muscles for full and firm lips.
"It uses the same principles of exercise you would
use for any other parts of your body," Hagen said. "Facial muscles also become
more toned, so it is a natural way of getting a lift."
(Agencies)
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