Pampering myself – Soft Touch Flow™ facial massage

Indulge yourself with a relaxing Soft Touch Flow™ facial massage. This moment is yours.

What: a soothing and skin-care facial massage
Duration: about 10 minutes
How and when: sitting in a comfortable position, at any time of the day
Why: relaxes facial muscles, relieves eye and headache pain, improves facial fluid and blood circulation

Instructions

Use Ritual Oil for skin care during the massage.

Start by wrapping yourself in a soft Eden bathrobe and cleansing your face with Face & Body Ritual Soap.

Preparation

Sit in a comfortable position and straighten your back.

Place both soles of your feet flat on the floor, rest your palms on your knees or thighs, and relax your shoulders.

Close your eyes and breathe in and out calmly through your nose a few times. Take a moment to feel how you feel.

Start tapping your face lightly and leisurely with your fingertips for a few calm inhales and exhales. Also work your way down to your neck and décolleté.

Then, apply the facial oil to your skin calmly using the roll-on tip in a circular motion. Finally, use your fingers to gently pat it onto your forehead, cheeks, chin, neck and décolleté.

Relaxation of the facial muscles of the cheeks and forehead

Lower your chin slightly and place your thumbs, fingertips first, nails down, in the middle of your cheeks, below your cheekbones.

Place the other fingers on your forehead, just above your eyebrows. The pinkies are in the middle of your forehead, the index fingers rest near your temples.

Relax your neck completely and let your head rest on your fingers. Your arms rest against your body or on a table.

Feel the pressure especially on your cheeks, under your thumbs, and breathe in and out calmly through your nose three times.

Next, use your thumbs to make circular, sliding strokes along the lower edge of your cheekbone. The other fingers rest on your forehead.

Relax your thumbs and press and roll the forehead area with your fingertips for a few calm inhales and exhales.

Finally, leave your fingers straight over your temples and do a long static press. Feel your heart beat under your fingers, breathe in and out calmly three times.

Release your grip, place your palms on your knees or thighs, and relax your shoulders. Breathe calmly for a moment, feeling how you feel.

Relaxation of the masticatory muscles

Lower your chin slightly again and bring your hands to the center of your chin. Your arms are supported by your body.

Grasp the jawbone with a pinching grip on both sides of the jaw. Your thumbs will be under and slightly behind the jawbone, and your other fingers will be on top of the jawbone.

Start sliding the compression grip slowly along the jawbone. When you find a tender spot, you can keep rolling and pressing it.

Place your fingers on the soft area of ​​your cheeks above your jawbone. Feel for tight and tender chewing muscles, and massage gently in a circular motion.

Finally, leave your palms on your cheeks and breathe in and out calmly. Place your hands on your knees or thighs to rest. Relax your shoulders.

Eye area relaxation and headache treatment

Lower your chin slightly and place your thumbs on either side of your nose, above the inner corner of your eyes, under your eyebrow bones.

The other fingers point upwards, resting on the forehead, relaxed against each other.

Relax your neck completely and let your head rest on your fingers. Your arms rest against your body or on a table.

Keep your thumbs in place and feel the pressure under them.

As the feeling of pressure increases, breathe in and out calmly through your nose. Relax your chin, cheeks, neck, and shoulders.

Hold the position for a few calm inhales and exhales.

Finally, take a deep breath in and exhale to release your grip. Calmly raise your head back up and rest your hands on your knees or thighs.

Ending

Finish the massage ritual by lightly tapping your face, neck and décolleté with your fingertips. Give a few more gentle strokes to all the areas you massaged.

Place your palms on your knees or thighs again and relax your shoulders. Take a moment to feel how you feel.

Finally, open your eyes and thank yourself for this moment of pampering.