Breathe For Beauty

More than any other aspect of the body, the face is most often associated with “appearance”. This is very natural in that we interact with others via our faces and heads, where organs of sight, speech, and hearing reside. The face is the first thing others see. For this reason, a multi-billion dollar industry exists in support of facial appearance. Most of what is being offered addresses appearance from the outside-in, products that we can apply externally to enhance our appearance. Breathe For Beauty addresses appearance from the inside-out via meditation.

Our facial appearance is a primary indicator and communicator of our well-being, both physical and mental. In their works, Drs. Stephen Porges and Les Fehmi, explain the complex communication function performed by the organs of the face and head, and the central nervous system control thereof. The communication is both conscious and subconscious for both the observed and the observer. Simply put, the face is an expression of our inner state of being, both in the moment and over a lifetime.

The health of facial skin and underlying tissue is impacted by many factors including hydration, diet, exercise, and rest, as well as environmental factors. Lines in the face, “wrinkles”, an accepted consequence of aging, are also an outcome of many factors including gravity, the constant downward tug of Earth on all the cells of the body. 

With “Breathe For Beauty” we posit that how we meditate is also a key determinant of our facial appearance and in the long run, facial aging. Here, our “external” state is a function of our “internal” state. As many may know, our internal state is highly dependent on how we breathe – where how we breathe is a large determinant of our circulatory effectiveness and efficiency – the extent to which every cell in the body is serviced by the ebb and flow of blood.

The head and face occupy a special position in the great scheme of fluid dynamics within the body – they sit at the highest location. A highest priority for the central nervous system is to control blood flow and pressure to and through the brain. This is a reason why the primary baroreceptors controlling respiratory sinus arrhythmia (the automatic facilitation of changes in heart rate and output) are located at the internal and external branches of the left and right carotid arteries of the brain, always ensuring that blood flow and pressure needs of the inner brain are met, that blood flow to the brain is always satisfied regardless of body position or activity. Breathe For Beauty meditation employs this circulatory imperative to nourish and cleanse the cells and tissues of the head and face, thereby promoting a healthy youthful appearance from the inside-out. 

Breathe For Beauty offers a revolutionary approach to meditation to enhance external appearance and beauty. There is great news, this being that by learning to meditate in this manner, we’re automatically enhancing the health, well-being, and vitality of all cells in the body, including those of the face, head, and brain. And, once learned, it is something we can do all the time, circumstances permitting.

Persistent wrinkles on the face and head, e.g., the forehead, are indications of chronic low-threshold muscle motor units gripping the face, scalp, and head. Low-threshold muscle motor units are those which are activated at very low nervous system potentials, and relate strongly to chronic sympathetic nervous system emphasis, this emphasis causing flexion of low-threshold muscle motor units throughout the body with its commensurate demand for energy production – this resulting in chronic wear and tear on the skin and underlying tissues, organs, cells, and the mitochondria that are called on to generate wasted energy… 

With Breathe For Beauty, we learn a meditation method that quiets the nervous system and facilitates relaxation of the low-threshold muscle motor units throughout the body, specifically those of the face and head that result in facial tension, chronic facial tension resulting in aging of facial skin and underlying anatomical structures. By learning to manage our “internal state” via meditation, the aging process can be dramatically slowed and both the inward and outward perception of age even reversed.