Sustainable, Attainable Beauty-Care
Little, and often ~ this is my philosophy when it comes to facial work and all self-care.
When people find me on Instagram they usually assume that I spend most of my day massaging my face or practicing Gua Sha. This couldn't be further from the truth, and although I LOVE my rituals, more of a good thing is not necessarily better. It’s more powerful to keep tapping your rudder in the right, restorative direction as your face and body are changing daily.
When I first learned how effective these techniques are for profound cell renewal and skin changes I got a little overly enthusiastic... I would do gua sha or reflexology while I was watching movies, on long car rides, and as often as possible! And the result, my skin was a little inflamed truthfully, and sometimes very inflamed. Overworking tissue is a real thing!
The body doesn't need constant stimulation to change. But what it loves is skillful, carefully dosed, potent therapeutic influence ~ and then a lovely recovery period.
So here is my true frequency:
~Some light restorative face and neck massage work almost every night after I cleanse, when I’m applying my oils. This is some low-key touch to improve the motility under my skin, smooth out some wrinkles with my finger tips I’ve acquired from being a human, and help to energetically clear myself. It’s brief and beautiful and sometimes doesn't happen at all…
~I’ll do a more focused massage session maybe once or twice a week when I’m truly needing it (All around my jaw, my whole forehead/scalp and especially between my eyebrows)
~Gua Sha for me is ideally 2x per week but lately it's been a lot less frequent. Sometimes it is only 15 minutes although I crave longer sessions.
~Forehead facial taping is usually 1-2x a week depending on what's happening.
~So my practice is super sustainable, doable, and is intended to keep things moving and breathing vs solidifying in a tension pattern. The key is, to begin to tap into your system to know what it’s really asking for.
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Love, Krista