Health related benefits of acupressure

If you are feeling stressed out due to your hectic working schedules, or if you feel tired or depressed due to any reason. Acupressure tapping techniques are practiced to relieve you by satisfying your needs.

According to researchers, this practice is mainly followed by students, to keep themselves awake during classes & examination schedules. Acupressure refers to applying pressure to certain points that will reduce the sleepiness & increase the alertness of the student making him feel refreshed. This is good for students lacking concentration & alertness in studies. Same applies to the people undergoing hectic working schedules.

To get rid from stress & anxiety, acupressure between the middle parts of eyebrows i.e the upper area of nose for at least 10 minutes will reduce the stress level to up to 50 percent. This is a very easy method that can be followed to temporarily get rid of stress & anxiety. It is an effective method of refraining stress from your everyday schedule.

Body talk helps to maintain balance

BodyTalk System is a very popular method of acupressure that coordinates body, mind, self-awareness, clarity of perception & spirit that promotes peace of mind. This system works as a treatment to deal with emotional imbalances. According to experts, your mind, body & spirit should be constantly communicating. The daily stress, injury or illness may lead to several problems like depression, anxiety & obsessive thinking. To avoid these situations it is very essential to keep your mind, body & spirit constantly communicating. By adapting BodyTalk system, you will discover a remarkable change in your quality of living.

According to the international BodyTalk Association, BodyTalk access, a course that teaches techniques & exercises that can be practiced when you are ill or injuries along with some tips that can help to strengthen your health maintenance routine.

Emotional Stability with the help of (EFT)

One more acupressure technique called “ The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) emphasizes more on healing past emotional wounds. According to experts, our body develops negative emotions, because of the disturbances caused in the energy system. The tapping method helps to clear the underlying energy related disturbances & drains away the negative emotions.  This result is achieved by focusing on painful memory & tapping on set of 10 acupuncture points.

Learn about acupressure points

The Chinese facial treatment mainly consists of releasing pressure through pressing acupressure points. For that you should be aware of the locations of the points, most of the acupressure points are located on our facial area. These points help to alleviate sinus related problems, fatigue, nasal congestion & headaches. Facial acupressure chart is available, which will give you clear information of the locations of these points. Pressing those points manually with comfortable pain is very important. You may rate your pain level from 1 to 10, 10 may be the highest, keeping your pain level between 3 to 5 is advisable, it will give a moderate pain which is bearable. The procedure is followed by massaging the points in circular motions & simultaneously concentrating on breathing for at least 1 to 2 minutes. Practicing this massage daily will help you to overcome problems like headaches, nasal congestion & fatigue.

Scratch away wrinkles

Regular face exercises will work as a toner for the skin & reduce the appearances of wrinkles. This will make you look younger. It resembles the effects of a facial surgery. Acupressure points with massage techniques make a perfect combination for releasing stress from facial areas, increasing complexion & stretching your skin. Areas around mouth & eyes tend to develop wrinkles faster; proper toning of the skin will help the arrival of wrinkles. For proper massage it is very important to know about the proper movements, upward massage will lift your skin & downward massage will loosen your skin & will make you look older. While massaging it is very important to be aware of certain massaging techniques. Use fingertips for applying pressure, as our facial areas may have sensitive spots which may need more attention & little pressure.

Chinese population believes that, wrinkles indicate stagnant life force energy. Before performing a Chinese facial take care of certain things. While starting off rub your palms together & let your internal heat make your palms warm. Now gently massage your acupressure points. For a perfect massage, place your index finger in the middle of your eyebrows, move your fingers in a circular motion around your eyes, cross your eyebrows & then move down along with your eyes & cheekbone. Practice these movements 36 times & get a skin that will make wrinkles scared of appearing.

In China, many believe wrinkles indicate a stagnant life force energy, which they call Chi. Before you perform Chinese facial exercises, rub your palms together briskly. According to some Chinese acupuncturists, 36 back and forth movements create optimal Chi. As you do this, you should feel your palms warm from the friction. Now, massage your acupressure points. To rejuvenate Chi around your eyes, place your middle and index fingers at the beginning of your eyebrows, near the point closest to your nose. Walk your fingers around your eyes in a circular motion and cross your eyebrows before moving down and around your eyes along your cheek bone. Complete 36 movements to optimize your Chi.