Dry
Skin Brushing
Perform
Dry Skin Brushing once a day just before showering!
Benefits:
The benefits of dry skin brushing include:
1) improved
skin texture
2) increased blood circulation to skin
3) improved lymphatic drainage of the entire body
(this improves detoxification, of the body )
4) reflexive stimulation of the entire body and improved oxygenation
5) improves body wrap results (This is a great "pre-wrap"
preparation idea!)
It is really worth the few minutes a day that it takes.
From
a health food store, purchase a dry skin brush.
These brushes generally cost about eight dollars.
This brush is all wooden with a long handle and an oval brush,
the bristles are all the same length so the face is flat.
The bristles are cream colored and the back of the brush should
be stamped with the words: 'All Vegetable Bristles'.
Dry skin brushing
is done just before a bath or shower. As the name implies
it is done dry and the brush is never, ever gotten wet.
Standing unclothed,
lightly stroke the brush across
the top of the foot to the knee. Continue lightly stroking
the entire body in long, light, smooth strokes, up the arms
and legs. It is important to brush each surface only once.
One stroke for the front of the lower leg, one for the inside,
one for the outside and one for the back of the leg.
It only takes about
four strokes from the foot to the knee, four strokes from
the hand to the shoulder. It takes about six strokes for the
upper leg.
Brush the upper legs
and arms in the same manner. The trunk is lightly stroked
with the target being the liver which is under the ribs on
the right side.
DO NOT brush
the face or other tender or sensitive areas.
DO
NOT brush over irritated areas or cuts
or scrapes.
Maintainance of brush:
Occasionally brush the brush outdoors to remove dust, (actually
your shed skin cells.)
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