| Are you stressed, sluggish and sallow of skin? Find | | | | Raise a sweat by either walking briskly outdoors or |
| out what easy and effective steps you can take to | | | | taking a yoga class. Try Bikram yoga, a form of yoga |
| revitalize your life. | | | | that usually takes place in a studio with extra heating |
| 1. Create a Tranquil Environment | | | | to encourage profuse sweating. Great for eliminating |
| Unplug the TV, phone and turn off the Blackberry. If | | | | toxins and improving flexibility! |
| this is too unrealistic, at least consider reducing the | | | | 6. Meditate |
| harmful radiation emitted from electrical equipment in | | | | Repeating mantras and affirmations or practicing |
| your home or office with plants. Placing plants such | | | | visualisations are effective ways to start mediating |
| as the Boston fern or Peace Lily near televisions, | | | | daily. You can try visualisations where you see a |
| computers and microwaves are all ways to help | | | | coloured light filling your body or transport yourself to |
| absorb radiation in the home. | | | | your own utopia: a sun drenched beach, peaceful |
| 2. Cleanse the Home | | | | mountain top or any other place that symbolises |
| Cleanse the negative energy in your home after any | | | | relaxation to you. |
| argument or stressful situation by burning sandalwood | | | | 7. Improve Circulation |
| incense or dry sage. | | | | Make skin glow with daily body brushing. Use a loofah |
| 3. What to Eat | | | | or body brush and make long sweeping strokes all |
| Start the day with fresh seasonal and organic fruit | | | | over the body, always brushing towards the heart. |
| for breakfast with a hot water and lemon drink. For | | | | 8. Salt Bath |
| lunch, try a light green salad with protein and fibre | | | | In 'Feng Shui Your Life', author Jayme Barrett |
| rich pulses and seeds or opt for a warming | | | | explains how salt has the ability to 'disintegrate |
| homemade soup. At dinner, keep the nutrients locked | | | | negativity, cleanse your energy field, and increase the |
| in your food by lightly steaming vegetables with | | | | energy circulation in all of your chakras.' Run a bath |
| quinoa (similar to rice or couscous but packed with | | | | and add 2-4 cups of sea salt (and your favourite |
| protein). Remember to also drink lots of water | | | | essential oil such as lavender) and the water will |
| throughout the day to flush toxins from your | | | | absorb 'dirty energy, and the salt immediately breaks |
| system. | | | | down negative physical, emotional, and mental |
| 4. Breathing | | | | residue' continues Jayme. If you don't have a bath, |
| Aim to do 10 deep breaths at the start of each day | | | | make a salt exfoliating scrub for the shower with |
| to calm the mind and improve blood circulation and | | | | salt, sweet almond oil and lavender or lemon essential |
| brain function. Inhale deeply through the nose and | | | | oil. |
| exhale completely through the mouth. | | | | 9. |
| 5. Exercise | | | | |