Is skin-care really important?
Besides being an organ of detoxification, your skin is the largest organ and often the first to show signs of degeneration or the presence of metabolic imbalances. While the skin may be the first to communicate outward that something is wrong, it is often the last to heal.
Your skin has many functions including:
● Protective shield for the body
● Helps regulate body temperature
● Works as a respiratory organ
● Performs absorption activities by assimilating oxygen, water and other nutrients
● Aids in elimination of toxic material & metabolic waste from the body
Your skin is a vital, living, breathing organ and should be treated with respect. You should always be careful about what you place upon the skin or what it comes in contact with. To some degree, everything your skin comes in contact with is absorbed into your blood and lymphatic systems.
If a substance is a toxin, your liver and kidneys will have no choice but to work to neutralize any adverse effects along with eliminating the toxin. Prolonged chronic or daily exposure to toxins via the skin can be damaging to your health. If your career, hobby or general environment exposes you to toxins, it is important to take precautions to protect yourself. As a side note, if you smell a toxin or any substance for that matter, you are inhaling it and your lungs are an easy pathway for toxins to enter circulation. Protecting your skin and lungs often goes hand in hand.
Each organ of detoxification—liver, kidneys, colon, lungs and skin—must do their part. Any weakness in one forces the others to bear an increased workload. If the body is not up to the task, this can result in metabolic exhaustion, inhibition of the body to rid itself of harmful toxic waste and naturally occurring cellular waste material.
For those concerned about their toxic body burden, it is incredibly important to make sure that your detoxification pathways are working at a high level before you attempt to purposely detoxify. There are many products and programs that will force stored toxins to be released from tissues. If your detox and elimination pathways are not functioning as designed, you will likely re-toxify the body as those freed up toxins merely redistribute themselves. This can easily be a catalyst for the manifestation of new symptoms and disorders.
Benefits of Dry Skin Brushing:
● Remove dead skin cells
● Cleanse the pores
● Stimulate the skin’s hormone and oil-producing glands
● Help keep the skin soft, supple and youthful
● Improve circulation
● Have an “awakening” influence on the nervous system by stimulating the nerve endings (great way to naturally wake up in the morning)
● Assist in toxin removal
While there are many options available to support healthy skin and overall health, some of the best options are very inexpensive while being effective. Dry skin brushing is one such opportunity.
How to dry skin brush!
Use only a natural bristle brush
Ideally, brush first thing in the morning and last thing at night
Preferably, dry skin brush just prior to bathing
Use a circular or figure-eight motion, brush vigorously (what you can tolerate) over the entire body surface (except the face)
Brush from the head, tips of fingers and toes, always moving toward your heart
Include your palms and soles of your feet
Clean your brush weekly with soap and warm water and allow to air dry
I invite you to dry skin brush for at least two weeks and then report back how your body/mind responds to the process.
