When I first started practicing face yoga, I expected (ok, well, I was hoping for) physical results—more toned muscles, a lifted look, a brighter, smoother complexion. What I didn't expect was that face yoga turned out to be as much an inner journey as an outer one.

Have you noticed how many of the most innovative "new" wellness practices we're seeing on social media and elsewhere these days are actually rooted in ancient wisdom?

Your face is so much more than a collection of features to be judged. It's a living record of your life story — a map of all you've experienced, felt, and overcome.

Have you ever been in a situation where someone (in my case, it was usually one of my daughters when they were kids), "Are you upset about something?" or "Are you mad at me?" or "Do you feel OK?" or some such WHEN YOU ARE FEELING PERFECTLY FINE??

Taking time for ourselves isn't selfish – no matter what that niggling inner voice might be telling you. It's an absolutely necessary aspect of being the best humans we can be.

If you had told me ten year ago that I would be a face yoga instructor, I would probably have choked on my tea and said something like "Face what? Is this a joke?"

For decades, I bought into the beauty industry's biggest lie. It's the one that whispers (and sometimes shouts) that our worth is tied to looking younger. That aging is the enemy. That we should spend countless dollars and hours fighting against the natural flow of time.