Namaste yogis!
The new year is finally here! Aren't you ready to wash away the waste of 2012 and create space for all that is positive in 2013? What better time than now to reset your lifestyle? And what more perfect way to do it than to detox and participate in a cleanse?
One of the most common responses to this statement is,"Yeah, okay, so...what is a cleanse? Why would I want to detox?"
These are both great questions. Detox is short for detoxification; which is the body's natural, ongoing process of neutralizing and/or eliminating toxic waste from the body. Toxins are anything than can potentially harm the body; we can become exposed to them from our environment, food, water and lifestyle choices. A cleanse is a change in one's lifestyle for a certain amount of time (in this case 21 days) to rid the body of toxic waste on many levels. In yoga we learn that it is important to cleanse the body, mind and spirit of physical, mental and emotional waste. So my question is, why wouldn't you want to detox?
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