Home Spa Lady Tips Issue # 7 Cleanse Without Fasting, Guilt Free Spa

Home Spa Lady's Tips of the Week
Issue # 7 - January 11, 2006
Publisher: Marilee Tolen RN
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Make Every Day A Spa Day!
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In This Issue
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1. Cleanse Without Fasting
2. Frequencies of Essential Oils
3. Guilt-Free Spa Experience at Home
4. Yogurt-Walnut Facial Scrub
5. HSL's Joke of the Week
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1. Cleanse Without Fasting
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Fasting is not for everyone who wants to cleanse, for a variety of reasons:
--They don't want to go through that 3 day funk
--Its too difficult to run a family and cook for others
--The initial low blood sugar crashes are too inconvenient
--The readjustment in eliminations are too uncomfortable
--They can't afford to loose stamina at work
--There is no support system in place
This is not to say that fasting isn't beneficial, I think it's great and it has some awesome benefits for health and beauty.

But I would rather eat and cleanse, than not eat and cleanse.
I attended a two week intensive cleansing retreat last March in Southern California where we alternated raw foods for 4 days with 3 days of juicing fasting. I lost so much weight that I really didn't want to loose (10 pounds in the first 3 days) and when I got home I ended up eating more food than I normally eat, and gained all the weight back plus more. I think my body went into a starvation mode and my metabolism stepped down a few notches.

So, from that experience I decided to delegate part of my daily intake to substances and foods that will continuously cleanse my body.

Now, if I were to tell you there was something we could eat every day that will help take toxins out of your body, would you be interested in finding out what that was?

First, let me describe to you its features:
--It was used by the Egyptians for cleansing
--When we eat it it doesn't get digested
--It's not absorbed into the bloodstream
--It absorbs water and swells up
--It becomes like a gel that also absorbs toxins
--It slows down absorption of sugar so it keeps blood sugar down
--As it moves through your intestines, it 'scrubs' the walls of your intestinal tract
--It makes you feel full so you can even lose weight
--It also reduces cholesterol

What is it? Soluble fiber.
What foods consist of soluble fiber? Oats and oat bran, nuts, barley, flax, oranges, apples, and carrots to name a few.

But one of the best things you can take as pure soluble fiber for the mere purpose of a good cleanse is psyllium. Psyllium is a fibrous seed and often made in the form of a powder for cleansing.

Do you know that psyllium was used in ancient Egypt and was described in the Ebers Papyrus (medical documents of 1500 BC)? It was used for its laxative and antidiarrheal properties. What does that tell you? It tells you that it can have both effects, so therefore it is "balancing".

Other early Old World uses of psyllium seeds were to treat sores of the mouth and throat, stop nosebleeds, treat complications of the liver, and help to fix loose teeth. Psyllium was administered to assuage complications from scurvy and worms.
The plant itself is 'plantago' and other parts of the plant are known to be medicinal as well. Native Americans and Aztecs used plantago husks and leaves as cough remedies, for wounds, insect bites, and headaches.

Where do we get psyllium? Many cleansing products on the market contain psyllium. One of the most popular product found on grocery store shelves is Metamucil - but that has other stuff in it including lots of sugar.

Here are two sources for a more natural and healthy psyllium product:
--Trader Joes Store (if you are lucky enough to have one near you) has a product of pure psyllium call Secrets of the Psyllium.
--Young Living has a product called ICP Multiple Fiber Beverage along with oat bran, aloe, flax and fennel, and some other things including essential oils that are good for the digestive system.

One very important thing to remember when you take psyllium: Drink Water!
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2. Frequencies of Essential Oils
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Some people say essential oils are magical.

I may fall into that category. I've certainly said I have been witness to many "mini-miracles" from their use.

The physical and biochemical properties of essential oils are still being discovered, while the frequencies and vibrational qualities have yet to be explored. Only a few researching pioneers are headed in that direction, but those of us who are healers, energy workers, energy sensitives, or highly intuitive, know the energetic 'magic' of these oils - without needing the research.

Frequency is a measured rate of electrical energy flow between two points. This energy could be called 'life force'. One physician who has laid the ground work for studying frequency is Dr. Robert O. Becker. In his book "The Body Electric", he establishes that the human body has an electrical frequency, and that health is determined by that frequency. This is no different than the recognition of 'chi', or 'life force energy' that is identified in the use of acupuncture, for example.

