Unless you live in a bubble, you literally cannot avoid toxins. Thankfully, God has gifted our bodies with an effective system to ward off much of the harm, but it is important to learn how to detox with essential oils and other natural remedies just in case. If you’re not sure how to get started, this post about using essential oils for Detox Bath recipe is a great start!
You can also alter the DIY detox bath recipe per my recommendations below for a hand or foot soak and to use on children. It is great for relieving sore muscles, sunburn, and allergies. To learn more about detoxing and essential oils, be sure to check out my hubby’s article!
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Emotional Detoxification
I find it rather surprising that no one seems to talk about emotional detoxification more. Both positive and negative emotions are important and part of being human, but when we can’t manage them properly we can find ourselves in a downward spiral fast. This can have a serious impact on every aspect of our lives – especially our health – and essential oils are so helpful!
Taking regular emotional detox breaks will help you handle your emotions with ease and cleanse your entire system so that you can reach your full potential and enjoy the abundant life.
While detoxing your emotions is important, it’s easier said than done. I have put together 11 steps to emotional cleansing that will give you a good starting point for setting out on your emotional detoxing journey. I have ordered these steps by which I find most important. If you tackle each one at a time, you’ll be well on your way to living the abundant life!
To learn more about Dr. Z’s 11 tips to emotional cleansing click here.
Using Essential Oils for Detox Bath
The use of carrier oil in this recipe helps dilute the essential oils for detox bath so that skin-friendly essential oils are more diluted, and leaves your body with a nice surface glow. If you want the oils more fully dispersed through the bathwater, try mixing it with liquid castile soap instead of carrier oil. Try for yourself – you’ll love using essential oils for a detox bath.
This detoxing bath soak is so gentle that I used during my pregnancy. The version that is safe for kids comes in handy during sickness and seasonal allergies.
Once you finish your relaxing DIY detox bath, use my coconut oil-based moisturizer. You can also add some essential oils to your moisturizer to make it even more fabulous with my joyful recipe.
If you are treating sore muscles with your DIY detox bath then I recommend you follow it up with my DIY Fibromyalgia Massage Oil Blend.
After treating sunburns, remember to replenish your skin with my soothing healing skin serum.
DIY Detox Bath Protocol
- 1 cup Epsom salts (plain) or bath crystals
- ¼ cup Bragg’s organic apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon (15 ml.) Mama Z’s oil base or your favorite carrier oil*
- 2 drops lemon essential oil
- 5 drops lavender essential oil
- Supplies:
- Glass jar
- Mix essential oils and carrier oil (or liquid castile soap) before adding to the empty tub.
- Pour in Epsom salts or bath crystals.
- Fill your bathtub with as warm of water as you can stand.
- Slowly pour the apple cider vinegar into the running water.
- Soak your whole body for 20-30 minutes.
- During the last five minutes, first, sit up, then kneel, and last stand.
- *1 drop lemon essential oil
- *3-4 drops lavender essential oil
- *1 tablespoon carrier oil
- *½ cup Epsom salts
- *1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
- Mix the essential oils into the carrier oil and place them in an empty bucket or foot bath.
- Add the Epsom salts and apple cider vinegar.
- Fill the bucket with warm water, and have the child soak their hands or feet for 15 minutes.
Try using this essential oil blend in our DIY bath bombs and add some fun relaxation to your detox bath. Follow up your emotional detox bath with this emotional detox inhaling blend for aromatherapy support.
