As the weather starts to warm up and the flowers begin to bloom, many of us start thinking about spring cleaning our homes. But have you ever considered spring cleaning for your lifestyle? Spring is the perfect time to reset and refresh not just your living space, but also your body and mind. In this blog, we will explore the benefits of spring cleaning for your home, body, and mind.
Spring Cleaning for Your Home:
When you think of spring cleaning, the first thing that comes to mind is probably cleaning out your home. Spring is a great time to declutter your living space, deep clean your home, and organize your belongings. But why is this important?
Decluttering your home can have a positive impact on your mental health. A cluttered living space can lead to feelings of stress and anxiety, while a clean and organized space can promote relaxation and peace of mind. Additionally, deep cleaning your home can help improve the air quality in your home, reduce allergens, and prevent the buildup of harmful bacteria.
Spring Cleaning for Your Body:
Spring is also a great time to focus on your physical health. After a long winter of hibernating, many of us are ready to get outside and be more active. Spring cleaning your body can mean a variety of things, from trying a new exercise routine to doing a detox.
One way to cleanse your body in the spring is to focus on eating fresh, whole foods. The winter months often mean more comfort foods and less fresh produce, so spring is the perfect time to load up on fruits and vegetables. You can also try doing a juice cleanse or a smoothie detox to give your body a break from processed foods.
Spring Cleaning for Your Mind:
Finally, spring cleaning can also be beneficial for your mental health. After a long winter, many of us may be feeling a little down or uninspired. Spring is a great time to shake off those feelings and focus on mental wellbeing.
One way to do this is by practicing mindfulness. This can mean taking up meditation, practicing gratitude, or simply taking a few moments each day to focus on your breath and clear your mind. You can also try journaling or creative writing to help process your thoughts and feelings.
Overall, spring cleaning your lifestyle can have a positive impact on your overall health and wellbeing. By decluttering your home, cleansing your body, and refreshing your mind, you can start the season feeling refreshed and renewed. So, take some time this spring to focus on yourself and your health. You deserve it!

It's the most wonderful time of the year... or is it? Although this is a beautiful season it's also known to be one of the hardest times of the year. It can be difficult for those of us who struggle with Anxiety, Stress, Health Issues and so much more. That is why we want to support you by sharing Our 5 Tips to manage Stress & Anxiety.

Tip #1:
Healing your Gut can help manage stress and anxiety. Many of our clients have expressed an immediate decrease in anxiety after a colonic cleanse. Your Gut and Brain are directly connected and Good Digestive health is connected to Mental Health. Try monthly colonics to help manage Stress and Anxiety disorder naturally. Schedule a Colonic

Tip #2:
Healing Trauma can be extremely effective in helping to manage physical and energetic stress load. Often times anxiety is a result of repressed trauma in the body. Trauma Healing and Coaching has been highly successful for our clients in managing anxiety. Try a 1:1 Trauma Healing Session with our gifted Energy Healers. Schedule a 1:1

Tip #3:
During this time of the year boundaries are essential. Family guilt and holiday guilt is real but it is vital to remember when you say no to others you are actually saying YES to yourself.  Save yourself some stress by clearly and directly relaying your intentions and boundaries around what you will attend and what boundaries you will enforce. Don't over promise and don't over extend. Remember CLEAR is kind and UNCLEAR is unkind.

Tip #4:
Minerals and Vitamins play an important role in our stress and anxiety levels. Being deficient in certain minerals and vitamins can affect the biochemical balance in your brain, resulting in anxiety or increasing the levels you're currently experiencing. The best minerals for stress management are magnesium, vitamin D, B vitamins, zinc, calcium and iron. You can get a mineral panel to find out what minerals you may be deficient in or just try supplementing with some practitioner grade minerals. Heres our favorites.

Tip #5:
Energy Healing and Chakra Balancing promotes deep relaxation and reduces anxiety and stress. Guided meditations and visualizations are very soothing for quieting the mind and calming the spirit when you are feeling uneasy and stressed. Spiritual work and energy healing like reiki can be extremely helpful in supporting mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic, and even physical wellness. Try a 1:1 Energy Healing sessions with one of our gifted healers. Schedule Now!

Digestive Enzymes:
Whether you are eating foods your system isn’t used to or your meals are larger than expected. Digestive Enzymes will help to minimize bloating and help break down unfamiliar foods.

 Activated Charcoal:
Keep it in your toiletries bag just in case you come in contact with any food that may cause digestive upset or diarrhea. It also helps bind harmful bacterias and parasites. You can also take it pre and post drinking to help absorb bile and liver toxins. 

 Magnesium:
Similarly keep this on hand to help with travel constipation caused by eating foods that you don’t normally eat or caused by flying and dehydration. Expert trick take at night before bed to help you get more restful sleep as well.

Take these 3 Supplements with you wherever and whenever you travel and you won’t regret it!

​Also share with us in the comments any supplements you like to use when traveling and where you are off to next!!

Let’s debunk some common myths and fabrications made by naysayers about Colon Hydro Therapy AKA Colonics so you can understand why you shouldn’t fear such a valuable, effective and life changing treatment.

