Most of us city-dwellers are constantly being exposed to airborne debris, waterborne chemicals and food laden with all manner of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and more.
Each year the industrial world introduces 500 new chemicals into our environment. While humans have been regularly exposed to smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning since we started hanging out around campfires, the vast majority of our time has been spent breathing relatively clean, fresh air and drinking relatively clean water.
Natural detoxification in the past has meant curling up into a ball and keeping your head down until the food poisoning/flu/winter cold/stomachache/headache has passed.
The old-school tried and true ways to detox: reduce the light, reduce the food intake, reduce the proprioception expenditure by lying down, and generally reduce the intake of all stimuli.
Why? Why fast? Why rest? Why sleep? My theory is that our body is far more clever than we are and if we were allowed to run amok, making less than healthy decisions all day and all night, we wouldn't last very long. Rest is the reduction of stimuli intake. We have "eaten" too much and now we need to digest what has been ingested. We "eat" not only through volitional dietary acts but also unconsciously through all of our senses: everything that enters our visual field, our range of hearing, our olfactory spectrum, our kinesthetic awareness and also our unconscious food choices.
All of this information can overwhelm our nervous system in a hurry. So, once a day (or more if we've really had too much), we lie down, close our eyes and rest. If the wild chatter of the brain simply won't stop and demands its due, try our "Deep Sleep" product. It can help release the stress that prevents you from getting into that sweet place of sleep.
Next time, we'll talk about what the body and mind are doing in that quiet spot.
Sweet dreams,
Siddatech R&D
Natural detoxification in the past has meant curling up into a ball and keeping your head down until the food poisoning/flu/winter cold/stomachache/headache has passed.
The old-school tried and true ways to detox: reduce the light, reduce the food intake, reduce the proprioception expenditure by lying down, and generally reduce the intake of all stimuli.
Why? Why fast? Why rest? Why sleep? My theory is that our body is far more clever than we are and if we were allowed to run amok, making less than healthy decisions all day and all night, we wouldn't last very long. Rest is the reduction of stimuli intake. We have "eaten" too much and now we need to digest what has been ingested. We "eat" not only through volitional dietary acts but also unconsciously through all of our senses: everything that enters our visual field, our range of hearing, our olfactory spectrum, our kinesthetic awareness and also our unconscious food choices.
All of this information can overwhelm our nervous system in a hurry. So, once a day (or more if we've really had too much), we lie down, close our eyes and rest. If the wild chatter of the brain simply won't stop and demands its due, try our "Deep Sleep" product. It can help release the stress that prevents you from getting into that sweet place of sleep.
Next time, we'll talk about what the body and mind are doing in that quiet spot.
Sweet dreams,
Siddatech R&D
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