Anti-wrinkle products is a billion dollar industry. Just type anti-wrinkle in google, and you would realize what I mean. Every other advertisement on TV or print would claim to bring yet another revolutionary breakthrough in getting rid of wrinkles. The claims by these marketeers are too irresistible to ignore. After all who does not want a youthful face forever! And this is what makes a P&G or Unilever a global top brand.
Here we will discuss how to stop being fooled by these claims and be able to have a glowing wrinkle-free skin for ages. But before we get into it, let me assert emphatically that 99% of the products produces by FMCG companies – soaps, creams, lotions, shampoos, etc etc – are absolutely trash. Most of them actually harm the body and skin and the best products therein are at best neutral – they neither do any harm nor benefit. And the percentage of these products are again hardly 1%.
Nature is quite wonderful. If it provided us with so marvelous a system that we call body, there is no reason why it would leave maintenance of this system at mercy of factory outputs of a P&G or Unilever. The fact is that nature has gifted us with all resources within or near us, that can keep us looking youth for ages. Some ancient texts of India state that a human remains youth till 70 years. This implies that it is feasible to have a youthful look and energy at least till 70 years. Let us explore in this series, how!
1: Minimize the use of the trash produced by these MNCs. They actually harm your skin. More you avoid them, better. This one step can iron out a lot of wrinkles that you have currently or are destined for in future. If you follow the tips here, you will no more need them – creams, lotions, moisturizers etc. If you are having dry skin, increase water intake and deep breathing even more. Use these MNC products only in case of emergency. Treat them to be as avoidable as you avoid taking antibiotic pills.
2: Drink a lots of water – neither chilled nor hot. Drinking at least 10-15 glass of water daily will keep your skin hydrated and young. Start the day with 1 liter of lukewarm water. This can cure you of hundreds of health problems. Refer to my post http://agniveer.com/top/energy-health/ for more details. In fact all the tips listed their will keep you youthful forever!
3: Avoid constipation at all costs. And the only way to do it is simple, healthy, nutritious food at regular intervals.
4: Do not starve yourself of sleep. Sleep well and wake early.
5: Have a rigorous workout at least twice a week. It should make you sweat profusely. Now simply massage your body with this sweat that comes out after a rigorous workout. Avoid this for first week of starting a workout schedule. But once you are in habit of working out, start this practice to beat the benefits you derive from the most expensive skin-cream in world! Have a good bath later.
6. Ensure you are breathing deeply whenever you can. We shall discuss art of breathing in a subsequent post. One can avoid even heart disease and diabetes simply by correct breathing! Skin care is no different.
7. Perform ardh-mayurasana once a day in empty stomach. Mayurasan is best but those who do not have sufficient balance can do ardh-mayurasan for a minute. You can learn the technique of Mayurasan from any yoga-instructor on google on it. Ardh-mayurasan differs simply in that you can continue to balance the body with legs on ground yet maintaining the same posture for upper torso.
8. Perform three rounds of Sinhasana or Lion Pose daily once. Again google for variety of videos and pictures on it.
7. Perform sarvangasana at least once in 2 days.
8. Avoid massaging your face for more than once in a quarter. Face is best left alone. Facials etc loosen the skin in long run.
9. Replace soap with multani mitti powder. Just make a paste of multani mitti with water and apply all over the body. Wait for few minutes and then wash. If you feel to uncomfortable, use soap every alternate day and multani mitti rest of the days.
Once a while, you can keep the multani mitti over your body for half an hour and allow it to dry. Now wash it for a fresh toning of skin.
10. Perform three rounds of Bahya Pranayam daily twice. This is sure-shot technique for long life. Learn it in http://agniveer.com/top/energy-health/
11. Keep a flexible body. Join martial arts or a stretching class or do it yourself. More the flexible body, more the youthfulness and less the wrinkles.
12. Peform Yajna at least once a day, even for 15 minutes. The heat of yajna, as well as vapor produced has a therapeutic effect on body. Taking few deep breaths some distance away from Yajna will cleanse your body from a lot of toxins. An elderly gentleman living next door is now 99 years old. He has been performing Yajna since early childhood. But even at this age he has a very tight and glowing skin beating many a middle-aged! Read the Science of Agnihotra for more on benefits of Yajna.
