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Yin Your Skin® is a holistic beauty concept designed by beauty therapist Katja Kokko. Yin Your Skin® brings together the wisdom and effects of ancient traditions creating an unique and sensual wellness experience. Enjoy the visible results of Korean skincare, the best techniques of facial gua sha, the meditative bliss of yin yoga and sound healing – all wrapped up in Nordic stillness and elegance.

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Yin Your Skin® online course introduces you to the best facial gua sha techniques and an effective beauty regime, bringing your skin an instant boost of vitality and sculpting effects. You’ll learn the best methods through easy tutorials that create a peaceful atmosphere and ambience in your own home spa. Yin Your skin® also brings a serene Nordic yoga studio to your home. Guided lessons and meditations help you unwind and listen to yourself. The yoga lessons are accompanied with a magical, visually breathtaking journey to Nordic nature and all its seasons, far away from your daily life.

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Yin Your Skin® collection includes five different gua sha tools which are suitable for professionals and demanding users aiming for premium effects. High-quality tools have been designed to fit perfectly the facial structure and reach the most subtle layers in the connective tissue.

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Facial gua sha treatments are available to subscribers of the Yin Your Skin® online course. Professional training designed for licensed aestheticians and Chinese medicine specialists serves as a foundation for providing gua sha treatments to customers.

