COULD YOU PLEASE MIND YOUR SMILE

CHANGE is what every human being is seeking all the time, which ultimately leads to further exploration of one’s inner self. This inspired idea made me travel in a bus yesterday for a change.  As the bus was full, I’d to complete my journey standing as I couldn’t find a seat. However, that didn’t bother me much as I was prepared to make the journey amusing for myself.

I took a ticket for my destination, then started observing the people who were sitting and it really was a very interesting activity to indulge in. Almost everyone was busy with their cellphones, more than 90-95% of the occupants in the bus were listening to something with their headphones tucked in their ears. Strangely, none of them wore a smile on their faces, and at least didn’t even attempt to fake a smile. I wondered why people have completely forgotten the natural act of smiling?

Though the act of smiling don’t strain your facial muscles and people often would like to get away with an unwelcome frown instead. And they’re hardly aware of the fact that it takes 43 muscles to devise a frown and just 17 muscles to smile !

And it’s not just the smile only that adds beauty to your face. There is something more to those cliches people would ever expect to find out for themselves.

Even if you’re not actually feeling happy, simply activating the facial muscles with a smile can fool your brain into thinking that you are. It’s not just that your brains are happy and makes you smile. This activity can also derive the opposite meaning for you. You feel the smile and become happy !

The muscles of expression located around your mouth communicates with the various branches of the facial nerves through which the muscles are activated – they send signals to the brain that you are smiling. Endorphins are released into the bloodstream from the pituitary gland. These endorphins are natural pain killers, it makes you feel good and helps to relieve stress.

Apart from this, you should know what a simple smile can do – it has the ability to improve the capacity of the heart rate. It also boosts your immune system by relaxing the body and this further lets the immune system to react more quickly and effectively against unknown and alarming invaders.

Know more …. it increases longevity. Helps you to look younger; three years younger than average.

So keep smiling ….

 #Ayurveda #Health

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