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Basic Facial Massage
Here are steps to follow to do your basic facial massage regularly. First of all, you should start with your warm-up step. You can start on either side of your nose, pinch along each eyebrow and as far as possible along the temples toward the tops of the ears. Then, pinch from the chin, working slowly the jaw line and up to the base of the ears.
1. Dip the pads of your fingers in the oil and rub your palms together to spread it evenly. Place your fingertips on your jawbone and with light pressure, make a large, sweeping circle from the jaw line up either side of your nose to the center of the forehead, out along the hairline, and down the temples to meet at the jawbone. This gently stimulates energy and spreads the oil.
2. Using Technique 1, start at the chin and travel along the jaw line and then up from the angles of the jaw to the temples.
3. Using Technique 2, begin on each side of the nose, close to the base of the nostrils, moving first under the cheekbones and then up toward the tops of the ears.
4. Placing the tips of the middle fingers at the inner corners of the eyes, slide your fingers upward, pushing against the orbital bone, and then outward, just above the eyebrows, towards the ears.
5. Use Technique 2 to massage the forehead, starting just above the top of the nose, moving up toward the hairline, and then outward until you reach the temples.
6. Using Technique 2, position the pads of all three fingers at the base of the central frown line, just above the top of the nose, and slide them toward the temples.
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