We all desire healthy, beautiful skin, and yoga can help us achieve it. Skin is one of the first things affected by poor diet and stress, but yoga can help improve the look and feel of your skin, make you feel healthy, and relieve stress. There is a term “Yoga glow” for a reason, because yoga affects our bodies from the inside out. Yoga is a healing practice that detoxifies the body, improves circulation, and reduces stress.
Why does yoga improve your skin? Yoga helps improve digestion and circulation, and better blood flow leads to naturally glowing skin. Healthy yogis also eat properly and drink plenty of water which helps flush out toxins in the body and leave your skin with a lustrous glow. If you start incorporating yoga into everyday life, you’ll begin to notice a significant difference in how your skin looks and feels.
Here are some of the beauty benefits you might experience from a regular yoga practice:
Improved Self Confidence
Yoga helps to bring us contentment with our bodies, and when you feel comfortable in your own skin, other people will start to notice it too. With improved self-confidence, you’ll start to look and feel more beautiful.
Improved Immune System
Yoga improves digestion and naturally removes toxins from our bodies which leads to an improved immune system. Slowed digestion caused by stress and other outside factors can leave the skin feeling clogged and sluggish, but yoga supports a healthy digestive system. Poses for digestion include kneeling pose, bow pose, and practicing forceful exhalation. Following a healthy yogi diet also provides the body with essential vitamins and nutrients for a healthy immune system.
Younger Looking Skin
Yoga alleviates stress, allowing our facial muscles to relax. An improved immune system also shows in the facial skin, making us look younger and fresher. Your skin, and especially your facial skin, is often one of the first places on the body to show the effects of inflammation. But yoga helps to reduce inflammation and stress, allowing the skin to heal faster and start looking younger.
Yoga Glow
Asanas, or yoga postures, help increase blood circulation and reduce toxins in the body. Inverted postures and forward bends especially increase blood supply to the head, causing our skin to glow. Good circulation also helps oxygen and nutrients reach the skin cells in the face resulting in clearer and brighter skin. Asanas that focus on the head and face include cobra pose, fish pose, plow pose, shoulder stand, triangle pose, and child’s pose. Breathing exercises also provide a cooling effect to the skin, helping to retain that glow.
Yoga is a low-impact way to strengthen and stretch, plus it can be done anytime and anywhere. But the benefits don’t stop there. It also makes us look and feel more beautiful starting from the inside and working its way out. If you’re looking for a natural way to keep your face and skin looking bright and beautiful, look no further than a regular yoga practice.