Let’s start by stating why I AM QUALIFIED to make the following statements in support of this treatment, colon health, & digestive track. I encourage you to ask naysayers what there qualifications are as well. As we are inundated with miss shared information in our culture.

FACTS about me:
1. I was trained and certified in Internal Cleansing, Colon Hydro Therapy and the Lymphatic System.
2. I have been continuing my education and working in the wellness field for almost 17 years and have worked with over 20k people professionally.
3. I interned with the Mother of Industry and author of first book ever written on internal cleansing Millan Chessman, as well as Internationally proclaimed Trainer and Board Member Roxanne Watson.
4. I’m partnered with the #1 School Internationally for Internal Cleansing and Lymphatic Drainage training the most qualified Therapists world wide.
5. I am third generation and have seen these treatments changing peoples live since the ripe old age of FIVE YEARS OLD!

Myth # 1: Your colon will no longer work on its own if you do Colonics!
FICTION: This is just anatomically incorrect. The Colon is a muscle and introduction of water naturally encourages peristalsis (the flexing of the muscle) which in turn strengthens the muscle. Saying your colon won’t work on it’s own if you do colonics would be like saying lifting weights will atrophy your muscles. It’s just incorrect.

Myth #2: You can become addicted to Colonics! 
FACT: Are you addicted to feeling your best? Are you addicted to eating healthy and your healthy lifestyle? Are you addicted to going to the gym or yoga? You WILL feel amazing after doing Colon Hydro Therapy and you will always want to maintain that feeling by continuing doing them. A monthly maintenance plan will keep you feeling your best as well as help prevent Illness and Disease! So if this is their definition of “addicted” then me and my clients will have to admit.....we’re addicts!

Myth #3: Colonics will get rid of all the GOOD Bacteria in your colon!
Inconclusive: All the research studies done on this topic have remained inconclusive. Not only can we not quantify if/how much good bacteria is lost during a colonic we cannot even quantify how much good bacteria is required for proper digestive health, which is unfortunate. That being said, within the colon lies the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and in my professional opinion the benefit of getting rid of the BAD and the UGLY outweighs any threat of releasing "possibly" some of the GOOD. So after your colonic do one of the following: take a probiotic to increase the healthy flora in the gut regularly, get a prescription for a probiotic additive at the end of your colonic if possible, and drink/eat vegetables and probiotic dense foods to relieve any concern you may have on the topic. These 3 easy fixes seem like much more reasonable options then just ignoring the root of the problem altogether.

Myth #4: Getting a Colonic can rupture the colon!
FICTION: I cannot state enough how fictional and fear mongering this statement is and although I hate fear mongering I must state the truth. There are many more cases of complications caused by colonoscopies reported then EVER reported regarding Colon Hydro Therapy. In Fact, we have never had ONE verified or reported rupture from a Colonic EVER! But like with all things I would always recommend you see a therapist who is  qualified to be rendering you a treatment, has proper education and certifications and is skilled in their field.

If looking for a Colon Hydro Therapist in Southern California I would recommend visiting us here at Living Water Wellness or if you are looking for a qualified therapist near you don't hesitate to reach us as we would love to help place you with someone near you! 
 
 

February is often celebrated as one of the most romantic months of the year. Although candy and flowers fill the shelves of local grocery stores while restaurants prepare for candlelit dinners, February isn’t all romance and roses for everyone.

I can remember many Valentine’s Day shared alone with my head buried in work, girlfriends, gossip and a glass of wine, and even the occasional disappointing date with “Mr. Right Now”. In other words, Valentine’s Day isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be for the lonely. February can be a fairly disappointing month for those of us reminded, that while others are celebrating partnership we ourselves feel very “alone”.

Traditional Valentine’s Day does us an injustice by making us believe that we need to look outside ourselves for somebody to make us feel whole or loved. True love is actually radiated from within our hearts and it requires us truly falling in love with ourselves to receive love in return. Don’t get me wrong, having partnership and somebody who we love and loves us in return is a beautiful thing and definitely part of the human experience but it isn’t the only piece. Buddha said,  “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”  His statement couldn’t be more correct about love.

So regardless of whether in partnership, marriage, friendship, or if you’re feeling completely alone this season it’s important to start the vital practices of Self Love! So what are some ways you can begin simply practicing self love? Here are just a few of my favorite practices:

• Alone Time

This may feel counter intuitive to those of us desperately seeking companionship. But it is the most vital part to getting to know ourselves. Take time to reflect on the things that you love about yourself. What makes you unique? What makes you different? What makes you special? These are all the reasons why you are lovable and why you deserve to love yourself deeply and be loved in return. Try this with meditation, journaling, or even simple silent reflection. It is the most important step in your journey to self love so practice it everyday.

• Self Care

Take time to spoil yourself. It is easy to get caught in the rigmarole of day-to-day life. Treat yourself as you would treat somebody special to you. We often find ourselves spoiling others to make them feel loved or important but how we care for ourselves says a lot to others about how to care for us in return. Being in the spa industry, spa and wellness treatments are my favorite way of self-care. They leave me relaxed and re-invigorated. Your self-care could be as simple as getting a massage, going to a yoga class, or getting some energy work! Whatever you choose make yourself a priority first!

