autumn detox

Doing a gentle autumn cleanse goes hand in hand with becoming more rooted in routine as the seasons shift and the cool weather sets in. I always find it best to detox in the spring time and autumn as it follows our natural rhythms and feels quite aligned and routine tends to shift as the sun/moon cycles change.

One misconception about cleansing is that you need to stop eating, or drink an intense poo-clearing tea for weeks on end, or consume only juice. I don’t consider any of these options to be healthy, and I find it rare that I would recommend anyone fast for longer than 24 hours in today’s day and age. The reason being, we live in environments where typically, our adrenal glands are a bit taxed, and we absolutely need fuel in our bodies and nutrients to keep our systems functioning well.

My favorite detox methods and gentle and simple and often just lead to feeling better overtime. There are two supplements I particularly love when trying to detoxify (this includes clearing yeast, parasites, and heavy metals.) Berberis Formula is my all time go to for anything skin related, gastrointestinal, and vaginal and will kill yeast and bacteria gently, but effectively. I’ve used this product for Candida over the years, as well as preventing colds as the weather shifts. The other product is called “Chelazyme” and this one helps support the liver and clean out heavy metals from the body. These two supplements are all I use for cleansing and they’ve helped immensely over the years.

One physical helper would be the infrared sauna. Although it’s been months since I’ve used one, I really enjoy sitting in a sauna and sweating out anything that needs to go. These saunas also replicate a fever, killing pathogens while boosting your body’s natural immune response.

Filtered water (yes, with lemon) is an extremely simple way to detox your body. It supports ridding the body of toxins through the kidneys, and just supports every function of the human body.

One other simple way to lighten your toxic load is to switch over your cleaning and skin care products to natural. By reducing the ‘crap’ you put onto your skin, you allow your body to clear what it needs to naturally without adding more stress onto the system. Our bodies are incredibly wise, and often just need to be allowed to do their job.

There’s generally less of a need to embark on an intensive cleanse, with tweaks to the lifestyle that reduce one’s toxic load. This also includes reducing alcohol intake, reducing/stopping smoking, increasing water consumption, eating seasonally, sweating, exercising, sleeping well, tending to your emotional wellbeing, and taking supplements when needed. I’ve seen people dramatically shift their lives just by cutting out alcohol and drinking more water. The greatest changes can be subtle and will have a lasting impact in your years to come.