Dear Hot Water Bottle: The Love is Real.

I am in love with my hot water bottle. It’s like a hug. It’s real.

Once you switch to the dark side and try this beauty out, I swear you will never go back. The hot water bottle is one of the most useful health care products available. The whole idea is to provide soothing heat therapy conveniently anywhere on your body with ease.

Here are some of the ways you can use this little gem:

• relax muscles
• provide comfort for deep relaxation
• for warmth
• cramps
• back strain
• aid digestion
• bed warmer
• ease arthritic pain
• calm children
• travel companion
• calm pets (new puppies)
• help to get better sleep
• chills, aches and pain associated with the flu

Just fill her up with hot water from the sink, it should stay warm for around 2 hours. A lot of my readers are working on emotional eating, and this is a cheap, easy tool you can incorporate into your life. The soothing comfort provided helps with negative feelings, and binging because you are nurturing yourself, what you desperately need. Sitting on the couch with a hot water bottle, is an example of self love. Self love is a huge factor in emotional eating.

Bust out your hot water bottle tonight!

Hot Towel Scrub

I recently learned about a hot towel scrub, so I thought I would share it with all of you.

Let’s talk about the benefits first:

– reduces muscle tension
– reenergizes in the morning
– deeply relaxes at night
– opens pores to releases toxins
– softens deposits of hard fat below the surface and prepares them for discharge
– allows excess fat, mucus, cellulite, and toxins to discharge to the surface, rather than deposit deep around vital organs
– reduces stress from meditative action
– calms the mind
– promotes circulation
– activates lymphatic system, especially underarms and groin
– creates profound self loving relationship, especially with body image issues
– spreads energy through the chakras

This is super simple, you fill up a sink with hot water, add a few drops of essential oil (optional – I like lavender and chamomile), light some candles (optional) and using a face cloth, scrub down your entire body, taking as much time as you want, 2-20 minutes, or longer. It is recommended to do this daily or twice a day. I find it easy to fit this into my routine before bed.

Hot Water With Lemon

I just recently completed a detox, one of my new favourite habits has to be hot water with lemon.

Every morning I have a mug, it completely energizes my day. The citric acid promotes enzyme function in the liver which helps to rid the body of toxins. Lemons are also very alkalizing inside our bodies, due to their mineral content. When our bodies become an acidic environment, we become prone to many different diseases. Eating more alkaline foods will lead to a more balanced environment

I noticed my mood was lifted and my thought process became more clear. I will definitely be making this a daily routine.