Face Yoga Exercises by Area: Forehead, Eyes, Cheeks, Lips, Jaw and Neck

A simple, tool-free set of face yoga exercises, grouped by face area. Each move names the muscles involved, with a suggested hold and number of repetitions. Start with two or three moves, keep the pressure light and build up over a few weeks.

Before you start: wash your hands, move gently and stop if anything hurts. Results from facial exercise are not guaranteed and research is still limited, so we focus on good technique, consistency and care. See the Face Yoga guide for the evidence.

Forehead and brows

Forehead Anchor

Place your hands flat across the forehead and raise your brows against light resistance. Muscle: frontalis. Hold 5 seconds, 10 reps.

Brow Smoother

Rest your index fingers at the inner brow corners, press gently outward and frown against it, then release slowly. Muscles: corrugator, procerus. Hold 8 seconds, 6 reps.

Eyes

Lower Lid Squeeze

Rest your fingers at the inner and outer eye corners, look up and squint using only the lower lids. Muscle: orbicularis oculi. 15 small pulses, then hold 10 seconds. Keep the pressure very light.

Upper Lid Lift

Rest your index fingers under the brow arch, lift gently and close your eyes against light resistance. Muscles: levator palpebrae, orbicularis oculi. Hold 5 seconds, 8 reps.

Cheeks

Cheek Apple Sculptor

Form a long "O" with the mouth, tuck the lips over the teeth and smile toward your temples. Muscles: zygomaticus, risorius. Hold 5 seconds, 10 reps.

Air Pocket Transfer

Move an air bubble slowly from the left cheek to the upper lip, the right cheek and the lower lip. Muscles: buccinator, orbicularis oris. 30 seconds clockwise, 30 seconds counterclockwise.

Lips and mouth

Pout and Resistance Press

Press the lips together, rest your fingers at the corners and push the lips into a pout against light finger resistance. Muscles: orbicularis oris, mentalis. Hold 8 seconds, 6 reps.

Corner Lift

Rest your thumb and index finger at the lip corners and make a small smile against slight downward resistance. Muscles: zygomaticus, with the depressor anguli oris relaxing. 15 slow pulses.

Jaw and neck

Cheeky Tongue

Hold the base of the neck, tilt the head slightly back, extend the tongue and sweep it slowly from left to right. Muscles: platysma, suprahyoid group, genioglossus. 10 to 12 sweeps.

Ceiling Kiss

Tilt the head back, look at the ceiling and push the lower lip upward in a gentle pucker. Muscles: platysma, digastric. Hold 10 seconds, 6 reps.

Jawline Micro-Scoop

Drop the jaw slightly forward, roll the lower lip over the teeth and scoop the jaw upward slowly. Muscles: masseter, temporalis. 8 slow reps. Skip this one if you have jaw pain or a jaw joint condition.

Make it a routine

Three to five minutes a day is enough. The Face Yoga App builds a personal plan from a library of 60 moves, with guided video, voice and rest days built in. New to the muscles? Start with the Facial Muscle Dictionary.

Train with care

If you have had injectables or surgery, or have a facial nerve, jaw or skin condition, check with a doctor first.