How about starting body cleansing detoxification during a weekend in your own home?
To facilitate your detoxification, arrange your bathroom and bedroom into a spa-like atmosphere.
Before the weekend, you can prepare your body during the week by cutting down on certain food items like coffee and tea, red meat, processed foods and alcohol. This will help to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
But, be prepared for symptoms of cleansing! You may have a dull headache, feel grumpy, hungry and lethargic on Saturday.
During the weekend, you should avoid coffee, alcohol, cigarettes, non-essential drugs, salt and oil. Use only fresh herbs, lemon or lime juice to dress and season your food.
List of Items You Will Need:
Here are some things you will need for to help you during the weekend:
- Reading material (non-work related)
- Notepad or diary to write your thoughts and feelings
- Art Materials for creativity – paint and brushes, modeling clay, crayons, pencils etc.
- Rug or duvet
- Lots of pillows
- Essential oils and carrier oil such as almond (mix 6 drops of essential oil such as lavender with 4 teaspoons of almond oil)
- Candles
- Relaxing music, CD’s or tapes
In the bathroom make sure you have:
- Thick and large bath towels
- Aromatherapy candles
- Use your favorite essential oil in carrier oil for the bathwater
- Moisturizer, exfoliating scrub, face mask, and luffa brush
Clean your bedroom and put clean sheets on your bed so you will not be distracted to do housework. This is your weekend for relaxing and doing your body cleansing detoxification program.
For food items, you will need a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, unwaxed lemons, herbal teas and filtered or bottled water, olive oil, a good selection of nuts and seeds, goat’s yogurt, brown rice, fresh herbs.
If you are wondering why you need to cleanse your body, go to Terri's website and read reasons for cleansing.
Sample of Saturday's Menu
Here’s a sample menu for Saturday: Each morning take lemon juice in hot water one half hour before breakfast.Breakfast – Fresh fruit or fruit smoothie (stay away from bananas as they are high in fast-releasing sugar and fat)
Mid morning break – Handful of dried or fresh fruit such as grapes and nuts
Lunch – Broiled goat cheese with broiled vegetable or steamed, brown rice and mixed green salad
Afternoon snack – Half and avocado or crudités (fresh veggies) with Hummus
Dinner - Home made vegetable soup and fresh fruit for dessert
Detoxing On All Levels
This body cleansing detoxification program involves light eating in order to give your digestive system a rest while your body detoxifies. The fruit juices will stimulate the cleansing organs in your body. If you have a juicer, all the better this is the time to use it. The massages and body scrubs will make you feel and look good.
It is also important to detox your mind with
meditation
and visualization exercises which will help to create inner harmony and balance.
A basic visualization exercise consists of breathing slowly while focusing on a calm and beautiful scene. Picture yourself basking in the beauty. It also helps to repeat a positive affirmation such as, "I am relaxed and happy as I cleanse my body." You can also visualize how clean your body will be after your body cleansing detoxification.
Remember to pamper yourself with foot, hand and scalp massages, face masks, in between meditating, relaxing, writing in your journal or reading.
Also, do some sort of exercise whether indoors or out. If you live near a park, take a long walk in the afternoon. The exercise will facilitate the cleansing and elimination process. Try not to drive as it is stressful. The idea is to be as relaxed as possible during the whole weekend.
Enjoy your weekend of cleansing and relaxation!
ATTENTION: If you do not have the time to do your own home-made body cleansing, follow the maintenance program with 100% natural herbal tinctures from Pure Herbs in the US or Les Herbes Pures in Canada. Read about the cleansing program at
colon cleansing herbs.
or
contact me
for information.
Remember, you will still have to eat lightly and drink lots of water. Find out why water is very necessary for body detoxification and how it will help you to lose weight at
drinking water and weight loss.
This body cleansing detoxification is also good if you are experiencing constipation. Find out what are
the causes of constipation.
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