In the early 1990's a scientific researcher by the name of Bruce Tainio built a "bio-frequency" monitor that measures the frequency of the human body. Tainio's research found that during the day the frequency of the balanced human body is 62 to 72 Hz. He also found that when the frequency drops, the immune system starts to decline.

Forexample, when the frequency drops to 58 Hz, cold and flu symptomsshow. Candida, fungus, and other immune threats occur at 55 Hz. At 52 Hz auto-immune disorders kick in like Chronic Fatigue and at 42 Hz, cancer can occur.

As we can see here, when frequency is low it sets the body up for an unhealthy environment where more rapid aging, disease, and illness can occur.

What lowers frequency?

Things in our everyday life can pull down the body's healthy electrical frequency. For example junk food, especially processed and canned foods (can measure zero Hz),environmental toxins, regular personal care products that contain things like sodium laurel sulfate and propylene glycol, and even medications which are petrochemically based. Stress as well can lower frequency.

Fresh produce measures higher, it has a frequency of 15 Hz.Fresh herbs range between 20 - 27 Hz. Fresh whole foods help support and maintain the body's healthy frequency.
When higher frequencies come in contact with lower frequencies, the higher frequency wins. In other words, the disease causing organisms that are created in a low frequency environment are destroyed.

Bruce Tainio measured the frequencies of essential oils. He found the range of essential oils to be from 52 Hz to 320 Hz depending on the oil!(Rose oil measuring 320 Hz). He concluded that essential oils have the highest frequencies of any natural substance known to man.

When we use essential oils on the human body we can raise the vibrational frequency.
When we increase frequency, things can happen to the body that we don't normally see happen with western medicine or artificial approaches to beauty, such as healing, halting aging, and even reversal of certain diseases.

So it could appear as if it's magic, but it's just the incredible divine healing power of nature - the invisible force measured in frequency, yet to be discovered.
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3. Guilt-Free Spa Experience at Home
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Do people feel guilty going to a spa?

Some do. Surprisingly guilt can happen to someone who can afford to be pampered every day. This past week an article came out about how Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has stopped pampering herself in beauty salons since the birth of her little girl, Apple. She says she feels it is a waste of time. And apparently this feeling is shared among her fellow Hollywood stars.

Gwyneth would rather be with her one-year-old daughter than pay too much attention to herself. "Since I've had my baby I don't really have treatments any more, all that time away from her makes me feel too guilty," she was quoted by Contact music, assaying. "And the idea of going to a spa, putting on a robe, having tea -it drives me nuts! I feel like I'm wasting my life," she added.(ANI)

I think it's a mom's instinct to want to be with her baby as much as possible. The hierarchical order of needs change when a woman has children, but she needn't sacrifice! What Gwyneth doesn't know is that she can have her pedicure and pampering too - at home!

Here at Home Spa Lady she could learn ways how to create that home spa atmosphere so she can have guilt free pampering - and share it with her daughter. She could even do a Mommy and Baby Spa at home. Infant massage is one of the most wonderful gifts we can give these new precious little creatures. Bring in massage therapists for Mom and daughter too.

Spa cuisine and spa treatments that can be done in the kitchen and bath are a great alternative for the guilt-ridden spa-goer.

For ongoing tips on how to create at spa at home, visit the HomeSpa Lady blog: http://www.homespalady.com/blog/
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4. Yogurt Walnut Facial Scrub
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1/4 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup finely ground walnuts
Mix the ingredients together. Wet face first then gently work the scrub into the skin. Rinse with warm water.
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5. Home Spa Lady's Joke of the Week
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Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She simply replied, "No peer pressure."
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Where to Meet, Hear, or Learn with Home Spa Lady:
February 7: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Mentoring in PJ's - For Healing Touch students,apprentices, and Certified Practitioners
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February 24 - 26: Marlton, NJ
Workshop: Healing Touch Level 3
Pre-requisites: Level 1 & 2
Contact hours for nurses and massage therapists
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March 13: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Mentoring in PJ's - For Healing Touch students,apprentices, and Certified Practitioners
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March 18-19: Marlton, NJ
Workshop: Healing Touch Level 1
Open to anyone
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April 3: In The Comfort of Your Home
Teleseminar: Mentoring in PJ's - For Healing Touch students,apprentices, and Certified Practitioners
Details and registration at http://www.homespalady.com/tele-seminars/mentoringinpjs.htm

June 9: St. Paul, MN
American Holistic Nurses Association / American Holistic MedicalAssociation Joint Conference
"How To Turn The Internet Into Income For Your Holistic Practice" http://www.ahna.org/events/2006.html

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