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Illustration Cheek massage
Facial Massage Exercise Zygomatic Muscles
Compress the area all around the cheekbones above them below them and to the sides
You can use either a baseball your knuckles or the backs of your wrists Press especially
deeply into the lower outside portion of your cheekbones where the zygomaticus minor and
major muscles are anchored You should be able to feel this painful point of insertion in the
cheek about two inches outside laterally and below the corner of the eye After a few
months of compressing this your smile will be bigger unfaltering and will feel fullbodied
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Facial Massage Exercise Zygomatic Arch
To truly free up your eyes and your cheeks you need to massage and compress the muscles
all the way back along your cheekbones to your ears This whole ridge the zygomatic arch
may be painful and covered in palpably tense muscle fibers Put this ridge between the
second knuckles or your middle and ring fingers and stroke it back and forth You should be
able to ease the tension in just a few days Additionally try placing the ridge on a hard
surface like a book and press it down at different angles Massaging the ridge from your
cheek to your ear will allow your smile to extend outward toward the ear instead of being
restricted to the area around your nose
The Nose Levator Labii Superioris
In most mammals the sneer occurs more conspicuously on one side of the mouth usually the
left You may have observed this in a snarling dog Accordingly had a much larger knot in my
left levator labii superioris than in my right It was probably the largest knot in my face It was
about the size of three sticks of chewed gum Releasing this muscle was empowering for me
After releasing it realized that used to walk around with a permanent sneer on my face
The sneer would grow as became uncomfortable making me look sour It was stuck in partial
contraction with very little range of motion Now that the muscles are at rest feel less
defensive and less susceptible to provocation
Levator Labii
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Superioris
Levator Depressor
Anguli Oris
Illustration Sneer massage
Chapter Massage Away Facial Tension
Facial Massage Exercise Levator Labii
Using a tool or the second knuckle of your forefinger press very firmly into the space
between your nose and your cheek the upper portion of the maxilla bone This will target
the levator labii which raises the upper lip You may be able to feel tiny pops and cracks Very
light popping is normal and indicates that the cellular adhesions holding the muscle in partial
contraction are breaking down Work your way from the top of your nose down to the corner
of your mouth along your marionette lines Use eyebolts of different sizes pressing them into
this space between your nose and cheek bone
Releasing the muscles on the sides of your nose will make the area appear deeper and
leaner giving you a friendlier calmer look and allowing you to smile without sneering felt like
bloodsucking leeches had been removed from the sides of my nose In fact used to wake up
every morning with a dull ache on the sides of my nose Never again
Facial Massage Exercise Nasalis
Use your knuckles to compress the bridge and the sides of your nose including the nasalis
muscle and the levator labii SAN This will provide relief to the muscles that crinkle the
nose The easiest way to do this is to lie face down on a bed with your chest supported by
pillows Place the base of an index knobber or eyebolt on the bed and rest your head on top
of the tool with your sneering muscles as the point of contact Move the end of the tool
gently around the area compressing deeply The meat of the muscle lies in the bed created
by the top of the nasolabial folds marionette lines near the nostrils Search for and target a
large knot you may find in the middle of this area
Duration Two minutes Proficiency Two sessions per week for weeks
Maintenance Once per month Five stars kk
Most people sneer heavily when they smile and over time this causes the nostrils to
shorten and become upturned It looks ugly Compressing the nostrils the alar portion of the
nasalis the dilator naris and the compressor naris will reverse this Also compress the muscle
under the nose the depressor septi with a knuckle or tool In addition you might put a towel
down on the floor and press your nose into it resting the weight of your head on it Point the
tip of the nose downwards and rock back and forth to massage and compress tissues
throughout the nose
We all have a lowgrade perpetual sneer burned into our facial musculature All our lips are
slightly curled due to this tension Most people retain the coordination to relax the muscles
involved but choose not to because it makes them feel uglier remember feeling like some
kind of repulsive zombiepig when relaxed mine By tensing the area we apologize for and
cover up the appearance of strained muscle But over time this only makes it worse It is likely
that the only time you relax these muscles is when you are exceedingly angry Work on resting
the sneer throughout the day and disregard any reservations you might have about how you
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look while doing this Compressing the levator labii will remove the knots from your sneer and
make it look natural to stop sneering
People who raise dogs for dogfighting abuse them to get them to sneer They punch pinch
or cut the dog repeatedly until it learns to bare its teeth immediately upon provocation
They want the dog to live in a mental world where baring its teeth is the first reaction to any
form of stress This makes the dog mean When a problem dog learns to bare its teeth at
people nipping and then biting soon follow By relaxing and compressing your sneering
muscles you deprogram this reaction From experience have come to believe that once the
muscles that lift the upper lip are no longer tense the brains circuits for frustration and
aggression are keyed down
The Mouth and Lips Orbicularis Oris
The right and left corners of the mouth are the point of attachment for muscles throughout the
face Muscles extending from the nose cheeks jaw and chin all anchor into these two corners
The bracing of our mouths and lips orbicularis oris is almost imperceptible It is a subtle
pouting that over years makes your lips thinner and your mouth appear shriveled As you age
continuous pursing of the lips causes vertical wrinkles Massage halts this
Illustration Mouth and lip massage
Facial Massage Compression Exercise Orbicularis Oris
Press your knuckles firmly into your lips Focus on the lips themselves and the areas above
and below them Especially focus on the corners of your mouth You can also squeeze these
areas between your thumb and forefinger placing one on the face and the other inside the
mouth Compression and percussion here will make your lips healthier looking Compression
of the skin all around the lip area will give it a rejuvenated shape