Detoxification: What it is & Why do it!

Detoxification: What it is and Why do it!
Understanding the auto-intoxication is responsible for most of the body ills we suffer with. It makes perfect sense that to detoxify the body will lead to improvement in overall health and wellbeing.
That's just common sense!
Look at those around you, what do you see?
Look in the mirror and tell me what do you see there?

Do you see a people/a person....

• Oppressed by an over abundance of toxic food choices from which illness springs, and brings suffering....seeking treatment from an unenlightened medical paradigm that is controlled by insurance companies and restricted by the government!
• Suffering emotionally with relationships and work situations filled with stress and angst. 
• Who are sleep deprived.
• Overweight.
• Out of shape.
• Addicted to alcohol, prescription drugs, toxic relationships, food.
• Guilty, hiding from shame, in denial and heart broken?

This is a bleak picture and it may seem a downer to ask you to look, acknowledge, become aware.
But, this is the first step toward a healthier you, a healthier community and a healthier world!

​One of my clients seeking to undertake an upcoming Bridge toHealth On-line Seasonal Detox, asked me to explain detoxification. Prompted by his question I decided to post this blog to throw light on this subject. Starting with what will detoxification do for you and then moving onto to what is it..read on!

We DETOXIFY to HEAL! 
When we take a break from richer heavier foods we are resting internal organs and allowing the body's natural defense force...IMMUNITY to take a break from cleaning up our daily indulgence, so this amazingly complex system can focus on "house "cleaning"
Detoxification will...

• Cleanse the blood of excessive congestion, or blood sludge!
• Fasting takes you deeper into the body's natural healing resources.
• Lift your mood and energy as the organs of elimination clear toxic cellular debris.
• Improve the way you see yourself and other, The way you see your body.
• Increase your desire to move your body.
• Lift addictive tendencies and break cravings for anything toxic.
• Clear your mind.
• Improve gut health.
• Boost immunity.
• Restore your sense of confidence and ability to make good choices for yourself.
• Open you heart with compassion and inspiration, restore your "soul self"
• Allows you to release what does not serve you!

Breaking out of darkness into the light of clarity, self love and clear thinking is WHY we DETOX!
Regular fasting or periods eating lighter are an integral part of natural life for both animals and humans. However, we have insulated ourselves from seasonal fluctuations in available foods to the point that we fail to realize, sometime our bodies need a break from all this CONSUMPTION!

Detoxification, done regularly throughout the year and each month will restore body and soul to a cleaner lighter version of yourself, plain and simple. The clarity that comes from detoxing is the most remarkable aspect. All of my Bridge to Health Detoxers report an amazing feeling of being "high". Feeling empowered with a greater sense of purpose and higher level of energy!

We DETOXIFY to RAISE CONSCIOUSNESS
Maya Angelo said, "when we know better, we do better". This homey wisdom stated so simply is POWERFUL! The affect of knowing better is the ENLIGHTENMENT it brings! Enlightenment is the attaining of knowledge, insight and awareness. The more you have the better life is, for YOU, for YOUR FAMILY, YOUR PERSONAL COMMUNITY and the larger COMMUNITY of HUMANITY!
Think I'm getting carried away...
                "Not Creating delusions is enlightenment." Bodhidharma
                ​"​Enlightenment means taking responsibility for your life" William Blake
                "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making
                  the darkness conscious." Carl Jung

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What is detoxification?
To detoxify means to rest the body from your usual diet.
It can be a simple as skipping a meal if you tummy is out of sorts, to restricting food intake in a variety of ways.
Such as:

• All fruits and vegetables only, lighter, cleaner, packed with nutrition that boosts the body's defense team!
• Liquid diet: Juice, broth, gelatin, teas
• Juice fasting
• Water fasting
• Consecutive 24 hour fasting, as is done during Ramadan a 30 day restricted diet in which only one simple meal is consumed in a 23 hour period.
• Mono Diet, eating only one particular food when in season for three to seven days.

Your ability to detoxify will be challenging if your body is in need of repairs and is very toxic. The more regularly and gently you detox the easier it gets.
Bridge to Health offers 4 Seasonal guided and on-line detoxes to support the development of regular detoxing as a part of a healthy lifestyle.

Detoxification is not... 

• A tool to lose weight per se. You will loose weight over time, but it is not the goal.
• To be abused or overdone. Starving the body is not healthy or wise.
• Something you should force. Go as far as you can. Take a break and then do it again, each time you will be able to go deeper.
• Not for everyone. If you suffer from adrenal insufficiency, cancer, anorexia/bulimia, other serious health conditions or are on certain kinds of medication you must work with professional support in coordination with your medical doctor. 

Read the BTH Blog on Fad Eating and the serious dangers of the newest fad, Intermittent Fasting
This lovely passage from the Book of Isaiah sums up beautifully the reason to fast and the benefits that come to us as we dedicate ourselves to enlightenment!
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:

• To loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
• Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter, when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness[a] will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
• You will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.​​

If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed...

•  Then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
• The Lord will guide you always, satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame.
• You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
• Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations.
• You will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

To help you make an educated choice about detoxification to improve your health and wellbeing... go to this link and schedule a free personal phone consultation with Certified Wellness Consultant, Vanessa Goldeen.

​Learn More about Vanessa Goldeen's Wellness Practice

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