The Benefits of Body Brushing and How To Do It

                   

Body brushing provides an instant boost to energy and circulation.  A weekly or daily body brushing routine can reduce aches and pains and enhance to overall health and well being.

  Body Brushing: 

•     Eases Joint Pain
•     Relaxes the Body
•     Boosts Circulation
•     Stimulates Release of Your
       Body's Natural Pain Killers
•     Pacifies the Nervous System
•     Exfoliates Dead Skin Cells
•     Opens Pores so Skin can Breathe
•     Strengthens the Immune System
•     Increases Lymph Flow
•     Helps the Body to Detox
•     Improves Muscle Tone
•     Improves Skin Tone & Color
•     Helps Improve Balance & Coordination  
•     Evens Skin Texture

     We recommend including body brushing (dry brushing) in your weekly self-care routine. This is highly recommended for people experiencing joint pain, muscle aches or sluggish circulation.   

                             How To Dry Brush Your Skin:

• Dry Brushing takes 2-10 minutes a day 
• Use 2 natural bristle brushes 
• Brush the whole body, starting at the toes and working up
• Brush circles & crisscrosses on all of the joints & long sweeping strokes up towards the groin & then up towards the underarms
• Brush until your skin becomes rosy, warm & glowing 
• The best time to dry brush is before a shower or before a massage

  Pick up some natural boar's hair bristle dry brushes at Urban Sanctuary. We are open 7 days a week, so stop in and we'll give you a  body brushing technique demonstration. Be kind to yourself; when in Athens, Georgia, unwind at Urban Sanctuary.