• Cultivating Joy

This one has been a work in progress for me. Sometimes when we are alone it is easy to fill our time with activities that we believe are benefiting our future. Although planning for our future is extremely valuable it is very important to live in the moment. It’s hard to live in the moment when the moment is filled with what we perceive is loneliness. These moments either perpetuate depression or cultivate joy. Fill your moments with action and activity that bring you joy. I’m a creator so Joy for me comes when I’m creating something new. It could be a developing a new cleansing program or business plan. Find what makes you feel inspired! Whatever it may be, find something that excites you and fills your heart with happiness and make it part of your daily routine.

Constantly remind yourself that you are loved! You are adored by the people you influence on a daily basis. You are valued by all the staff here at Living Water Wellness, but most importantly you are loved by God and the Universe! So let’s get to loving ourselves!

Happy Valentine’s Day

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I’ve dedicated a large part of my business to helping people heal their colon. I’ve seen tons of people suffer from less than ideal digestion and elimination. To my amazement it has become a social norm to suffer from constipation and this concept is dangerous to your long term health. Not only can constipation be painful and uncomfortable but it can be the root cause of future illnesses and diseases! A normal colon should have anywhere from 2-3 large bowel movements a day. But when things don’t flow the way they should, it’s nice to have some tips to help them along.

I’ve put together a list of some of my sure-fire ways to help relieve your constipation completely naturally, without having to pop a pill or use a damaging laxitive.

• Aloe & Supplementation – taking aloe supplements or drinking aloe juice can make a big difference. Aloe latex has properties that stimulates peristalsis and relieves constipation. I also like to take Calm Magnesium nightly to help with constipation!

 

• Juices and Smoothies – these already liquefied meals are easy on your digestive system, and the nutrients & hydration inside provide your body with everything it needs to get the job done!

 

• Hydration – water is key to pushing food through your digestive track and keeping your colon free of fecal buildup. Be sure you're drinking a minimum of half your body weight in fluid ounces daily, and if you work out or sweat regularly, increase it!

 

• Fiber – often times people consider fiber to be mainly grains, but for someone with constipation, increasing grains may backfire. Try increasing your raw fruit and veggie fiber. Its easier to digest and wont perpetuate constipation. You can also try gentle fiber supplements like Flax Seed or Chia Seed to get a subtle boost.

 

• Colon Cleansing – colonics are made specifically designed for cleaning out the colon with gentle water pressure. They will quickly and effectively clean out any stagnant material and leave you feeling renewed and relieved. They also improve future bowel function by helping build the colon muscle and increasing your bodies natural parastalsis. If you have suffered from constipation this is the tip you cannot miss! The results are often instant and lasting! Schedule One Today!

Think you’ve tried everything to improve the quality of your skin? Think again! These products and practices have yielded amazing results, and better yet, they are inexpensive and super simple! You will wish you started this sooner.

1. Paraban-free Organic Skincare

Our skin responds to natural substances that it can recognize and use to heal. If we overload our skin with chemicals in non-organic and paraben-laden lotions, soaps, and treatments, our skin quality can decline dramatically. Try using a trusted brand like Beauty Counter who pride themselves in making all of their products in the absolute best and most pure quality!  www.beautycounter.com/melissaschollaert

1. Infrared Sauna

It’s widely known that saunas make you sweat. But infrared saunas work a little bit differently. Infrared rays penetrate through your skin, warming tissues from the inside. This provides a much deeper sweat and toxin elimination, leaving your skin even more cleansed than a regular sauna. It has had amazing results for skin disorders like Acne, Ezcema, Psoriasis, Rashing & Aging. I personally have had it reduce my fine lines and wrinkles to even my amazement. Try it for $10 off using Promo Code: SAUNA10

1. Hydration

Staying hydrated is not unknown in skin care, but we’re reminding you on this list because its vital to beautiful skin! Water keeps your skin dewy, younger-looking, and clear, so drink up! But dont stop there, increase the quality of water you’re drinking and using as well. Make sure you have a great filtration system or water purification process in use for what you drink and shower in. Chemicals and junk in our water suplly make absorbstion sadly minimal.  

1. Skin Brushing

Many people have never heard of skin brushing (or dry brushing), which is the practice of brushing your dry skin with a specialized brush to exfoliate and remove the top layer of dead skin cells. You can brush your entire body and face, and it has amazing results in the quality, appearence & brightness of your skin. Skin Brushes are cheap and you can get a basic one on amazon for under $15 plus it helps with cellulite too!

1. Face Mask

A lesser-known secret to improve the skin is a natural face mask. Homemade masks made of natural ingredients are the best and most inexpensive way to give your skin a amazing glow. Try this simple recipe:
    Mix 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder with 1 Tablespoon Honey. Form a paste and apply to face. Leave it on for 10  minutes and rinse.