I discovered face massage in 2019 and trained with Yakov Gershkovich in 2021. I was drawn to it for the physical benefits. Watching a face soften and brighten felt like genuine magic.
Then I lost my dad to suicide, and everything changed. My nervous system was fried. I was grieving and wired at the same time, exhausted but unable to switch off. Face massage became something I turned to without fully understanding why. It didn't take the grief away, but it gave me somewhere to land.
Slowly, my face changed alongside everything else. The tension began to soften and my expression looked less wired, less worn down. I realised my face had been reflecting exactly what I was carrying inside, and that releasing it in one direction helped me release it in the other.
Working with clients, I saw the same pattern. Most came wanting to look less tired, more like themselves. Almost all were carrying something.
That's when I understood: when we soften the outside, we create space to settle on the inside.
Because true radiance doesn't come from changing who you are. It comes from releasing what you've been carrying.