There are a multitude of alternative health therapies that you can put on or into your body, but what about sweeping away negative energy for better health?

Body brushing is a healing method embraced by alternative health gurus across the board. Not only will a natural-bristle brush slough away dead skin, leaving you looking smashing, but it will also help to improve circulation. Enthusiasts of the method say that it may also help with the drainage of lymph nodes, giving skin less of a puffy, I-just-ate-a-pint-of-ice-cream look. Hey, the light massage of a body brush also helps reduce the appearance of cellulite – that’s a win-win, huh?

Brush your whole body – under your arms, behind the knees and your bum, too – and you will see a marked improvement in the appearance of your skin and overall feeling of your body. And be sure to buy a long-handled brush for those tough to reach spots, like your back.

Your body will thank you.

I remember when I first laid eyes on her.

It was years ago, a sunny morning in a wooded area north of the city on the last day of theOM Festival. She wore a short torn dress, giant sunglasses, and leg warmers. Her hair was in dread locks, her feet were bare and dirty. Somehow I always imagine her with animal ears, though I can’t be sure if that was just my imagination. She danced in slow sensual sweeps to the wildly fast music, every 16th beat she would raise a shoulder, arch her back or stir her hips.

There were hundreds of people dancing in the sun, as I sat watching on the hill. But I couldn’t take my eyes off the dancer with the hula hoop.

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For as long as there have been women, men and places to be seen, there have been cosmetics and fragrance. Some of the earliest evidence of modern beauty equipment has been found in the Babylon ruins. Tools such as tweezers, brow brushes, and toothpicks were common. Both the men and women of Babylon also curled their hair and applied eye shadow, eyeliner, and eyelash and brow enhancers. They frequently painted their faces with white lead and used henna to color their nails.

Both Egyptian men and women applied makeup; rouge and lip ointments were considered fundamentals, as was henna, for giving a red tinge to the nails. Eye shadow was vital to both sexes; it was typically green and applied to both the top and the bottom lids. Eyelash and brow enhancers consisting of carbon, black oxide, and other (often toxic) substances were also applied to give that dark, painted–on look so connected with the culture and tradition.

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It’s true what they say, when you look good, you feel good.

Each morning when you begin your beauty regime, why not commit to using only natural products that wont harm you or the environment.

Better Hair Days

Lets face it, when your hair is clean and styled, you look younger and feel healthier. Gone are the days of natural shampoo’s that leave your hair limp and flyaway, so why not recycle your old bottles of chemical based products, and pick up one of the following natural shampoos.

Dr. Hauschka

Features a line of natural shampoo, conditioner and hair oils. The entire line is formulated with eco-friendly, natural ingredients certified by the BDIH, whose criteria for natural certification are the most stringent in the world.

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I always thought the life of my dreams would start once I learned to manage my weight and eating habits. I felt as though if I could get those under control, once and for all, my life could really begin. There were certainly times that my weight was within what I believed was my ideal range, but I was never really able to get on with the living of my dreams because I was too busy standing guard over the size of my thighs.

Waiting to Be Perfect

So, even though I was quite thin at different parts of my journey, I never fully let go and began truly living. I kept waiting to be perfect. Kept waiting to never again have an inclination to overeat. (It never occurred to me that nearly everyone on the planet has the urge to overeat, at least on occasion. Hello Thanksgiving.) On my best days I lived cautiously, but always a guard was up somewhere or the other keeping watch.

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