Total purification of our bodies may be just slightly out of
our reach. Despite our valiant efforts to do everything perfectly like eating
right, exercising, and watching our sugar intake-we still have to deal with the
impurities of the world around us. We cannot control environmental pollution,
second hand smoke, smog, or unsavory toxins that may be in our water, right?
What we can do is focus on the things that we can control like how we take care of our bodies and what we put
into our bodies. I believe that by doing this we can achieve Purifoication.
Let’s talk about cleansing. Washing off dirt, grime, and
sweat are imperative. Cleansing from the inside out is even more important. Of
course drinking pure, filtered or reverse osmosis water is something we would
do regularly. Although there are different points of opinion on how much and
how often, what everyone can agree on is that when we are dehydrated, our body
actually tries to counteract it by producing more oil through our sebum and can
make us look greasy! We don’t want that! If you are drinking water as your
primary fluid throughout the day-then you are doing fine. We really want to get
hydrated by consistently eating high water content produce like lettuce,
peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, juicy citrus fruits and melons. When you are
keeping your digestive system light and clean, then your body can get to work
on getting rid of all the toxins we are unfortunately exposed to.
Washing your face every night before bed is something we
really want to strive to do. Not only does it enable our skin to more easily
rejuvenate itself, it helps us to look and feel more refreshed in the morning! Skin
cleansers that are gentle seem to work on most people. Cetaphil is about the best one I have
found and Burt’s Bees
cleansers and scrubs are top of the line for natural cleansers. If your goal is
to wash your face every night before you go to bed, and once in a while you
just don’t, it is ok! You are in the process of being Purifoid and the point is
to take all the right actions as often as you can and soon it will become second
nature and will not seem like such a chore. You will just do it, naturally.
Sweating is great for getting out the impurities of our
system and very cleansing. To get the benefits though, we must wash the sweat
off. After a steam, sauna, or workout we always want to do this. For thousands
of years many people around the world have believed in some kind of
hydrotherapy. Greek, Japanese, Turkish, Eskimos, Austrians, Russians, and
Romans all have descriptions of how they did this written in their histories.
The Finnish have been doing saunas cycled with ice cold water or snow
afterwards for over 2,000 years! They must be on to something that it does for wellness
and skin. In fact, it has been shown that it improves skin function. The sauna
has cleansing properties besides helping our skin to matain a healthy pH and improving
retention of moisture! After the sauna, Finnish people roll in the snow or take
an ice cold shower. It closes the pores and feels invigorating. Now, we may not
have access to saunas in our own home, but most gyms have some kind of steam
room, showers, and or saunas. Those fortunate people with gym memberships can definitely
check this out and try something new! We can even create a steam type shower in
own bathroom and take an ice cold shower afterwards. Brrr!
Have fun trying something new and being Purifoid!
Love,
Rae
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