Relax your Feet, Relax your Mind !

​Dear All,

If you haven't yet experienced the amazing health and relaxation benefits of spending 10 minutes in a simple footspa when you come home from your busy day, then you don't know what you're missing. Here's a quick reminder of how to suck the tensions of the day out through your feet.

First of all, there's no need to actually go and buy a footspa; which are advertised online for anywhere between $25 - $90. You can improvise a footspa by getting a spare plastic washing up bowl - large enough for your feet to fit into, and some course sea salt.

The footspa is best done directly you come home or before you go to bed; and is done as part of the small time you set aside for evening meditation.

Here are the steps involved

1. Half fill your bowl up with cool to luke-warm water - the cooler the better.
2. Sprinkle a small handful of the sea salt into the water
3. Place your feet in the water, keeping your palms open on your lap and eyes open facing meditation photo (as shown below)
4. Rest your feet in the water for about 10 minutes, noticing any sensations in the body indicating the movement of the kundalini as she cleanses the chakras.
5. Take your feet out and rinse them off with a jug of water beside you and then dry your feet.
6. Now close your eyes and go into thoughtless awareness meditation for another 5 minutes. Then finish your meditation by raising the kundalini and putting on a bandhan.

If any of that was unclear then take a look at Sulu demonstrating a 'footsoak' - Click here.

Two further points:

1. You can massage you feet with some coconut oil as an optional extra after the footspa and meditation. According to Ayurveda(traditional Indian medicine) - it improves circulation and tones the whole body.

2. While the footspa is for generalised beneficial use, it's particularly effective as a remedy for 'right-sidedness' caused by the hectic pace of life - 'hot liver, hot head'. However, you may have a constitution which is more 'left-sided' or lethargic - 'cold hands, cold feet', in which case the candle treatment may be more effective and beneficial. Click here.

See you at group meditation tomorrow.

Regards