Your face often reflects how you are feeling. It's usually easy to tell if someone is happy, sad, worried or stressed by looking at their facial expression. For many people, their face also reflects years of stress, pent-up emotions, habitual expressions (both good and bad) and an unhealthy lifestyle, which have all left their collective mark. It's as if each muscle has its own storage bank and holds the emotion in the muscle, which then outwardly reflects on the face. Repeat an emotion over and over and it's sure to leave its mark.

Most of us know when our body's muscles are holding tension and emotional stress, simply by feeling the resulting aches and pains. This is a little harder to detect in the face. Facial Rejuvenation Technique is a collection of effective massage movements specifically designed to release the emotions and stress from the facial muscles and tissue. As a result, the face feels fresh and light, as if it has been uplifted.

Facial Rejuvenation Technique is derived from the wisdom of ancient Ayurvedic healers, combining the benefits of yoga, energy balancing, body massage, acupressure, lymphatic drainage and head massage. It will not only help lift and release facial expression lines but also leave the recipient feeling at peace and better connected to their body's innate healing energies.

This technique has its roots firmly based in India. It's interesting to note the important role massage plays in the Indian culture. It's a daily ritual that is practised and available to all, young or old, rich or poor. In the West, the power of touch has been well documented, recognising how touch has an immediate influence on our emotional state. Gentle and repetitive touch induces a relaxation response, encouraging a positive outlook on life while balancing bodily functions and strengthening immune function.

How does it work?

Since the mind is the most active part of our body, as we think, we tense our muscles, particularly those of the face, neck and shoulders, which often results in chronic aches and pains, especially around the eyes, jaw and neck. It seems many of us are never entirely relaxed as its common practice for dentists to prescribe mouthguards for their numerous patients who grind their teeth in their sleep and wake up with a headache as a result.

Tense muscles can reduce the vital supply of oxygen as well as restrict the blood vessels. This in turn hampers the free flow of blood and other fluids to the tissues, so reducing the flow of nutrients and preventing the removal of waste products, resulting in pain or discomfort. This is the body's way of telling us, "Please help me, I am in distress".

Just imagine if someone could literally iron away the stresses and strains of the day. That's exactly what happens when you receive this therapy from a qualified practitioner. Specific and unique manipulations are performed on the facial muscles. These combine sweeping, pressing, ironing, stretching and concentrated acupressure movements in a series of repetitive, tightening and relaxing massage movements. The technique stimulates energy centres around the face and tones the area while reducing muscular tension and increasing blood and lymph flow.

Increasing blood and lymph flow is a key benefit of the effective treatment for puffy, dull, lacklustre complexions, often resulting from a build-up of toxins or smoking. Our lymph system is like a waste disposal system, draining and transporting waste products from our tissues. Some of the movements in Facial Rejuvenation Technique are designed to encourage lymphatic drainage, helping to counteract the effects of lack of exercise and poor breathing habits.