Meditate or do yoga
Research suggests meditation may slow aging by reducing stress, improving well-being, and adjusting hormonal factors, Dr. Seppala says. (Here are more compelling benefits of mediation.) Yoga and deep-breathing can also help increase outward signs of attractiveness. ‘These techniques help you relax, open your heart, and center yourself—which gives you a more calm, centered appearance rather than being riddled with stress, which increases aging and makes you look older,’ Dr. Orloff says.
Smile, wide! Young, middle-aged, and older individuals studied thousands of photographs and were asked to guess the age of models with various facial expressions. Neutral expressions yielded the most accurate results, and fearful expressions made subjects look older; happy faces were rated as younger than they really were. (Here’s how to smile for better health.)
