A fulfilling life, no
issues with excessive weight, a great shape, a healthy diet, a smile on your
face... many wish for these things. But on the path of personal change we often
stop because our first step is already the wrong one. Before we can start
again, we must leave the old behind. We need to detoxify of body and regenerate
its cells in order to “re-awaken” and start building new foundations. There are
many suggestions available about regeneration. One of the most ancient natural
practices is the use of sea water and sea salt, as they have many beneficial
effects.
Sea water as a
natural medicine:
The ancient Greek already knew the healing powers of the sea.
They used sea water 2500 years ago to heal and treat eczema, arthritis, asthma
and back pain. Hippocrates discovered that sea water helps heal wounds,
prevents infections and eases pain.
Sea water is very
similar to human blood:
A small piece of the sea runs in our bloodstream, that
same sea that started life. Maybe it’s because of this that human blood is
salty. Sea salt has numerous healing macro and micro elements (iodine, calcium,
magnesium, sodium, silicon etc.), minerals and catalysts which improve the
function of metabolism and the efficiency of the hormone system. Moreover, sea
water contains many biological stimulators, which activate the endocrine cells
with internal secretion and stimulate the entire organism.
Reinforce the nervous
system:
Imagine the feeling of swimming in the sea. You are relaxed, right?
Sea
water contains smaller amounts of bromine, which has a calming effect. There’s
also magnesium, which stimulates the body to expel the water in excess. The salt acts on skin receptors, as it stays
in the upper skin layer (epidermis) up to three - four weeks after bathing in
the sea. Thus the skin is nourished and relaxed long after a swim in the sea or
in a swimming pool with sea water.
Sea water:
- it protects the
skin,
- helps with
respiratory problems,
- eases pain,
- take the stress away,
- detoxifies the body,
- reinforces the immune system.
Sea water contains
silicic acid which helps ease skin problems such as eczema and psoriasis. It
has a great effect on anyone with rheumatism, arthritis, back or joints pain,contracted muscles. The minerals in it help reduce inflammations, as they help
the liver, the skin and the kidneys to expel toxins from the body in a faster
way. The negatively charged ions and particles of salt in sea air have a
healing effect on the airways, the bronchi and lungs. Sea water contains
iodine, which improves mental abilities, helps regulate hormones and allows the
proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
ADVICE – How to detoxify the body?
Thanks to its many beneficial qualities, we recommend
firstly to bathe in the sea or in a swimming pool with sea water and then
proceed with the detoxification of the body.
In order to let the salt have the
best effect on the body, we recommend visiting the sauna for approximately 10
min, so the skin can warm up and the pores can open. After that do a salt
scrub, where you mix salt, Mediterranean herbs and virgin olive oil. The scrub
will thoroughly cleanse the skin and prepare it for the detoxifying process.
When you finish with the scrub, leave the salt on the skin and enter the sauna,
where the heat and salt combined will start the detoxifying process. The salt
binds water to itself and thus also the toxins and waste from the skin. With
the whole “process” combining the sea/pool, sauna and scrub the whole body is
detoxified.
By taking a dip in a
sea water swimming pool and combining also a sauna session and a body scrub
with natural sea salt – one of the best in the world – you maximise the healing
effects and detoxify your body. For more info on detoxifying, click here.