how ’bout a chakra cleanse?!!

There are many ways that one can cleanse, and knowing what area of your body you want to affect is a great starting point to choosing a cleanse.  Like all natural medicine, it is very important to understand your own body, life, abilities, and habits.  A cleanse can be very involved or as easy as taking an herbal pill morning and night for a few weeks.  know what you are capable of, then work from there.  Know also that the amount of input you are willing to put into the cleanse is in direct proportion to what you will receive from it.  Then be creative:  research foods that nourish and detoxify, look into the tummy temple and a sauna/steam spa for outside help, meditate, exercise, drink tea, drink water, focus on what you are trying to achieve and listen to your body when it responds.  The response and your willingness to listen will make later cleanses even more successful.

The most common aim for cleansing is the liver, kidney, and colon.  This is understandable since these are the systems that filter and detoxify constantly, and its always a good idea to clean your filter once in a while. But there are many other systems that can be addressed and "cleansed" (this words becomes a bit overused, maybe conditioned is more appropriate) such as the lymph system, the circulatory system, the endocrine system, skin and even brain!

But lets not stop there!  You could even go so far as what I recently did in creating a chakra cleanse.  My intention was to raise my awareness of each of the chakra systems and how I relate to each of their energies.  I focused on one chakra a day for a week starting with the root chakra and moving up to the crown.  I organized the food I ate, the colors I wore, meditations, actions for the day, elements, scents, and interaction into each chakra's realm.  I learned alot about myself from this cleanse, where I responded well or not, which day was harder than others...This was less of a "cleanse" and more of an opportunity to create conversation with my body, mind, and energy patterns.

But I believe this is always what these systematic regimes are about, giving your body and spirit recognition in its actions and processes and supporting what all the many parts do.  All cleanses or conditioning treatments should be done with intention, awareness, creativity and compassion for your body and its incredible abilities.