
This blog is intended to provide suggestions of small changes that you can make to your everyday life that will gradually bring you closer to a holistic, healthy lifestyle!
I believe that Holistic Living should be empowering & energizing - not exhausting and fear evoking. Everything that I have listed here are things that I slowly and surely started changing in my own life and small consistent changes that gradually lead me to a healthy lifestyle that helps me to maintain my vitality.
Be sure to keep an eye on this blog as it will continue to evolve.
Here some of the most important places that I started:
I STOPPED cooking with aluminum, teflon, plastic, etc. and switched entirely to stainless steel and wooden cooking spoons and spatulas. When you cook with aluminum, teflon, or other toxic materials - the chemicals will leech into your food and accumulate in your body. When you google this, many sources will come up that tell you that there is no risk involved in cooking with these materials and 9 times out of 10 those sources sell those materials.
I use stainless steel pots & pans, wooden spoons & spatulas, and pyrex or corning cookware.
A squatty potty - or a stool stool as I call it - using a stool to elevate your legs and feet while you are having a bowel movement. This position is anatomically correct for our body to eliminate waste and can make a huge difference in your digestive health.
Not drinking fluid while you eat - drink fluids 20 minutes before and 20 minutes after each meal but not while you are eating. The fluid will reduce your stomach acid which is important to help break down your food.
Taking a brief walk after each meal - this is a must for anyone who struggles with crohns, IBS, indigestion, gas, heartburn, bloating, or other digestive discomfort. Taking a brief walk, even for 5 minutes, after each meal encourages peristalsis (the contraction of the digestive tissue that moves food through the digestive tract, breaking it down and absorbing nutrients as it does so), which improves the quality of our digestion and can reduce discomfort.
Change your laundry detergent & eliminate artificial fragrances - This includes perfumes, scented candles, body wash & shampoo and conditioners with artificial fragrances, air fresheners, car fresheners, etc. You may not notice right away, but these artificial fragrances are toxic chemicals that wreck havoc on your lymphatic, nervous, and immune systems.
Change your cleaning supplies - Most of the products sold to us for cleaning are loaded with toxic chemicals that linger for days, weeks, and months. I make a mixture of vinegar with white sage and rose petal tea! I make a strong tea of rose petals and white sage and fill jars 1/2 and 1/2 with the tea and vinegar. We do offer this tea blend here at Community Nourishment and I will post a link to it as soon as we have it in our shop!
Go outside as soon as you wake up - starting your day with fresh air & sunlight is a great way to harmonize your hormones, emotions, and set the tone for the day. I recommend closing your eyes and facing the sun for 5-15 minutes in the morning.
Start your day with hot lemon water - I recommend a fresh squeezed lemon, not artificial or processed lemon juice. If you don't like lemons you could use limes or even just hot water. Drink this before your coffee or eating anything. It stimulates your liver and digestive tract, helping your body to rid itself of all of the toxins it processed while you were sleeping. I now put tinctures in my lemon water before adding the hot water. It's a delicious, effective way to get your day started with medicine.
CHEW YOUR FOOD - The more that you chew food, the easier it is for your digestive system to break the food down and receive nutrients.
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