Day 19 to Day 20: Lazy sitting posture is energy-consuming, but a good face and bowed posture are recommended.

Day 19: Sitting in a "lazy" state is extremely energy-consuming.

For a long time, "sitting properly" and "sitting like a bell" have been requirements for good sitting posture. A proper sitting posture conveys confidence, friendliness, and enthusiasm, while also displaying an elegant and dignified demeanor, and has a positive impact on physical health. Moreover, sitting posture is also one of the hallmarks of yoga posture practice.

After 18 days of practice, practitioners will understand that "doing the correct movements is more effective than doing difficult movements" and will have mastered the technique of performing yoga postures correctly rather than simply imitating them. Building on this foundation, practitioners can use today's seated postures to verify their understanding and mastery of the methods.

Even from a third-party perspective, sitting postures are much simpler than those more difficult postures, but practitioners can still achieve the effects of burning calories, losing weight, detoxifying, and slimming down by practicing sitting postures correctly.

Sitting on the cow face

1. Kneel on a chair or cushion with your legs together, back straight, and eyes looking straight ahead.

2. Inhale, raise your right arm forward and upward overhead.

3. Exhale, bend your elbows, clasp your right and left hands behind your back, and take five deep breaths.

4. Inhale, release your hands, and raise your right arm forward and upward overhead.

5. Exhale and return to a seated position. Repeat on the other side.

Slimming and detoxifying effects

It allows for full extension of both arms, reducing excess fat in the upper arms, especially the back of the upper arms. It helps relieve discomfort such as back pain, stiff shoulders, and cervical spine problems.

Tips

Use chest breathing, keep your head and neck straight, and keep your upper arms close to your ears.

Keep your eyes looking straight ahead. If you can't clasp your hands together, you can use a yoga strap or a towel to help connect them.

Seated back extension

1. Sit with your legs together and stretched forward, back straight, and hands relaxed on your thighs.

2. Inhale, slowly raise both hands overhead, with the inside of your arms tucked behind your ears, fully stretching your upper body and lengthening your spine.

3. Exhale, lean your upper body forward towards your toes, following the order of abdomen, chest, and forehead. Once your upper body is close to your thighs, you can grab your legs or the outside of your feet with your hands. People with good flexibility can reach around their feet and shake hands.

4. Hold for 5-8 deep breaths.

5. Inhale and return to the starting position.

Tips

During the exercise, try to keep your legs together and stretch them forward. This will help to stretch your spine.

Sitting in wide-angle position

1. Sit with your hands on the ground in front of you, back straight, and eyes looking forward.

2. Open your legs as wide as possible according to your body's flexibility, with your knees and toes pointing upwards, and place your hands on your knees.

3. Inhale, raise both arms, palms facing each other, fingers pointing towards the ceiling.

4. While exhaling, slowly extend your upper body forward, starting with your pelvis. First your abdomen, then your chest, and finally your chin to the floor. Keep your spine straight throughout the entire process. Hold this pose for 4-12 breaths or longer, practicing as long as you feel relaxed.

Slimming and detoxifying effects

It sculpts the lines from waist to feet, stretches the inner thigh muscles, increases their flexibility, and reduces fat accumulation in the legs. Fully opening the hip joints can correct pelvic misalignment.

Point your toes as much as possible, otherwise you may experience pain on the inside of your knees. Forcing your legs open can strain your muscles, so do so within your limits.

Keep your upper body as close to the ground as possible. Do not ask others to help push your back to avoid injury.

Beginners can appropriately reduce the distance between their legs; it's okay if they can't touch the ground. Just relax the inner thigh ligaments and feel a stretch. Gradually improve.

Sculpting perfect details, reshaping captivating curves

This chapter covers the following topics:

Posture method: Resculpting the body through posture.

Dietary recommendations: Dietary plans to help with weight loss and breast enhancement.

The method of creating mental tranquility involves consciously creating a peaceful world in one's mind to help harmonize the body and mind and release mental toxins.

As with the exercises in the previous chapter, you should practice breathing techniques before doing the exercises in this chapter, and then practice relaxation techniques.

