Learn the Art of Body Brushing
First, make sure your skin is completely dry. Using firm pressure, you may notice some redness as you start to encourage the blood flow to the surface.
The best time to dry skin brush is before a shower - first thing in the morning is more invigorating, whilst in the evening use slower movement and less pressure for a beautiful meditative unwinding ritual.
- Starting at the bottoms of your feet move your brush over your skin using firm small strokes upwards or small circular movements
- Continue to brush over the feet and ankles and up towards the legs and groin area.
- You want to flow in the direction of the lymphatic system so make sure you move in the direction of the heart. You can begin to use long sweeping motions.
- Come back to circular strokes around the tummy - following the path of the colon to help stimulate digestion and elimination.
- Brush upwards from the buttock and lower back.
- From the hands move up your arms and into the armpits - there are lots of lymph nodes there so you want to move any toxins out here.
- Use more gentle circular movement around the breast and chest area and from your neck sweep down towards the heart.
