Organic Beauty: The Easiest Way Ever – Part 1
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I don’t think I need to tell you that good health is a primary component of natural beauty. Well, what would you think about something that can:
- Help digestion
- Stimulate circulation
- Strengthen your immune system
- Cleanse your lymphatic system, and
- Improve the functioning of your nervous system?
And what you think if this same something could:
- Remove dead skin
- Improve your skin’s texture
- Tighten your skin
- Tone your muscles
- Help prevent varicose veins, and
- Remove cellulite?
Can you stand more? This same something is easy, very inexpensive, and makes you feel great.
I won’t keep you in suspense any longer. It’s not a product you have to buy or even some potion you have to make, it’s dry skin brushing.
You’ve probably noticed that when everything is right with your health, your skin is a thing of beauty. But when things aren’t so right — your body is malnourished or exposed to toxins, for example — your skin is the first place it shows.
Your skin has a tough life. It’s your body’s largest organ and is responsible for protecting it from all that stuff out there that you don’t want to get in. It’s also plays a huge part (about ¼, in fact) in your body’s natural detoxification by eliminating a lot of “that stuff” that does get in; your skin eliminates about two pounds of waste every day. And although it receives a third of the blood your body circulates, it is the last organ to receive nutrients.
So, to keep your skin (and the rest of you) looking its best, you need to eat right and exercise and try to avoid toxins as much as possible (it is the 21st century, afterall). But if you want to help the process, take it to the next level even, you should consider dry skin brushing.
The first time I heard about dry skin brushing — a million years ago from a yoga instructor – it sounded . . . weird. But it’s not some offbeat wackiness that was just cooked up; it’s actually an old technique. A Finnish doctor named Paavo Airola recommended the technique to help his patients detoxify, exfoliate, and stimulate their skin over 30 years ago. And the technique has been used by Russians and Scandinavians for centuries.
And, now, you can use it, too! Or at least you can after I tell you how in my next post. In the meantime, you might want to get yourself a bath brush.
