We tend to look at our health and beauty as something that is going to be given to us from some magic pill or product in a bottle. Oh if only we have the best shampoo, the latest skin technology cream, the right make up, the best weight loss system, then we can have health and beauty. We approach our health and beauty completely backwards. You see, we were given beautiful hair, soft, flawless skin, good body odor, and a healthy body by nature, so long as we live in accordance to its laws. But we typically don't, so what all these "beauty" products are actually doing is masking flaws that are created because of an imbalance in your body. Health is not treated topically. If you have acne, no amount of face wash is going to cure it, because the cause is coming from inside of you. Remove the cause, and your acne will be cured. I can remember trying hundreds of dollars worth of cleansers, toners, and moisturizers during a time in my life when I had acne on my forehead and often around my jaw line. Now, the only thing that touches my face is water, and my skin has NEVER looked so good. Natural Hygiene is a philosophy that basically states that when the human body is left alone, and only consumes that which it requires, without excess (examples of excess would be like deodorants, hair products, vaccines, alcohol, meat, dairy, pharmaceutical drugs, synthetic drugs) then the organism functions optimally, as it was intended to, and imbalances and disease does not, or rarely occurs. When we stop putting toxicity and non human foods in our bodies, and when we stop suffocating our largest organ (our skin) with synthetic chemicals we don't come across issues like greasy hair, smelly odor, skin issues (all across the board), fowl breath, pain, sickness, chronic disease, cancer, diabetes, heart attacks, digestion issues, ear wax (sort of a bummer because I actually used to look forward to cleaning my ears after it had been a while. Now I get nothing when I try), congestion, thyroid problems, asthma, I could literally go on and on and on and on. Think of it this way: Put toxins (synthetic pharmaceuticals, carcinogens, and aluminum in vaccines, processed foods, chemicals in our "beauty products", fluoride in our water, etc) in and on our bodies= get health out?? This makes no sense. You can't put in unhealthy, not-meant-for-human-consumption substances and expect to get a healthy, properly functioning body out of it. Or does this make more sense?: Put health and that which is made for humans in, stay out of the body's way, so it can work as it was intended to= get a healthy, properly functioning body. That makes the most sense to me. Simply put, poisons do not give you health. Health gives you health. Your body was made healthy. Leave it alone (Note* Unfortunately, as children, we don't have a say as to what our caregivers are feeding us, putting on us, and injecting us with. But when we know better, we can start to do better for ourselves, and then for our own children. That is how the cycle changes).
Here are some quotes on Natural Hygiene that may help you to better understand:
"There are no cures - Nature returns to normal when enervating habits are given up."
"Cancer does not develop in a normal body. This is to say, a genuinely healthy body will not evolve cancer. Cancers are not self-caused. It should be understood, then, before any effort is undertaken to treat cancer, that it is necessary to know what changes have taken place in the body before cancer develops. If these are known and corrected, the cancer should disappear, providing the whole organism is not so greatly devitalized that it is not capable of throwing off the evolving pathology. To remove the cancer and follow the removal with X-ray and radium certainly does nothing to correct the pre-cancerous developments and their causes"
“If you desire truly to live you will cease trying to find magic tricks and short-cuts to life and learn the simple laws of being, and order your life in conformity with these. Realign your life with the laws of nature—this and this alone constitutes living to live.”
-Herbert M Shelton
“We expect to see the sun rise and set, a seed to sprout and grow, water to run downhill, chemical reactions to take place, all in accord with exact law. We do not expect to gather grapes from rose bushes nor figs from thistles. Is there less reason to expect that man should obey the laws of his being? Shall we not expect him to have health in precise ratio to his obedience?”
So to all those I hear saying some variation of, "health and beauty are expensive, painful, hard work, etc," I say NON SENSE.
Since I started coming back to the natural laws of my species, I have never felt better or looked better. Let me tell you about all the things I haven't purchased or used in nearly two years because I have allowed my body to come back to its natural state, and I have allowed my mind to remember the natural way of life.
-Shampoo
-Conditioner
-Deodorant
-Q tips
-body wash (I actually do buy Dr. Bronner's body wash, but not to wash my body. I use it to wash my clothes)
-body lotion
-face cleanser
-face toner
-face moisturizer
-blow dryers
-straighteners
-make up (with the exception of vegan mascara for rare occasions)
-razors
-shaving cream
-sunscreen
-meat
-dairy
-boxed/canned foods
-tanning memberships
-perfume
-laundry detergent
-toxic household cleaners
-pain killers/over the counter meds (Advil, Tylenol, Midol)
-tampons
-brand new clothing
-vitamins/supplements/superfoods
-trash bags (Most houses I go to are stocked with grocery bags, so I cease to understand the point of buying trash bags)
-ointments/creams
-Doctors visits/exams
-prescription drugs
Guys and gals, do you know the money I save by not buying these things every year? I'm sure it's a significant amount. I still buy some things out of pure desire and because I like the way it makes me feel (like essential oils), and that's okay for me because it comes from natural sources. Here are the things I do buy that has me saving money, and keeps me happy, healthy, and looking good:
-Baking soda (for my hair (but not even that for a couple months now), for laundry, for cleaning, for brushing teeth..at 99 cents a lb the possibilities are endless)
-fluoride free, natural tooth paste (I am going straight baking soda and neem after this tube is gone)
-Oakmoss (my favorite essential oil)
-Dr. Bronners body wash for washing clothes, and dirty feet when walking barefoot in Mexico :) I love the tea tree scent.