Through the exercises in this chapter, practitioners will gain the following:

Healthy and slender figure, approachable face

A peaceful mind

A heart that is not attached to outward beauty

Day 20: Face and Bow Pose

A face is not only noticed for its beauty; people always try to read a person's mind through facial expressions. A face is like a business card, and what's printed on that card determines the crucial first impression.

Whether man or woman, as we age, gravity relentlessly ravages our faces. Coupled with the pressures of life and work, facial muscles sag, double chins appear, eyelids droop, and the corners of the mouth are also mercilessly etched with the marks of time. If obesity is added to the mix, the rate of facial aging will undoubtedly accelerate.

Yoga practices for a beautiful face primarily use techniques to change facial shape and expression habits, thereby altering others' impressions of the practitioner's face and giving them a beautiful, kind, sweet, and healthy appearance.

Yoga facial exercises are a full-body workout that anyone can easily master. They strengthen facial muscles, resulting in smoother, firmer facial contours. Its amazing benefits also include improving various bodily discomforts and promoting blood circulation. Improved blood circulation throughout the body includes better blood flow to the face. Enhanced bodily functions and metabolism lead to more noticeable beauty results.

During facial yoga practice, your face may make all sorts of "ugly" faces. However, stretching, twisting, and making funny faces can help reduce facial wrinkles and "anxiety lines" (wrinkles caused by anxiety).

Lion Pose

Number of practice sessions: 5 times.

1. Kneel on a yoga mat with your knees about a fist's width apart, sit on your heels, place your hands on your knees, and adjust your breathing.

2. Exhale forcefully from your abdomen, roaring like a lion. Open your mouth wide, stick your tongue out as far as possible, and roll your eyeballs upwards into their sockets, focusing on the midpoint between your eyebrows. At this time, lean your body slightly forward and straighten your chest.

3. At the end, sit upright with your eyes closed, relax your facial muscles, and take deep breaths to relax.

Slimming and detoxifying effects

It activates facial muscles, prevents facial sagging, and improves sagging cheeks and eyelids.

It shapes fuller lip lines, making lips healthier and shinier.

It gives the face a three-dimensional look and reduces puffiness.

Release the pressure from your surroundings and let go of depressive moods.

During practice, be sure to expel all waste gas from your body and fully engage your facial muscles to promote blood circulation in your face.

Kowtowing

1. Kneel on the mat with your buttocks between your heels, hands on your thighs, and take a deep breath.

2. Exhale, lean forward, and place your palms on the ground. Slowly lower your forehead onto the mat.

3. Lift your hips, place the top of your head on the ground, keep your thighs perpendicular to the ground, press your entire head on the mat and rotate it, while pursing your lips and raising the corners of your mouth. Maintain this position for 10-15 seconds while breathing normally.

4. Restore and relax.

Slimming and detoxifying effects

It promotes blood supply to the brain, quickly relieves brain fatigue, and calms the nerves.

Defines cheeks, improves eyelid sagging, and eliminates double chin.

Those who are capable can extend their arms backward, with their hands...

Bow

1. Lie face down with your feet together and your hands flat at your sides.

2. Bend your knees, reach back and grab your ankles with both hands, and touch your chin to the ground.

3. Inhale, and slowly raise your legs to their maximum height, keeping your arms straight.

4. Exhale, straighten your upper body, tilt your head back, protrude your throat and chin, and assume an arched posture. Extend your legs as high and back as possible, raising them to their maximum extent, and strengthen the compression in your waist. Focus your awareness on your abdomen and waist.

5. Hold this position and breathe naturally 5 times.

Raise your legs as high as possible. Extend your arms straight.

Slimming and detoxifying effects

Effectively eliminates belly fat, removes back fat, corrects hunchback, and beautifies the waist.

Eliminates dullness on the face and improves dark circles under the eyes. Reduces facial sagging caused by gravity, such as drooping corners of the mouth.

Tips

This exercise is not suitable for people with hyperthyroidism, spinal misalignment, or gastric ulcers.

During the process, pay attention to stretching the lines of the front of your body.

Focus your awareness on your abdomen and waist.