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“I know that once the silk paper is wrinkled, it “I know that once the silk paper is wrinkled, it´s impossible to make it smooth anymore, but that seemed to happen to my skin with the use of this oil.” ⁠ ⁠ ”My skin has always been both dry and sensitive. As a child, I remember how many materials felt uncomfortable on my skin and traditional moisturizers stinged on my skin. Even nowadays kabuki brushes, which were advertised as the softest of all, have felt like needles on my face.”⁠ ⁠ This is how Erika described her skin before taking part to Yin Your Skin® SILEÄ Facial oil test group. Despite her constant sensitivity, Erika´s skin condition remained good until she was 25 years old, after problems began to appear. ⁠ ⁠ ”Imbalance, tightening, oiliness, dullness, impurities… Everything that a healthy athlete´s face shouldn´t show. Especially the T-zone has impurities and on the other cheek there are kind of blockages under the skin.” ⁠ ⁠ What happened after Erika started to use SILEÄ twice a day? ⁠ ⁠ ”I started using the product in the evening and my skin was absorbing the oil quickly. It felt like the oil ”melted” on the skin. In the morning, the face was not oily at all, as with other facial oils. The face looked like I had drunk a lot of water the day before and put on a moisturizing mask.” ⁠ ⁠ During the second week Erika noticed remarkable changes on her skin. ⁠ ⁠ ”There was no longer unevenness in the cheeks and in the corner of the mouth. The roughness had disappeared. My skin felt silky. A kind of dullness was slowly disappearing.” ⁠ ⁠ By the third week, the skin looked moisturized, although diet and hydration had remained the same from week to week. ⁠ ⁠ “On the third week, a calmed face looked in the mirror. My skin was no longer irritated at all, and my face looked well hydrated. All the tightness was gone. When I took a closer look at my skin, the lines and signs of fatigue were somehow gone.” ⁠ ⁠ Last week, Erika found herself wearing even less makeup. ⁠ ⁠ ”My skin looked vital. It was kind of good to be with my own skin. Oil has come to stay in my mirror shelf.” ⁠ ⁠ Thank you Erika for sharing your experiences. ⁠ ⁠ Photo: @riikka_kantinkoski⁠ ⁠
In this series of posts we will focus on Shen and In this series of posts we will focus on Shen and its five aspects.⁠ ⁠ Hun – the vision provider ⁠ ⁠ One of the five Shen is Hun – the ethereal soul that lives in the Liver. Hun is already present in the person before birth. It leaves the body after death and goes to Heaven together with Shen. The energy of Hun is very much yang, so it’s light and tries to go upwards and expand. For this reason, it needs the Liver-Yin who anchors it and brings peace for Hun. ⁠ ⁠ Hun relates to imagination, visions and dreaming. The Hun plays a part in our dreaming, subconsciousness, creativity, visions, finding our goals and the meaning of life, and in the courage to fulfill our ideas. Hun moves at night and, it is said that when we sleep the Huns (there are three of them) “meet” and travel to “another world” from where they deliver messages to us via dreams. The disturbances of the Hun are related to restless sleep, excessive dreaming, sleepwalking, and also Liver problems. When the Liver Blood is plentiful, the Hun is peaceful, and the person sleeps well. ⁠ ⁠ If Shen is too weak to “assemble” the Hun, our good ideas are useless, and our projects won’t happen. When the Hun moves too much it causes manic behaviour, and the mind can be confused and chaotic. In turn, when the Hun doesn’t move enough it causes depression, and the person can be without goals and dreams. ⁠
Facts behind yin yoga glow ✨ Yin yoga is a true Facts behind yin yoga glow ✨ Yin yoga is a true beauty yoga with instant effects on the face. It’s all down to the fascia network – or meridians – which forms like 3D a spider’s web that covers the entire body, transmitting messages from head to toe and from the skin to the core. Farewell to swelling and inflammations: ✔️ The decreased flow of lymph fluids causes swelling, when fluid accumulates in the tissues. In this case skin regeneration also slows down and fluids containing free radicals and cellular waste cannot be removed. ✔️ Yin yoga improves the flow of lymph fluids in the body. ✔️ The lymphatic system is responsible for the removal of cellular debris, pathogens, and waste products from the tissues. ✔️ Long, mechanical stress aka tension improves cellular metabolism, as the load “squeezes” the fluid containing the waste products out of the tissues. After releasing tension, the tissues are refilled with pure fluid. Relieve stress and relax: ✔️ Stress affects our bodies in many ways. ✔️ Overdriven sympathetic nervous system causes an inflammatory state in the body. Body functions such as blood circulation and lymph flow are slowed down. Digestion also slows down causing the intestinal microbe to suffer. ✔️ Elevated cortisol levels impair the function of fibroblast cells, the basic cells of connective tissue, preventing them from producing collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronic acid in a normal way. ✔️ Deep breathing activates the parasympathetic nervous system, which relaxes the mind and the body and improves digestion. ✔️ The parasympathetic nervous system communicates with fibroblasts and reduces inflammation as well as tension. ✔️ Yin yoga keeps tissues hydrated from the inside, making it easier for fascial layers to glide better against each other and cells receive nutrients and fresh blood. The whole body feels more free and vitalized. Embrace the aging: ✔️ Yin yoga promotes healthy aging. ✔️ Face and the rest of the body are not separate: the effect of yin yoga can be seen on the face, even you are working with the body. Have you noticed the effects of yin yoga on your face? Photo: @elinasimonen
In Chinese Medicine one significant part of the in In Chinese Medicine one significant part of the inseparable link between body and mind is each organ’s own spiritual or mental aspect. They are called Shen’s aspects. ⁠ ⁠ In this series of posts we will focus on Shen and its five aspects.⁠ ⁠ 💫 In Chinese Medicine there are five vital substances. The well-being and function of the human body, mind, feelings and soul is dependent on the easy availability of these five vital substances. They are called Qi, Blood, Jing (Essence), Shen and Jin Ye (Body Fluids). ⁠ ⁠ 💫 Shen usually translates to “spirit” or “mind”. Shen is present in everything conscious and unconscious in human life, for example it keeps an eye on the development of organs in a fetus. It decides the vitality, basic condition and development of a person. Shen lives in the Heart and is aware of everything that happens in the person’s organs and body. ⁠ ⁠ 💫 You can see the presence of Shen from the shine of a person’s eyes and face. The shine is called Shen Ming (the word Ming means shine but also brightness and clearness). You can see Shen as brightness in the eyes and as clearness in the skin when the body, mind and soul are in harmony and the person feels well. ⁠ ⁠ 💫 In Chinese Medicine one significant part of the inseparable link between the body and mind is each organ’s own physical, spiritual and mental aspect. Together these aspects form “the Shen”. There are five of these aspects: Hun, Po, Zhi, Yi and Shen of the Heart. ⁠ ⁠

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