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Botanical alchemy in a modern world
THE ORIGIN
A Baviaran Monk in the 19th century named Father Sebastian Kneipp is considered to be the “Father of Hydrotherapy”. He believed that many imbalances could be cured by water therapy.
Well, I guess I should start with "have you ever heard of a sitz bath?"…
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AT-HOME
At-home constitutional hydrotherapy is a simple way to build immunity while pushing your body from the ultra stressed sympathetic (fight or flight) mode into the calmer parasympathetic (rest and digest) mode.
At-home constitutional hydrotherapy is a simple way to build immunity while pushing your body from the ultra stressed sympathetic (fight or flight) mode…
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THE FINDINGS
A total of 316 contaminants in water delivered to the public. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set enforceable standards for only 114 of these pollutants. Another 202 chemicals with no mandatory safety standards were found in water supplied to approximately 132 million people in 9,454 communities across the country.
A total of 316 contaminants in water delivered to the public….
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START WITH COLD
This might seem like torture to most people but cold showers really do have health benefits. There is quite a bit of evidence even proving that cold showers can decrease depression and invigorate you.
It turned out not to be so bad! I felt energized, clear headed, and refreshed after jumping out of my super quick showers for the last couple of mornings…
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THE BENEFITS
Found from bogs all around the world that are rich in vitamins, minerals, and extracts from a multitude of plants that reflect the environment and not its present day pollution.
Mud & peat baths offer many therapeutic benefits from detoxification to immune stimulation…
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SOME LIKE IT COLD
Lower temperatures are linked to better sleep, decreased inflammation, weight loss, improved blood flow, and even increased cognition.
I recently moved a magical mountain location surrounded by endless waterfalls, rivers, and forest as far as you can see but it also happens to be quite chilly here…
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NATURE HEALS
Mud provides your skin with yummy nutrients, restores the pH, pulls out impurities, and even decreases inflammation.
You don't have to go to a spa and spend thousands of dollars to get the benefits of mud! Why not simply go to the source?…
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INTO THE BLUE
Salt is essential for life and balances many physiologic functions within the body.
Going back to the basics is the best way to get in touch with the healing power of nature…
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HEALING WATERS
2009 Dr. Emoto, Mt. Shasta
Water is one of the most simple and profound ways to support the body, and I'm always on the lookout for healing waters….
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SEAWATER
Is amazing for your body... it even contains the same 84 vital elements found in the human body from vitamins, minerals, salt, and amino acids!
Seawater is amazing for your body... it even contains the same 84 vital elements found in the human body from vitamins, minerals, salt, and amino acids…
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WARM UP WITH COLD
The cold water is actually considered a warming treatment because it forces the body to heat itself up and stimulate the immune system.
So my newest morning ritual involves turning the shower to cold at the end as long as I can handle it... right now I'm at 10 seconds…
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CLEAN WATER
Public drinking water may contain more than 700 contaminants!!! including organic chemicals like pesticides, solvents, arsenic, and benzene; inorganic chemicals such as lead, mercury, and nitrates (bad ones) and iron and zinc (good ones) and microbes such as viruses, coliform bacteria, and Giardia and even radioactive compounds like radon.
Water is essential to every function in our body, we can only live days without it. One of the simplest activities to improve health is to DRINK MORE WATER but first you need to know what's in your water…
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BLISSFUL BATHING
Bathing relaxes muscles, stimulates circulation, decreases stress, detoxifies, improves immune function, and supports lymphatic drainage.
My evening ritual involves taking a bath every night before I go to bed. Bathing relaxes muscles, stimulates…
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STEAM & BREATHE
Besides being relaxing they are also great at opening pores and clearing skin.
Besides being relaxing they are also great at opening pores and clearing skin…
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THE VIS
The wet sock treatment is an old traditional remedy that is highly effective at relieving upper respiratory symptoms and stimulating the Vis.
The cold socks stimulate the body to reflexively increase blood circulation which helps to decrease congestion in the upper respiratory passages, head and throat…
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THE CIRCUIT
Hydrotherapy is essentially the use of water (hot or cold, ice or liquid) to treat and heal the body of aliments.
Hydrotherapy certainly isn’t a new type of treatment since it was first documented as far back as the 5th century B.C, but it is having a revitalization with the sprouting of new spas around the area…
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Visiting a waterfall is a cleansing experience for the mind & the body by the sheer beauty of being there are also through the invigorating ions…
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WE HAVE IT IN EVERY CELL OF OUR BODY
We are made up of 60% of it and it is essential to every cell in our body…
Read MoreThe most gentle way to rid yourself of toxins is as simple as heat and sweat! By eliminating toxins through your skin…
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