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Labii e e Minor |
wo Gi Zygomaticus |
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Risorious |
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 |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
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 |
LevatorLabii f |
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 |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
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 |
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