Gua Sha Facial Massage Certificate Course (1 CE)

Compare facial Gua Sha to body Gua Sha, emphasizing gentle, long strokes, fluidic flow, and lymphatic drainage for facial relaxation and muscle rejuvenation.

Embrace a natural, minimalist approach to facial care and health as a lifelong self-care practice you can share with clients and yourself, benefiting facial health and mental well-being.

Relieve facial tension and boost circulation and lymphatic flow with gua sha massage. Clear meridian blockages and calm the parasympathetic system for a glowing, youthful complexion and TMJ headache relief.

Influence skin health through lifestyle choices affecting collagen, blood flow, and hydration. Stop smoking, eat well, drink water, sun protection, exercise, manage stress, and sleep to protect skin health.

Learn to use the gua sha tool with sideswipes and lifts from ancient Chinese medicine to boost facial lymphatic drainage and oxygenate the skin.

Use a jade crescent moon garza stone for gua sha facial massage along facial contours, and finish with a basalt mushroom cap stone for cooling, heating, drainage, and circulation.

Wash your gua sha tools with gentle dish soap, rinse away oil, then dry on a towel. Spray both sides with alcohol and let them rest before your next treatment.

Choose jade stone or rose quartz for your facial Gwarzo tool, both non-porous and hygienic, with rose quartz pricing higher due to carving and risks from chemical treatment.

Learn how facial massage boosts lymphatic drainage under the ears and neck, increases blood flow and oxygen to the skin, stimulates collagen production, and releases facial tension to improve complexion.

Heat therapy increases skin blood flow and oxygen delivery to tissue, stimulating fibroblasts and aiding skin care product absorption; cold therapy causes vasoconstriction to tighten facial muscles and reduce inflammation.

Explore five face oils: rosehip for discoloration, camomile for sensitive skin, black currant for elasticity and repair, argan for anti-aging, and grapeseed for oily skin, boosting moisture and skin tone.

Prep the skin with a mist or oil, then use slow, gentle strokes with light to medium pressure, applying gua sha motions sideways and upward, with hot or cold prep.

Explore facial anatomy in a practical massage, identifying chewing muscles (buccinator, masseter, temporalis) and expression muscles (frontalis, orbicularis oris, zygomaticus major/minor), plus acupressure meridians.

Explore acupressure meridians of the head and face, including the governing vessel, bladder meridian, gallbladder meridian, stomach meridians, warmer meridian, and conception vessel, for massage.

Guide clients into a relaxed state with a calming head hold and nasal breathing, then hydrate the skin and apply oil to prepare the face for gua sha massage.

Master a gua sha facial massage that opens neck and shoulder fascia, lifts facial tissue, and activates acupressure points like yin tang to drain lymph and brighten dull skin.

Begin gua sha sequence at the chin, glide along the jaw to the ear, sweep the cheek and eye area toward the scalp to lift, release adhesions, and boost drainage.

Review the other side sequence with three to five passes to release adhesions along master muscle, then gua sha lifts tissue from lip to forehead with a crescent moon finish.

Conclude a gua sha facial massage with a face, neck, and scalp routine that boosts circulation, drains lymph, and enhances relaxation using ear and scalp work and finishing stones.

explore a 15-minute gua sha facial massage treatment example set to music, designed for the gua sha facial massage certificate course (1 CEU).

Learn a gua sha facial massage sequence with music in the gua sha facial massage certificate course (1 ceu).

Learn a gua sha facial self-care sequence using a jade stone, combining chest and neck stretches, facial massage from chin to scalp, and drainage toward the armpit to relieve tension.