Happy is the real pretty. This one is called cheek pump. So I’m not suggesting we’re trying to pump our cheeks out this way, but just pump up a muscle.

It’s called the buccinator or bucinator, still not quite sure how to pronounce it, and I just like the way that sounds. It’s the muscle that contracts when you smile. Have you ever been waiting to take a picture like, quirk, quirk, time to take a picture, and you get that tired feeling? Well, that fatigue in your face represents the fact that your muscle may have atrophied.

Atrophy is the fancy word for loss of tone and strength, and it is the primary cause of sagging and wrinkles in our face. Besides the surface of the skin changing, the muscles lose their tone. So if you never pick anything up heavy, your bicep’s going to become a little wimpy.

Same thing happens in your face. So this one’s kind of funny. I’m going to have awareness here, here, and here that I’m opening and creating length.

So once I start, I won’t be able to talk, and you’ll see why. I’m going to use one finger here. Your mouth is going to be as wide as possible, and your eyeballs are going to actually roll upward.

I’m going to close my eyes because it looks really weird when someone’s doing that. So my eyes will be closed, and you’ll see me pumping this. It’s coming from trying to smile.

So basically, I’m going like this, but I’m purposely keeping my mouth open so my jaw stays soft, and we call this one the overall energizer because it just brings that energy and makes all these muscles work together. Here we go. So I like to stretch my jaw.

I highly recommend it. So I might open. I know it looks silly.

Part of this is that you’re going to feel silly and look silly, and that’s going to put you in a good mood, which is going to make you prettier anyway. Take your pointer, place it on your chin, open wide. Remember, I won’t be able to talk once I start.

Watch my cheeks move. I’m going to close my eyes and roll my eyeballs up towards my forehead or my third eye. Same thing.

Here we go. 10 reps, and then I’ll hold. I know that one looks a little silly.

I purposely closed the eyes because rolling your eyeballs up can create sort of a creepy look in the face, but what we’re doing is creating a lift. The eyes are rolling up. This is down, and then we’re pulling up here.

Take your time. Have fun with it. My expectations are that you’re going to get in front of the mirror, get to know your face, and you’re going to refine these moves and make them personal for you.

These are just food for thought, places for you to start, and then be your own teacher and create your own practice. Remember, the theme of this entire method and the attitude adjustment that can come from it is that you’re beautiful just the way you are, but you’re learning how to enhance your features through the same methods that work from the neck down, going to the gym, going to yoga, practicing exercise and well-being. Anything that makes you feel good is going to make you look good, because those two things go hand in hand.