Sweating isn’t the only way to detox. Many spa products: facial scrubs, aromatherapy, body scrubs, facial masks, facial scrubs, bath tea blends and herbal tea blends can help do the job also.
Most people believe that you only start detoxing from the inside out. Yes, that’s true but you can start from the outside in. By removing dead skin, stimulating the outer skin layers down into the deeper areas through massage or bath salts or herbal detox baths, the entire body system is invigorated and prompted to move out toxins.
Drinking herbal teas before, during and after your bath can assist in getting out toxins. You’re detoxing from the inside (with the tea), from the inside TO the outside (with the removal of toxins) and from the outside in via your bath!
A massage before your detox bath also assists in moving out toxins. and is essential for pain relief. By stimulation lymph systems, release from muscle and tissues it it very beneficial in detoxification.
Regularly bathing is a spa bath is a good way to keep illness at bay. By strengthening your immune system, consistently removing toxins, your body already has a head start on fighting flu and colds during winter months. Using bath salts is a great way to help rid yourself of toxins and pain.
The environment is tops on everyone’s list. Browse the ‘new and notable’ tables at your favorite book store and GREEN jumps out at every turn.
You can help introduce your friends and family to environmentally friendly living, too.
Give them a GREEN GIFT of organic personal care, 
or bath salts, 
or perhaps some
mustard bath. 
or a detox seaweed bath 
Henna hair coloring 
is a great way to lessen a loved one’s exposure to possible carcinogens in chemical dyes.
You can promote sustainability, independence and encourage environmentally friendly business in impoverished nations by purchasing fair trade gifts. 
Artisans worldwide produce crafts and are paid a fair wage. This also helps preserve ancient crafts which are rapidly disappearing as populations move to urban areas.
Another great way to introduce environmentally friendly living is to get a GIFT CERTIFICATE to start a friend sampling some environmentally responsible products. Often people are a bit hesitant to give up what they know, but once they try things, they find they are doing TWO things at once: saving the environment and being more environmentally responsible themselves!
This could be toward the purchase of a Sun-Mar composter 
or perhaps a rain barrel…, 
or even for a composting toilet 
or maybe for a portable solar powered battery charger, 
which is great for travellers!
We also have unusual 
art and 
gifts like original art 
by local Virginia artists.
There are many ways that you can spread the word about sustainable, green and helping the environment!
Until a few years ago, only the most savvy spa worshiper had probably even heard of detoxing with salts. Now, however, bath salts, aromatic bath salts, along with Epsom salts have become well known.
Salt has long been used as a purifier. Salt was, and still is in some cultures, used as a preservative. Now, however, it is used for detoxification and cleansing.
Containing many different minerals depending on its origin, salt’s healing properties have been extolled for centuries. Its exfoliating action not only strips dead skin cells but actually draws out toxins upon contact with the skin. When mixed with organic oils, which also have their own healing properties, salt promotes rejuvenation of the skin through many layers.
Bathing in itself is relaxing and healing, perhaps taking us back to our time in the womb…, who knows?
Tis the season for colds and flu which makes taking a hot detox bath even more important for overall health. Add some aromatic bath salts and organic oils to your next bath and see if you don’t instantly feel better!
Every single aspect of our lives has in it artificial components of plastic, out-gassing (fumes) or toxins of some sort. The sad part about this is that the entire population of this world had no say - and is totally unaware that manufacturers, food producers, agribusiness and technology has contributed to it every day.
Chemicals surround us. Our computers are made from plastics which release chemicals into our environment. If we’ve sworn off caffeine, and drink decaf instead, chances are we’re getting a good dose of chemicals from the decaffeination process. Got that suit back from the cleaners? Guess what it’s been cleaned with? Dry cleaning fluid=chemicals.
If your kids play sports like football or soccer they’re probably rolling around on turf treated with herbicides, pesticides and other toxic lawn chemicals. Additionally, children are especially at risk for health-related illness from pesticide residues.
Think you’re safe at work? Your company probably has a contract with an extermination service and sometimes you’re even sitting at your desk when the guy comes through with the little sprayer tank! Millions of Americans go to work in environments chocked full of chemicals: manufacturing facilities with dust and fumes from chemicals, heavy metals, plastic compounds, cleaning solutions, paints, glues and pesticides. Even if your job does not put you in direct or daily contact, you are still at risk.
WHAT TO DO?
DETOX and eat the cleanest diet that you can. Make every meal a high quailty one of fresh (organic) foods, filtered water. Replace the toxins you introduce into your body in your own home with organic personal care products.
Make every day count!
Detox is an important facet of modern life. Our bodies cannot rid themselves of the modern compounds we are surrounded with.
Thousands of times a day we are exposed to toxins in the form of pollution, pesticides, chemicals in our food and personal care products. Additives in processed food, plastics (phthalates) leaching from containers into the food we eat, water bottles, from microwaving food in plastic containers. 80 % of coffee is decaffeinated with chemical solvents ( methylene chloride or ethyl acetate). Water processed organic coffee is the best bet for decaf. The clothes you’ve gotten back from the dry cleaners are laced with the chemical perchloroethylene. Nice, Huh?
An ancient remedy used in Ayurvedic medicine in India, turmeric, contains a wealth of healing properties. In recent publications by oncologists, turmeric has been touted as one of the best detoxifying agents available. Studies have shown that people in countries that consume it daily, cancer rates are extremely low.