-fresh fruit and veggies
-eating out at local health co-ops or vegan cafe's
-second hand clothing
-Vegan Mascara
-dental floss
-organic menstrual pads, and cotton rags (slowly switching to all rags. Reusable.)
Here are some quotes on Natural Hygiene that may help you to better understand:
"There are no cures - Nature returns to normal when enervating habits are given up."
"Cancer does not develop in a normal body. This is to say, a genuinely healthy body will not evolve cancer. Cancers are not self-caused. It should be understood, then, before any effort is undertaken to treat cancer, that it is necessary to know what changes have taken place in the body before cancer develops. If these are known and corrected, the cancer should disappear, providing the whole organism is not so greatly devitalized that it is not capable of throwing off the evolving pathology. To remove the cancer and follow the removal with X-ray and radium certainly does nothing to correct the pre-cancerous developments and their causes"
“If you desire truly to live you will cease trying to find magic tricks and short-cuts to life and learn the simple laws of being, and order your life in conformity with these. Realign your life with the laws of nature—this and this alone constitutes living to live.”
-Herbert M Shelton
“We expect to see the sun rise and set, a seed to sprout and grow, water to run downhill, chemical reactions to take place, all in accord with exact law. We do not expect to gather grapes from rose bushes nor figs from thistles. Is there less reason to expect that man should obey the laws of his being? Shall we not expect him to have health in precise ratio to his obedience?”
So to all those I hear saying some variation of, "health and beauty are expensive, painful, hard work, etc," I say NON SENSE.
Since I started coming back to the natural laws of my species, I have never felt better or looked better. Let me tell you about all the things I haven't purchased or used in nearly two years because I have allowed my body to come back to its natural state, and I have allowed my mind to remember the natural way of life.
-Shampoo
-Conditioner
-Deodorant
-Q tips
-body wash (I actually do buy Dr. Bronner's body wash, but not to wash my body. I use it to wash my clothes)
-body lotion
-face cleanser
-face toner
-face moisturizer
-blow dryers
-straighteners
-make up (with the exception of vegan mascara for rare occasions)
-razors
-shaving cream
-sunscreen
-meat
-dairy
-boxed/canned foods
-tanning memberships
-perfume
-laundry detergent
-toxic household cleaners
-pain killers/over the counter meds (Advil, Tylenol, Midol)
-tampons
-brand new clothing
-vitamins/supplements/superfoods
-trash bags (Most houses I go to are stocked with grocery bags, so I cease to understand the point of buying trash bags)
-ointments/creams
-Doctors visits/exams
-prescription drugs
Guys and gals, do you know the money I save by not buying these things every year? I'm sure it's a significant amount. I still buy some things out of pure desire and because I like the way it makes me feel (like essential oils), and that's okay for me because it comes from natural sources. Here are the things I do buy that has me saving money, and keeps me happy, healthy, and looking good:
-Baking soda (for my hair (but not even that for a couple months now), for laundry, for cleaning, for brushing teeth..at 99 cents a lb the possibilities are endless)
-fluoride free, natural tooth paste (I am going straight baking soda and neem after this tube is gone)
-Oakmoss (my favorite essential oil)
-Dr. Bronners body wash for washing clothes, and dirty feet when walking barefoot in Mexico :) I love the tea tree scent.
-fresh fruit and veggies
-eating out at local health co-ops or vegan cafe's
-second hand clothing
-Vegan Mascara
-dental floss
-organic menstrual pads, and cotton rags (slowly switching to all rags. Reusable.)
I am in Mexico for three weeks right now and this is literally my ENTIRE hygiene stash. I don't even have baking soda here, and I think I have used my essential oil and mascara once each. This is to show how little you can not only get by on, but thrive on! A few years ago I wouldn't have been able to fit all my products into one picture. *Floss not pictured*
Now, tell me that being healthy and vibrant is expensive? It's like...the cheapest thing I have ever done. Who would have thunk that the natural laws (aka God, if you will) could bring us so much health, and happiness? "Health makes a lot of sense, but it doesn't make a lot of dollars," and that is because it is simple, not complicated and as complex as we make it. It is your nature to be healthy and beautiful. Stop getting in your own way, and stop throwing your money away on toxic foods and products that will NEVER give you what you are looking for. I'm not saying stop shaving your legs like I did. That was a personal choice that came naturally to me when I started letting my body do it's thing, uninterrupted. I'm saying try it out, take baby steps, see how it makes you feel when you live in accordance to nature. You are not separate from nature, you ARE nature.