I'd like you to take one day every week or month to stop and clear the mental and physical burden. Here are 5 tips on how to create a spa cleansing day at home:
Tip #1: Try These Healthy Spa Recipes
For your cleansing day, try these delicious and healthy recipes:- Breakfast - Fresh fruit, 'Prune Power' Smoothie
- Lunch - Creamless Spinach Soup or Gazpacho Soup
- Dinner - Poached Red Snapper on Kale with Red Pepper Coulis
Tip #2: Take a Technology Break
- Make it a low-tech day. Keep your television, computer, Blackberry, and cellphone turned off.
- Go for a walk in the park. Find a quiet place and try these Two Meditation Techniques with step-by-step instructions.
- Attend a yoga class in your neighborhood
- Stretch at home
- Get a skipping rope
Tip #3: Create a Spa Retreat - At Home
Here are my suggestions for your creating a home spa retreat:- Tongue Scraping - Start your day by gently scraping your tongue (don't worry, it doesn't hurt!). In Ayurveda, tongue coating is called "ama" and reflects metabolic debris. Tongue scrapers can be purchased in a drug store or health food store for a few dollars. They are an effective way of removing the thick coating and ama toxins.
- Contrast Showers - Step-by-step instructions on Contrast Showers
- Dry Brush Exfoliation - Instructions on how to do a Dry Brush Exfoliation.
- Buy a candle - But make it a soy candle. Learn guidelines on buying candles Are Your Candles Killing You?
Tip #4: Consider a Detox Drink
- Water, water everywhere - Read 5 Tips for Getting Enough Water
- Hot water with lemon - Boil water, pour it into a mug and add the juice of a lemon wedge.
- Ginger Tea - A cold weather cleansing tea is Ginger Tea with the juice of a lemon wedge.
- Green Tea - If you are a coffee drinker, switch to green tea for your detox day. Read How to Brew a Perfect Cup of Green Tea
- Coffee Substitutes - Besides green tea, read Top 5 Coffee Substitutes
- Alkaline Broth - Learn how to make an alkaline vegetable broth for improved enzyme and cellular metabolism and general cleansing and detox.Alkaline Broth Recipe
Tip #5: Cleanse Your Mind
On your cleansing day, try to take steps to free yourself of the past hurts and worries that continue to live with you. Start a personal ritual, such as writing a letter (your don't have to send it!) to get out all your feelings. Or buy a beautiful journal to give yourself a regular outlet for all your emotions, regrets, and worries. Don't push these emotions away. Harness them and move on as a smarter person.Go to the Wellness Makeover.