In addition to adding beneficial herbs to your diet, a good detox regimen will help you cleanse your body of chemicals. The idea is to SWEAT - either in a hot bath or sauna but only if your doctor has advised it is safe for you. Mustard baths, long a remedy for amazing and effective cleansing are another method.
Relaxing in a hot detox bath is good for your mood as well as what ails you. It also helps to ward off those yucky winter bugs that are going around.
What could be more romantic for Valentine’s Day than to gift your sweetie with detox bath products and organic facial care?
It’s not just for the ladies, either. Detox bath products are important for the guy in your life to use too. Doesn’t he deserve a good soak in a hot tub after a long day? Doesn’t his face need some moisturizing from organic facial care? Spa baths aren’t just for girls anymore. Guys appreciate a bath, too, especially in the winter.
Spa bath products make everybody feel better. They rev up your immune system which is important now that flu season is here. Tired muscles relax in a aromatic bath.
Why not give your sweetie ‘a bath’ for Valentine’s Day? He -or she - might really appreciate it!
A healthy body needs to rid itself of toxins. A beneficial treatment is a massage, followed by a detox bath using bath salts.
Massage stimulates the body physically, mentally and emotionally, assisting healing and enabling the body to heal itself. One of the ways that you can help your body is to follow a massage with a detox bath using aromatic bath salts and herbal remedies.
Following a massage, your body’s entire system is in a cleansing mode. Human touch itself is a basic need of life; our body actually responds to touch in beneficial ways. Direct stimulation of muscles helps carry toxins out of the body which is why, following a massage, you should drink plenty of water to flush your body.
The evening after a massage, you can continue the benefits by taking a detox bath in aromatic bath salts or sea salts. The action of the salts further stimulate the circulation which draws out toxins. Other remedies, such as a mustard bath, combined with the salts increases the effects of the bath salts. Epsom salts, which are very permeable through the skin, also serve to enhance the action of the bath or sea salts.
The scent of the aromatic bath salts - or the mustard bath - acts as an olfactory stimulation which relaxes you, assisting further in detoxing.
Help your body heal. Schedule a massage, then go home and soak in a good hot bath!
The origin of the word ’spa’ comes from ’sanitas per agua’ (health through water). Long before facials and massages became synonymous with the word ’spa,’ bathing was the route to wellness of whole-body detoxification. Citizens of ancient Rome bathed daily. From the late 1700s to the present day, German physicians prescribed patients a ‘kur’ (cure or treatment) of one bath a day for 10-20 days. Thalassotherapy, introduced by the French, uses ocean water and seaweed.
Common annoying skin problems like acne and eczema have been linked to stress. When the panic ‘fight or flight’ hormones, cortisol and adrenalin are released, it weakens the body’s defense system. This leads to breakouts. You can, however, get relief. All you have to do is go through your bathroom door.
Signaling the body that it’s time to wind down, a nightly bath is a relaxing before-bed ritual. Create one with some favorite calming music and a relaxing scent. Gently exfoliate by rubbing some aromatic bath salts over your body. Once or twice a week, soak for at least 20 minutes in a detox bath. It will give your system time to release physical symptoms and toxins.
Regular relaxed bathing strengthens the immune system by assisting it to fight off illness. A ‘fake fever’ by bathing in hot water, increases body temperature kills and off germs. This is an helpful aid, especially during cold and flu season. Release toxins and relax in a good hot bath!
Our multitasking, workaholic culture can wreak havoc on our bodies. We’ve seen an increase in all sorts of chronic degenerative disease. Stress causes a serious energy depletion, sapping vitamins and minerals because the body secretes adrenalin and cortisol when you’re running at full tilt. These create disease in the body from heart disease, arthritis and a host of other immune-response conditions. Could it be that we need time to slow down?
Many of you say “I don’t have the time.” Well, then you just have to make time. Why not treat yourself to a once a week spa: your detox bath session.
A detox bath itself is healing for your body. Aromatic bath salts added to your detox bath water will relax you. Using Himalayan salts to exfoliate and refresh your skin and chemical-free bath products will do a lot to help your body be healthy. Organic skin care is just another way of taking care of yourself.
So, send the kids off to the babysitter’s, or have your partner take them out for a while. Unplug the phone and brew a pot of your favorite organic herbal tea. Run yourself a hot bath, pour in a generous amount of Epsom salts, and Himalayan bath salts. Add some organic, aromatic bath oil like lavender. Light some of your favorite incense and a soy candle and ease in for an hour or so of pure bliss.
You probably won’t want to get out!
Most ailments of today can be caused and aggravated by stress. Cancer has been linked to stress. That is why in today’s fast-paced life, it is important for us to spend time de-stressing. De-stressing need not be expensive. If going to a spa regularly is too heavy on your pocket, why not try to de-stress at home? Here are some suggestions:
1. Spend a quiet moment preferably before bedtime to meditate. Turn off the television, don’t answer the phone, and put your mobile phone or pager on silent mode.
2. Take a warm bath. Fill your tub with water and sprinkle in natural bath salts. The bath salts will help your muscles relax.
3. Light some candles or burn some essential oils. Aromatherapy is known to release tension and bring beneficial effects to the body.
4. Get a massage. Have a loved one knead the stress away or, better yet, call a massage therapist who can do home visits.