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negative thoughts and emotions |
e The activation of latent trigger points in the face destroys our composure and |
contributes to social fatigue and introversion |
e Practicing a resting face corpse face or expressionlessness will stop the accumulation |
of strain and make your face agile and light on its feet |
e To make expressionlessness effortless and ensure that it does not offend people it must |
be combined with diaphragmatic breathing widening of the eyes fixed gaze practices |
and positive intentions |
e Expressionlessness will reduce strain and keep latent trigger points from becoming |
active However removing the trigger points requires massage and hard contraction of |
the muscles involved |
e Exercising the facial muscles by contracting them beyond their normal range until they |
reach fatigue and combining this with diaphragmatic breathing will strengthen and |
revive them |
Chapter Reprogram Facial Tension |
Chapter Endnotes |
Brown F D Prendergast A Swalla B J Man is but a worm Chordate origins |
Genesis |
Buck R Nonverbal behavior and the theory of emotion The facial feedback |
hypothesis Journal of Personality and Social Psychology |
Darwin C R The expression of the emotions in man and animals John Murray |
Lewis M B Exploring the positive and negative implications of facial feedback |
Emotion |
Lewis M B Bowler P J Botulinum toxin cosmetic therapy correlates with a more |
positive mood Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology |
Hennenlotter A Dresel C Castrop F Ceballos Baumann A O Wohlschlager A M |
Haslinger B The link between facial feedback and neural activity within central |
circuitries of emotionNew insights from botulinum toxininduced denervation of frown |
muscles Cerebral Cortex |
Charlesworth W R Kreutzer M A Facial expressions of infants and children |
In P Ekman Ed Darwin and facial expression A century of research in review pp |
Malor Books |
van Schaik C MacKinnon J Orangutans In D MacDonald Ed |
The encyclopedia of mammals nd ed Oxford University Press |
de Waal F Our inner ape A leading primatologist explains why we are who we are |
Riverhead Books |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
Chapter Massage Away Facial Tension |
Why Use Facial Massage |
The tension in our faces drives the stress response influencing us to feel anxious and breathe |
shallowly The damage it does to the muscles makes our faces appear languid overwrought |
and weak Deep tissue massage is the only way to counteract this Compression and percussion |
will reinvigorate the muscle increase blood supply reverse muscle shortening remove trigger |
points decrease inflammation and permit the muscle to grow |
The results can be dramatic because the longterm strain on our muscles is the leading |
cause of facial aging and loss of facial composure These two issues are probably among the |
biggest sources of human insecurity Both are not only preventable but reversible If you want |
your face to look healthy and feel amazing invest some time and effort in the facial massage |
regimen described here |
If you press your knuckles into your brow your cheeks or your jaw with between and |
pounds of pressure you will likely feel an acute aching sensation This pain may be so intense |
that it makes your breathing shallow and the pit of your stomach tight However if you spend |
minutes a day compressing your facial muscles while breathing diaphragmatically the pain |
will be gone within three months The sagging puffiness and deposits of fat will go with it You |
will be washing your face and it will feel completely different It will feel lean smooth and |
finely contoured You will glance at yourself in a mirror or window and wont recognize the |
leaner angular chiseled face looking back at you You will look healthier and that will help you |
feel healthier too Most importantly your baseline level of stress will be significantly reduced |
Facial massage and acupressure are old arts However existing methods are not |
scientifically informed and intend to pacify the face temporarily rather than to relieve trigger |
points permanently The method presented here targets the most pernicious myofascial |
restrictions in the face and guides you in systematically eliminating them Once you work |
through these exercises you will be able to relax facial muscles that you could not relax before |
and you will have more precise control over your faces movements Eventually you will be |
tensionfree and able to comfortably and gracefully transition between expressionlessness and |
your full healthy range of expressions |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
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illustration Facial expressions |
Social Fatigue and Resting Face |
When our face is continually tense the people around us recognize it as a clear sign of self |
perceived inferiority My face was so tense that whether someone was making a joke at my |
expense or complimenting me could not help but respond in a bashful embarrassed way A |
sheepish grimace would betray me constantly by showing others that it was easy to make me |
uncomfortable By undermining my ability to stay composed and be assertive it made mea |
target for mistreatment by unkind or unthinking people Facial massage obliterates this |
submissiveness If you rarely look uncomfortable people learn quickly that they are the ones |
that will look bad if they try to bully you Moreover you will be able to keep a fantastic poker |
face The person who can keep a straighter face usually controls the situation These days only |
smile when want to and can even tell the punchline to a joke with a straight face Even after |
a long day of gregariousness can easily assume a calm expressionless demeanor |
Social fatigue occurs when prolonged social encounters become stressful overwhelming |
and cause a person to seek rest from social interaction When you are experiencing social |
fatigue people can usually see it in your face It derives from the fatigue of facial muscles |
When these muscles tire or when their latent trigger points become active it becomes |
depleting They are draining to use and this diminishes our ability to express and be friendly |
Studies show that the amount a person smiles and makes socially engaging facial expressions |
are two of the best predictors of likeability Using your face makes people want to be around |
you But if your facial muscles are in perpetual fatigue you cant emote and you will ultimately |
feel dejected |
Bitchy resting face or resting bitch face is a popular term for a facial expression or lack |
of expression that unintentionally appears angry or contemptuous When we allow our face to |
relax more than usual the tense muscles that we cannot relax become readily apparent and |
belie our attempt to appear calm Before started a facial massage regimen no one ever saw |
my bitchy resting face because never allowed my face to rest even when alone was so self |
aware of how bad my face looked at rest that always sported a compensatory grimace Our |
goal should be to massage the face until a complete resting face is no longer bitchy We want to |
shoot for a wideeyed peaceful resting face |
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