The LIVER plays many vital roles within the body and its incredibly important to keep it healthy. It cleanses the blood of toxins and waste, produces bile, stores nutrients, converts amino acids… to name just a few of its processes. I am not going to go into how the liver works as its complicated and not necessary but the liver is vulnerable to toxic substances because it's responsible for metabolising and excreting foreign chemicals from the body.

Springtime is synonymous with a “spring clean” but not just in your home, also within your body. A gentle cleanse when the Earth is getting warmer, when we feel the need to move more can really help to support our bodies as we move seasons.

Practising a gentle cleanse during the Spring can be a wonderful way of moving any stagnant energy in your body left over from the more sedate time of Winter. This could simply be upping your exercise, dry brushing, drinking more water or visiting saunas regularly or you could try following an actual detox plan. I love the advice from Hands, Herbs Healing who I trained with years ago, however, my main piece of advice is to go gently. Detox’s are wonderful, but very powerful and we often forget how our body might be feeling, especially if we are someone often led by the mind.

It’s very common for people to plunge into a detox in the New Year (which is the time of Water/ Winter - not Wood/Spring) after a period of over indulgence and little movement, but this can completely dysregulate the body, with negative effects. It’s also worth mentioning that a detox is not something one should just “do” and then return to living a toxic life (again quite common place in society). There is no magic pill that’s going to make everything suddenly work better - but time, dedication and connection to your own body is whats needed.. and this can feel challenging, especially in the fast-paced in world we live in. Slow but steady, gradual changes is the way forwards.