Spring Clean your Body too!

When spring comes around, we often open up the windows for the first time (at least in Central NY we do) and let the fresh air come in, we often move the furniture around and clean out those life-sized dust bunnies, and we often clean out our closets and drawers of old clutter that has been weighing us down. Our house feels rejuvenated and refreshed.

Just as much as our house needs a “spring cleaning”, our bodies do too.
Our bodies have a tendency to hold-on to “stuff” during the winter months, similar to most animals, as we are preparing for colder temperatures and lack of fresh nutrients. We might notice this as we naturally gain a few pounds of weight during the fall and early winter, and loose those few pounds during the spring and early summer. Often, we find over time that our body “remembered” to gain those few pounds of weight in the fall, but “forgot” to lose those few pounds in the spring. Generally a good detox will help the body to “remember”.

My all-purpose rule of thumb: What goes in, must come out!

When there is a disruption of that rule, and our body is abnormally “holding-on” to unnecessary matter, our bodies grow in size. All too often, it is not just the size of our body that grows, but in the amount of discomfort and dis-ease that also grows. The “extra” that our body is holding onto can produce a rather unhealthy environment, yet perfect for the growth of fungus, bacteria, viruses, and pathogens. Some research states that environmental factors are responsible for 80-90% of all cancers!

So, while you are cleaning out the clutter in your house, think about all the clutter you have in your body, and make plans to clean your body out too.