13. Say no to tobacco, alcohol, meat and eggs. They eventually enhance your aging process. Be vegetarian, be healthy, be compassionate and be young!
14. Follow Brahmacharya.
Sex and sexual instincts only speed up the journey to death and old age. Just try being a brahmachari for a month (in thoughts, words and actions) and test the results yourself. Read my other posts in health section to have an idea of what Brahmacharya is. Would write on this topic in further detail later.
Please note that sex is glamorized in today’s world only for one reason – sex sells. And what sells does not provide solutions! Had they had any clue of solutions, who would keep using the products! In a way its a sex mafia – cartel of FMCG companies, media, entertainment industry etc – whose benefit lies only in the world running after its shadow.
Truth is that good health, youth, happiness and all is all just besides you. You just need to turn around from the shadow!
Follow these proven tips from ancient rishis and reverse the aging cycle. We shall discuss some more advanced tips subsequently based on readers’ response on this article.
No more dull face. No more wrinkles!
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Ya thanks for the insights
thank u very much agniveerji..i truly feel the change..
Thanks for the insight. Keep writing such articles.
Shri Rajiv Dixit & Swami Ramdev on Bharat Mein Videshi Kampaniyon Ki Loot – Bharat
Swabhiman — its a big 2 hour 50 min lecture ..
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Actually this site is very much good on vedas…i will definately promote this site as much as i can ..And also to Bharat Swabhiman Trust group and people..Swami Ramdev has always been telling our vedas doesnot contain beef eating , AIT,etc etc and said its distortion by britishers…..I was inspired by Shri Rajiv Dixit and Swami Ramdev……So this site needs promotion as its provide true translation of vedas…
Today i open this site (agniveer.com) after a long time. I go through all the site. Over few topics i put my consideration and think deeply over that. The most influencing words which i found today are related to beauty and youth that how we can stay young and bribg down the speed of age. This massage will surely help me in avoiding the trash of MNCs like veseline & a cream as well which i use just in the winter season. The last thing which i would like to state here that first i would like to use these all the things on myself then i will get the print of all these things and will try to distribute those papers among my friends and others. An adorning has been created in me for beauti which push me toward these products of P&G and Unilever but i believe in Ayurveda very much as i believe in Veda. So at last i thanks to you for this priceless words. Thanks Again Agniveer Ji
My massege to all the readers of agniveer is that plz convey these things to your relatives to make our country clean from the trash of MNCs like P&G and Unilever.
One thing that really helps my skin is a lemon, olive oil, and garlic detox. I tastes horrible, but i have noticed much clearer skin and more energy since i have been doing it once a week. I would recommend it for people with strong stomachs though
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Can we start performing by ourselves these asanaas? don’t we need a guru?
please write a article on stop smoking as it will save lots of our brothers and sisters including one i tried many times but failed please do something on quit smoking and drinking and also an article on bhramcharia when unmarried i mean masterbating give some good tips these three are the main reasons people are losing their energy before age
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This is truly Hari Seva …
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Excellent article. keep writing such posts..
Brahmachrya is the supreme tapas, supreme knowledge and supreme strength, mind control will become easy to one who practices brahmacharya, it is the foremost of all sacred observances, nothing is unattainable by a man of absolute continence, Owing to the power of Brahmacharya crores of sages have attained brahmalokha, no misery in the world can afflict a man who practices Brahmacharya for life, brahmacharya can keep you away from all diseases and also from extreme weathers,practice brahmacharya for 1 month , u can get the results,
That fool outwardly controlling the organs of action keeps dwelling on sense objects with mind is a hypocrite(Bhagavat gita), so practice it sincerely and I guarantee u the excellent results, Hare Krishna……
Dear Agniveer
I cam to this site through facebook. Thanks a lot for the information of Vedic Culture and Vedas. I am reading every of your posts and comments. Thanks a lot. Vedas is great. And thanks for posting a nepali old man pic in this site. I don’t know he is nepali or not, but he is wearing Nepali Cap.
Thanks you for this wonderful post.
Please keep sharing words of wisdom, we all are in dire need of this.
Regards
Aarya