Welcome to our July edition of Healthy and Loving It! In this issue we share tidbits from our personal detox stories and how we discovered our favorite detox tools and therapies. Learn which two low cost home tools made all the difference for us. And discover the nourishing fun of homemade bath salts to enhance your body, mind and spirit.

Healthy Blessings, Cindy and Jo

In this Edition

1. Which Detox Tools and Therapies? Read Our Stories and Find Out How to Choose
2. Two Low Cost Tools You Can Use at Home
3. Homemade Bath Salts and Salt Scrubs
4. What's Your Passion?
5. Your Testimonials!

Wondering Which Detox Tools and Therapies to Use? How do You Know When You Need Them?

We know, through personal experience, that when you change your diet, everything changes. We’ve also learned, through trial and error, that getting adequate support for these changes makes all the difference!

Once upon a time I (Cindy) decided to become “raw” and eat a diet of 100% raw plant foods including vegetables, fruits, seeds, and nuts. I understood the raw diet is not for everyone, but I love health and this is often touted as the ultimate cleansing diet for health and healing. I had to try it. What happened to my body over 3 months of a raw food diet was a whole lot of cleansing, a whole lot of new healthy habits, and a whole lot of healing!

Over my summer of raw, I encountered a “healing crisis” every few weeks or so. Each healing crisis would happen when the toxins my body was stirring up got ahead of my ability to eliminate them. I got overloaded! Detox symptoms like bloating, fatigue, headaches, moodiness, gas and acne would crop up.

My body was screaming for attention and I learned to listen. As my body became more sensitive, I was able to tap into my own inherent wisdom. Each time I encountered these symptoms, I assessed whether I needed to adjust my food, cleanse my bowels or use other detox aids like massage, exercise, herbs or simply drinking more water! The tools I used to work through each healing crisis turned into valuable lessons in caring for my body. I continue to use many of these tools today for daily self care or as they’re needed.

The most valuable aid I used during my raw experience was getting my bowels moving more quickly with colon cleansing. When I began to feel bloated, lethargic and moody over a period of days I knew it was high time to schedule a professional colonic! From that I learned that if I’m doing an aggressive cleanse it’s important for me to build monthly colonics right into my program. As soon as I cleanse my intestines this way, I always feel light, happy and energetic again.

Healthy living is about change and flow. Living beings are constantly changing. When we allow the changes to happen and encourage healthy flow (consumption, circulation and elimination) our bodies and minds are healthier, lighter and more vibrant!

I (Jo) have discovered this principle at work in my own body over years of searching for wellness. For several years I tried to “get healthy” by avoiding “bad” foods and restricting my diet and lifestyle more and more. Although I benefited from avoiding sugar and artificial foods, I didn’t really begin to experience health until I incorporated the supportive therapies we recommend here.

My personal favorite is professional bodywork! I received my first professional massage in 2002 when I was pregnant with my daughter. Before that I thought bodywork was some sort of luxury treatment used only for relaxation. While some forms of massage are wonderfully relaxing, I realized that each form of bodywork is a unique and powerful healing tool for removing obstructions and generating flow.

Swedish massage and lymphatic drainage massage are the most “hands on” treatments that work directly on breaking up muscular knots, improving circulation of your blood and stimulating lymph function. Toxic chemicals and emotions can take hold in your muscles. A good massage will stir them up and escort them to your detox organs in newly circulating lymph fluid. Deep breathing throughout your massage and LOTS of water afterward will help the process along.

In my healing journey I’ve also discovered that my emotions and beliefs strongly affect my well being. Old beliefs and stored up emotions need to be released just as much as stored up toxins. Energetic bodywork (mostly stemming from Eastern traditions) that open up the energy channels (meridians) in your body are great for this! Reiki, shiatsu, and acupuncture have really helped me open to the changes of deep healing.

We both enjoy the benefits of yoga, chi kung, gentle exercise and sweating to aid our detoxes and healing. Any type of exercise that gets the body moving will speed up your ability to release toxins. Exercise moves your lymphatic system and produces sweat to escort the waste out of your body. Sitting in a steam room, sauna or sweat lodge is another fantastic way to cleanse your body. An intentional sweating session always brings relief from detox symptoms for us… as long as we remember to re-hydrate afterwards by drinking lots of pure water!

Special Detox Tip: Low Cost Tools for Enhancing your Detox

Your skin is your largest elimination organ and a place that toxins can become trapped. Brushing away dead skin cells allows your body to release the stirred up wastes lurking beneath the skin. It also encourages radiant skin, helps to reduce cellulite and stimulates healthy circulation. Visit our skin brushing page to learn more about the benefits, how to properly use a skin brush and where to get one.

When you’re asleep your body is hard at work, cleaning out toxins and sending them off to be eliminated. One of the places they are sent is your tongue. These toxins leave a coating or film on your tongue. Scraping this residue away each morning keeps those toxins from being reabsorbed, reduces bad breath, and enhances the functioning of your taste buds which leads to eating less and enjoying fresh foods more. How does it do that? Find out how along with other benefits of this ancient Ayurvedic technique on our tongue scraping page.

Featured Recipe: Homemade Bath Salts and Salt Scrubs

Not a “bath person”? No problem. You can create your own salt scrub to use before showering.

Use these homemade bath salts and scrubs to transform your everyday bathing experience into a healing detox experience. The salts and oils will pull out toxins, as well as relieve stress, muscle aches and digestive symptoms.

Check out our homemade bath salt and salt scrub recipes and learn how to make your own exquisite salts without spending a bunch of money on fancy packaging and advertising.

What's Your Passion? Turn it into an Online Business!

As moms with a passion for health and a desire to share our knowledge and experience with others, we were looking for the perfect online business idea to support our families financially while we supported others in their health. That’s when we found the program that we used to create the Whole Body Detox Diet. Check out our story here and find out how this program helps people build great websites and create a growing online income.

This program will walk you through building a successful website, from start to finish. You won’t need any previous experience in web design or marketing. You’ll learn how to create a beautiful, informative website that ranks high in the search engines and draws targeted traffic. Following step by step instructions you’ll be able to build an income generating website by providing valuable information to your readers.

If you have ever considered building an online business or enhancing your current business, read this page. We promise you that no other program can match this one for building a successful business that creates traffic and customers. This may just be the solution you’ve been looking for!

Click here for details on guided detox programs with Jo!

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."

~Thomas A. Edison, 1900

Your Testimonies

I admire you both and congratulate you for this great contribution."

Lizzette