  
Perform this Dry Skin Brushing technique once a day just before showering!
This technique has been used for hundreds of years to boost the lymph system and remove dead skin cells from the body without removing the protective oils. Before the bath or shower, massage your body using a bath brush. The bath or shower to follow will rinse away the dead cells leaving softer smoother skin. Dry skin brushing speeds up the internal cleansing of the body and reduces the stress to kidneys, lungs, and colon, which also assists in the elimination of waste.
Benefits: The benefits of dry skin brushing include:
* tightens the skin and improves texture
* aids digestion
* helps removes cellulite
* stimulates circulation to the skin
* increases oxygenation
* increases cell renewal
* drains and cleanses the entire lymphatic system
* detoxifies the entire body
* removes dead skin layers
* strengthens the immune system
* improves exchange between cells
* reflexive stimulation of the glands
* stimulates dry skin oil production
It is really worth the few minutes a day that it takes.
From a health food store, purchase a dry skin brush.
These brushes generally cost about eight dollars.
This brush is all wooden with a long handle and an oval brush, the bristles are all the same length so the face is flat.
The bristles are cream colored and the back of the brush should be stamped with the words: 'All Vegetable Bristles'.
Dry skin brushing is done just before a bath or shower. As the name implies it is done dry and the brush is never, ever gotten wet. Using a natural fiber brush or loofa sponge, brush skin once or twice in the same direction, across every surface of the body except the face. Do not scrub, massage, or rotate the brush on the body; just sweep it across the skin in long smooth strokes in the direction of the heart.
Standing unclothed, lightly stroke the brush across the top of the foot to the knee. Continue lightly stroking the entire body in long, light, smooth strokes, up the arms and legs. It is important to brush each surface only once. One stroke for the front of the lower leg, one for the inside, one for the outside and one for the back of the leg.
It only takes about four strokes from the foot to the knee, four strokes from the hand to the shoulder. It takes about six strokes for the upper leg.
Brush the upper legs and arms in the same manner. The trunk is lightly stroked with the target being the liver which is under the ribs on the right side.
The entire process should take no longer than a minute, and should be done while the skin is still dry.
DO NOT brush the face or other tender or sensitive areas.
DO NOT brush over irritated areas or cuts or scrapes.
Maintainance of brush:
Occasionally brush the brush outdoors to remove dust (actually your shed skin cells).
A good quality brush can be purchased at specialty shops and health food stores.
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