You’re running all day.
Juggling deadlines.
Pushing through. Doing more. Staying “on.”
And yet, your skin looks tired.
Your glow has faded.
Maybe there’s even more pigmentation… or those little breakouts that weren’t there before.
You try to treat it from the outside. But it keeps returning.
Today, in our GLOWMAX Face Yoga class — Day 7 of the 10-Day Age-Less Glow-More Challenge — we addressed something few women know:
The inner sun that’s burning your skin from within.
Can stress and overworking really affect your skin?
Yes — deeply.
But not just emotionally.
Biologically and energetically too.
When you’re constantly in “do” mode — working, achieving, performing — your sympathetic nervous system is switched on.
Your body enters a low-grade state of fight or flight.
What happens next?
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Cortisol rises (your body’s stress hormone)
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Internal heat builds up (especially in the face and gut)
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Hormonal balance gets disrupted
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Skin becomes inflamed, dull or sensitive
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Pigmentation, acne, and rashes start appearing
This isn’t “woo.” It’s well-documented that chronic stress can lead to hormonal acne, rosacea, and melasma.
And in today’s practice, we explored the energetic counterpart of this system:
The Pingala Nadi — the solar channel.
What is the Pingala Nadi and how does it relate to your glow?
In yogic wisdom, we have two main energy pathways:
Ida (the moon channel) — feminine, cooling, restful
Pingala (the sun channel) — masculine, heating, active
The Pingala Nadi governs:
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Physical energy
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Action, performance, thinking
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The right side of the body
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The fire in the body and mind
When balanced, it gives us vitality.
When overstimulated (as it often is in modern life), it leads to:
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Burnout
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Excess internal heat
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Overthinking
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Hormonal overdrive
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Skin inflammation
Many women unknowingly live in Pingala overdrive.
And the skin reflects this imbalance — especially through:
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Pigmentation
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Hormonal acne
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Facial dullness and redness
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General “tired but wired” look
So today, we chose a different meditation.
A cooling one. A balancing one.
What did we practice in Day 7 to calm the inner heat?
We guided our entire community through a complete face-body reset designed to soften the overactive Pingala channel.
Here’s what we did:
1. Shoulder & Neck Massage — (Done in the Bathroom)
Why start in the bathroom?
Because glow begins in the most ordinary spaces.
We did:
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Gentle shoulder openings
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Neck rolls and upper spine release
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Jaw and collarbone softening
Why it matters:
When your upper body is tense, lymph and blood cannot flow freely to your face.
This builds heat and blocks glow.
These postures also activate the left side (Ida Nadi) — the cooling lunar energy.
2. Early Morning Sunlight + Solar Awareness
We stepped into the light — but not just for Vitamin D.
We used the sun intentionally:
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To absorb light through the eyes and skin
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To align our body clock
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To calm the overactive nervous system
Why it matters:
Exposure to morning sunlight naturally regulates cortisol and resets hormonal balance.
3. Pingala Nadi Meditation — The Cooling Counterbalance
We closed the eyes.
Breathed through the left nostril.
Visualized light flowing down the right channel.
And softened the heat of “doing.”
This practice helps:
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Cool the right (Pingala) side of the body
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Balance hormones
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Soothe stress-induced skin inflammation
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Anchor the body back into rest, flow, and repair
Even five minutes created a shift.
And the glow? It returned.
Is this a surface fix or something deeper?
It’s deeper. Much deeper.
This isn’t a mask.
It’s not a cream.
It’s not another step in your skincare routine.
It’s a reset for your nervous system.
A balm for your hormones.
A pause for your inner heat.
Because glow doesn’t just come from exfoliation — it comes from regulation.
Our community is living this — and loving it.
In our Face Yoga Tribe of over 50,000 women, we’re doing this together:
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Women share their pigment fades, acne calm-downs, and real skin wins
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We completed the Lip Vibration Challenge with hundreds of entries
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One winner got a surprise gift — and everyone else got inner radiance
Real women. Real practice. Real glow.
And it’s all free. Daily. Live. On YouTube.
Would you like to join us live tomorrow?
Your nervous system will thank you.
Your skin will reflect it.
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Your skin isn’t just tired.
It’s overheated.
Overstimulated.
And asking for softness.
So today, we gave it that.
Through breath.
Through stillness.
Through sun.
Through surrender.
When you cool the fire inside, your face remembers its glow.
Come tomorrow. We’ll meet you in the calm.
