They come in search of a chemical-free face-lift and Marie-Veronique Nadeau, the author of "The Yoga Facelift", offers her 59-year-old face as proof it's possible.

"My eyes are lifted. My cheeks are lifted. They're not as droopy. There are wrinkles in my forehead that are gone," Nadeau told Ivanhoe.

Wiped away, she says, by two years of toning the 130-plus muscles above the neck. She insists there's a right and wrong way to work the face. Mess up and you'll create more wrinkles.

"You're not scowling in concentration. You're not squinting. You're not pursing your lips," Nadeau said.

Fingers anchor the skin but muscles do the work. Tired of those saggy jowls? Find your jawline. Start pushing. When you reach the chin -- five pushups. And we're off to the cheeks. Grab your anchor fingers and smile without moving your lips. Feel cheek muscles move up towards your fingers. Pulse for ten counts, then work those eyes. Make

A "V" and blink "up" with your bottom lid. Don't move that upper lip.

"I was surprised at how much of the muscle I could feel under my face working," Yoga Facelift student Suzanne Bain, told Ivanhoe.

"After a good workout my face would feel sore so I knew I was doing the right thing because that's how I felt when I went to the gym, or went for a run, or a long bike ride," Mary Bunnett, who Practices Facial Yoga, said.

While skeptics insist "overworking" facial muscles is what causes wrinkles, Nadeau likes what she sees in the mirror and that's a victory in itself.

If you would like more information, please contact:

Marie-Veronique Nadeau
marienadeau13@yahoo.com