Can you spare five minutes in your day to begin practicing a routine that will stimulate each of the vital energy systems of the body and bring them into harmony and balance? Donna Eden is a well-known pioneer in the field of Energy Medicine that teaches and writes about an energy routine that will bring balance and strengthen your body and it’s simple. Here is Donna Eden’s Five-Minute Daily Energy Routine.
First The Three Thumps: Boosts and restores energy, increases strength and vitality, and strengthens the immune system.
Second the Cross Crawl: Balances and harmonizes energy, improves coordination, clears thinking.
Third the Wayne Cook Posture: Takes you out of the overwhelm, focuses your mind, enhances ability to learn.
Last the Crown Pull: Relieves mental congestion and headaches, clears and refreshes the mind, sharpens memory, opens the crown chakra to higher inspiration.
I was fortunate to attend a workshop with Donna and her husband several years ago. She is truly an inspiration and proof to me how important Energy Medicine is for our physical, emotional, and spiritual health. You can also follow Donna Eden’s Five-Minute Daily Energy Routine online. (This post was originally published February 17, 2014.)
The most important benefits of the dry skin brush technique are the improvements to lymphatic function. It strengthens the immune system, stimulates hormone producing glands, and stimulates circulation. It will help to rid your body of waste, toxins, viruses and bacteria. The end result is more energy, vitality, and less sickness. 
The entire body should be brushed, including your back, but skip the face and scalp. Use long sweeping strokes starting from the bottom of your feet upwards, and from the hands towards the shoulders, and on the torso in an upward direction to help drain the lymph back towards your heart. The lymphatic fluid only flows in one direction which is towards the heart, so it is important to dry brush in the same direction. 1. Use light pressure in areas where the skin is thin and harder pressure on places like the soles of the feet. Don’t overdo it 2. Skin brushing can be done daily, preferably first thing in the morning. A thorough skin brushing takes about 10 minutes, but any time spent brushing prior to bathing will benefit the body. If you are feeling ill, increasing the treatments to twice a day can be beneficial. 3. Avoid sensitive areas like bruises and anywhere the skin is broken, such as areas of skin rash, wounds, cuts or infections 4. For added benefit: finish up with your regular shower and end with three hot and cold cycles. Turn on the water as hot as you can take it for several seconds, then as cold as you can handle it, then hot, then cold for three cycles.
