7 Yoga Poses to get glowing skin

Mental peace and emotional balance play a very important role in our beauty subject. Some women start wrinkling premature, primarily due to stress or unhealthy lifestyle practices such as alcohol, smoking and wrong food habits. Stress can make your skin appear dull, tired and worn out. Improper digestion shows up in the form of pimples.

Yoga help in relaxing the mind and the body and reduces stress. Yoga helps in healing skin infections and allergies by maintaining proper blood circulation and flushing out toxins from the blood. The prime advantage of yoga is that every single technique that you practice has a multitude of benefits.

Yoga help you stay stress-free, improve your concentration, help you co-ordinate better and help you stay disciplined.

Today, I am going to share most favourite poses of yoga for get glowing and beautiful skin.

 1. Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend)

Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend)

Uttanasana reduces stress and depression by balancing the hormones. Improves your digestion, make blood flow into the face faster, encourage skin cell renewal and give your face a natural glow.

How to perform Uttanasana

Uttanasana Steps

Stand straight with closed feet and arms raised overhead. Keep your eyes closed. Now, bend forward and try to touch the ground while keeping your legs straight. Try to stay in this position for 1 minute and then come back slowly to the standing posture.

2. Kapalbhati (Breathing Technique)

Kapalbhati (Breathing Technique)

Kapalbhati helps to reduce stress in the eyes and curing dark circles around the eyes. It adds beauty to your face. Improves the blood circulation problem in whole body parts.

How to perform Kapalbhati

Kapalbhati Steps

Sit on the Padmasana pose, close your eyes and keep the spine straight. Take a deep breath through your both nostrils, now exhale through both nostrils forcefully, so your stomach will go deep inside. Repeat this process for 5-10 minutes. During this process focus on exhale through your nose and not on the movement of your stomach.

3. Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand)

Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand)

Sarvangasana helps to remove toxins and other waste products from blood and save us from many diseases related with skin. It stop wrinkles, pimples and dullness. This is one of the best anti-aging exercis that can give immediate results.

How to perform Sarvangasana

Sarvangasana Steps

Lie down with palms on the floor, lift your legs up, raise the legs and torso off the floor. Roll up onto your shoulders, find the place of balance, wherever that is for you. Using your hands and arms to support your back. Breathe deeply for 1 minute and slowly return to the starting position.

4. Balasana (Child Pose)

Balasana (Child Pose)

Balasana is very easy to execute and its effects are very good. This yoga posture enhances the circulation of blood throughout the body.

How to perform Balasana

Balasana Steps

Sit down comfortably in Vajrasana and bend your head down till your forehead touches the floor. Take both your hands towards your toes and place them in a calm manner. Hold this position for 30-60 seconds and then get back to original position.

5. Sirsasana, Shirshasana (Headstand Pose)

Sirsasana, Shirshasana (Headstand Pose)

Sirsasana is the king of all the asanas (pose) due to its various medical advantages. This pose gives your face a healthy glow by reversing the blood circulation. Doing this regularly helps to keep your skin wrinkle-free.

How to perform Sirsasana

Sirsasana, Shirshasana Steps

Go to the Balasana (Child Pose) and snatch your elbows and interlock your fingers. Bring down your crown of the head to the mat on the floor and the back side of your head is touching your interlocked fingers for support your head. Try to slowly-slowly straighten your legs towards the direction of head. Your back should be straight.

Now bend your knees and keep your heels near to the butts. Slowly-slowly raise your legs straight at the angle of 90 degree. Hold the position as much as you can.

6. Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)

Bhujangasana is a relaxing yoga pose that helps to reduce stress and tension. This pose helps to supply extra oxygen to the skin cells which in turn helps the body to flush out the accumulated toxins from the system.

How to perform Bhujangasana

Bhujangasana Steps

Lie on your stomach with your toes flat on the floor and forehead resting on the ground. Place your hands under your shoulders, palms downwards. Taking deep breath in, slowly lift your head, chest and abdomen while keeping your navel on the floor. Ensure that your feet are still close together. Pull your torso back and off the floor with the support of your hands. Hold this pose for 1 minute. Don't overdo the stretch or over-strain yourself.

7. Ustrasana (Camel Pose)

Ustrasana (Camel Pose)

Ustrasana open up your chest and enables the lungs to take in more air, hence more oxygen which is great for the body and skin. It reduces stress and balances the hormones in the body that are responsible for acnes and pimples.

How to perform Ustrasana

Ustrasana Steps

Bend your knees and standing on your knees, your head, spine, abdomen and thighs must be in a straight line. Now bend back and hold your heels, let your head hang back. Hold this position for 30-60 seconds and then come back to the starting position by releasing the hands.

Other tips to keep your skin glowing:

Drink lots of water : 

Drink 3-4 liters water daily. Water adds natural suppleness and glow to your skin while keeping your skin hydrated and healthy.

Smile : 

This is the best and the easiest make-up you can apply on your face. The more you smile, the more your face would naturally glow.

These yoga poses will ensure that you have glowing skin throughout your life and that your skin never has a dull moment.

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