Bodies are designed for motion. Naturally providing many health benefits, mindful movement is a powerful tonic for the mind-body-soul. Physical activity improves the immune system and quality of sleep, reduces stress, strengthens bones, optimizes circulation, digestion and elimination, even heightens self-esteem. Everyday toxins do build up. Awareness of what they are and how they effect us is imperative for how we feel, the way we look, and how we behave. In the ideal world we would eat all organic, practice yoga, take long walks on the beach and in the mountains, get regular massages, never crave sugar or worse, and nothing stressful would ever happen to us. Get real, living life is about all these things, and avoiding them just is not reality, but understanding them is. Choose wisely and practice to be healthy and happy today.
THE BODIES DETOX SYSTEM
1) THE LIVER 75% of all waste products pass through the liver.
2) FAT STORES If the liver is overwhelmed by toxins, the body pushes the toxins into fat stores.
3) THE KIDNEYS Kidneys filter blood and by products from the liver, producing urine.
4) THE SKIN Largest organ of body. by products in the bloodstream sweat out, about 1 lb daily.
5) THE LUNGS Remove carbon dioxide and small amount of toxins in the form of breath.
6) LYMPHATIC SYSTEM Transports nutrients and stores white blood cells which fight infection.
7) INTESTINES Filters out harmful products from stomach and sends them to liver for processing.
8) THE BOWEL Excretes toxins from intestines, if sluggish, toxins reabsorbed into bloodstream.
EVERYDAY TOXINS
1) ALCOHOL Studies show that one to two drinks per day is harmless.
2) CAFFEINE Studies show that up to six cups per day is harmless.
3) NICOTINE Ingested poisons starve the body of oxygen and produce chemicals that cause cancer.
4) PESTICIDES The average person swallows around 1 gallon each year, and do not process naturally.
5) POLLUTANTS A major cause of harmful free radicals that attack healthy cells in the body.
6) BAD FATS 20g per day cause the body no harm, more, increase free radicals in the body.
7) SUGAR 40g per day is fine. more, increase free radicals and bad bacteria in the bowel.
8) STRESS Produces chemicals in our bodies that compromise all our systems, our blood pressure increases and our circulation speeds up. Worse, we often reach for other toxins such as alcohol, nicotine, fats and sugars. The good news is that overcoming stress is a easy as breathing! No one has ever encountered a relaxation method they did not like!
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Marianne Wells, International Yoga Presenter
Specializing in the Yoga Alliance 200 Hour RYT Teacher Training
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