How To Use Your Gua Sha

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Considering Gua Sha was one of our best sellers in the Wellness Shop over the last year, we assume you are familiar with it. If you are not, Gua Sha is an ancient tool that is used in Chinese Medicine to move stagnant blood. In the last few years, the use of Gua Sha on the face has become one of the fastest growing skin care trends. Gua Sha increases circulation and blood flow in the face by 400% and that alone is reason to give this little tool some massive attention.

Benefits:

  • smooths out fine lines and drainage of lymph fluid

  • clears clogged pores

  • promotes radiant skin

  • improves blood circulation

  • reduces stress

  • evens skin tone

  • lifts and firms saggy skin

  • reduces dark circles and puffy eyes

  • enhances absorption of nutrients

  • decreases tension in jaw

  • releases stored emotions in face

Before You Begin:

  • start your gua sha with a clean face. Apply a small amount of facial oil, so you don’t pull the skin.

  • you’ll want to keep your pressure somewhere between light-medium and your speed moderately slow.

  • all movements should be upward, so as to suggest a ‘lift’ to the face.

  • strokes should be from the center of your face, outwards towards your hairline.

  • hold your gua sha almost flat to your face, about a 15 degree angle.

Start At Your Neck: If you have tension in your face, you have tension in your neck. Using upward strokes, start on the sides of your neck and move towards the center.

Sweep The Jaw: Your jaw line stores a lot of emotion - sweep your jaw line with 5 strokes on each side, holding the skin by placing a finger on your chin.

Sweep The Mouth: Holding a finger next to your mouth, sweep out from your mouth. 5 strokes each side.

Sweep The Cheeks: Place a finger next to your nose and sweep under your cheekbones. If you suffer from any sinus issues, you’ll want to spend a little extra time here.

Sweep between your Eyebrows: Using gentle pressure and upward stokes between your eyebrow, aka the third eye. This should feel very soothing and help decrease your ‘frown lines’.

Sweep Your Eyebrow: Using gentle pressure, follow your eyebrow line out towards your hairline.

Sweep Up on your Forehead: Gently holding the skin above your eye, sweep up your forehead towards your hairline. You don’t have to stop at your hair. Using the Gua Sha on your scalp feels amazing and has many stress relieving benefits as well.

Consistency is key and once you start seeing and feeling the results you won’t want to miss your daily gua sha!

Founder, Beth Warner, demonstrates a Gua Sha session in the video below. Although we made this video on Hyperlapse for fun, remember you want the speed of your Gua Sha session to be slow and methodical.