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Yoga: Yoga is one of the most popular exercises for a de-stress, detox lifestyle because it eases the mind, decreases blood pressure, increases your respiratory efficiency, helps digestion, improves focus and posture, and helps you sleep better.

Pilates: Like yoga, pilates can boost energy and your immune system without requiring a sweat-inducing cardio workout.

Reduce your body fat: Besides looking more in shape, reducing your body fat, which is where a lot of toxins in your body are stored.

Swimming: The website The Natural Path describes swimming as a good exercise for detox, as it works out your muscles and heart but also "increases your breathing and your body temperature

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Detoxify Yourself: 101 Tips to Remove the Poison from Your Body and Your Life

Fiber: Fiber cleanses your body and your digestive tract, so opt for foods like whole wheat bread, brown rice, broccoli, bran cereal, corn and other raw vegetables and fruits.

Vitamin C: Vitamin C is a great detox agent for cleansing the liver, as it produces glutathione.

Water: Water is one of the easiest and most effective ways to flush out your system.

Garlic: Garlic is a great ingredient for promoting good health, especially detox, as it is rich in antioxidants.

Organic foods: Incorporate organic foods, especially fruits and vegetables into your diet, since they are free of harmful pesticides and chemicals.

Locally grown food: For a more socially conscious move, buy locally grown food to support your community in a green way.

Ethical food: Ease your conscience by making sure your food was produced in an ethical way, from conditions of slaughterhouses to Fair Trade coffee growers and harvesters.

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Simplify Your Life

By simplifying your life, you can have more time to concentrate on your health. From re-prioritizing your to-do lists to automating regular tasks like bill paying, consider downsizing in the following ways.

Just say no: Don’t agree to run every event, attend every meeting or go to every party. Saying no can free up valuable time for yourself and prevent you from over stimulating your mind

Keep things perspective: Instead of overreacting to every setback, keep things in perspective.

Automate regular tasks: Set up an automatic bill pay or savings action so that you don’t have to waste time writing checks each month, and so you won’t fall behind on payments.

Take time out: Slow down every once in a while to give your mind and body a rest by taking a long weekend, going on a relaxing vacation or just making room in your schedule for an extra nap.

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Organization Tips

Staying organized will elevate your mood and keep your surroundings clean and bacteria-free.

De-clutter: Clutter around your house and in your schedule can cause you to feel stressed, anxious and even unhealthy, if your clutter is really dirty.

Take out the trash frequently: This tip may seem like a given, but taking out the trash instantly removes poisons and waste from your surroundings.

Budget: Organize your budget to avoid overspending, debt, unpaid bills, unpaid taxes and other stress factors that could land you in serious trouble.

Schedule: Prevent scheduling conflicts, missed appointments, over bookings and running yourself ragged by maintaining a calendar or date book.

Get tech help: Use an online program like Tada Lists or Remember the Milk so that you don’t have to keep up with to-do lists floating around your car, office and home.

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Emotional and Mental Health

These tips are also meant to boost your self-esteem and remove toxic thoughts that sabotage your emotional health.

Counseling: Talk to a counselor or psychologist regularly so that you can hear yourself work through your problems.

Be social: Getting out with friends or even going to a coffee shop will make you feel more connected to the community around you and can distract you from your own problems for a while.

Open up: Share your thoughts, goals and feelings with a friend or family member to purge yourself of anxiety

Self confidence: Give your self-confidence a boost and get rid of negative thoughts that harm your spirit and prevent you from doing the things that make you happy.

Set realistic goals: By setting realistic goals, you’re more likely to feel a sense of achievement and triumph as you complete each one.

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Meditation Tips

Meditation is an effective technique for ridding your mind and body of poisonous thoughts and energy drainers.

Follow a specific program: Play one of these meditation guides to help you focus and relax.

Meditate alone: Being along is an important strategy for effective meditation.

Eliminate external discomforts: Make sure the room is a comfortable temperature and the lighting is just right for your meditation.

Be patient: This tip will prevent you from getting too overwhelmed if you feel like meditation isn’t working at first.

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Productivity Drainers

Improve your focus: By keeping track of your time and setting goals throughout the day, you’ll be able to stay focused on the things that matter.

Unsubscribe to blog feeds: Clean out your inbox by unsubscribing to all the RSS feeds and newsletters that keep you away from your work and focused on unimportant things.

Eliminate distractions: Distractions can be poisonous to your schedule and your mindset, so turn off the TV, block certain websites and unplug the phone until you complete your to-do list.

Stay nourished: Hunger drains productivity and can negatively affect your metabolism if it’s been too long since your last meal.

Turn off the instant messenger: Unless you do business over instant message, sign off your account or create a new one just for work.

Exercise your brain: Keep your brain sharp by doing simple mind exercises that can keep Alzheimer’s and dementia at bay.

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Social Poisons

Close or increase privacy settings on your online dating profile: Online dating companies can be extremely beneficial to some individuals, but posting photos and information about yourself online can attract unsavory characters who badger you with inappropriate messages.

Volunteer: Increase your social circle by volunteering.

Reconcile with family and friends: Don’t let a grudge or a fight with friends affect your conscience or your mood.

Stay in: If you’re always going out with friends, take a night to yourself and stay in.

Go out: On the other hand, if you’re always at home, try to go out every once in a while and be social with the community around you. Even if you aren’t out for an organized event with friends, opening yourself up to spending time with other human beings can help you feel more relaxed.

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Detoxify Yourself: 101 Tips to Remove the Poison from Your Body and Your Life

Physical Poisons

Take herbs: There are a number of natural herbs that can be used for internal and external detox, like yucca root and licorice root, which are laxatives

Hydrotherapy: This alternative health practice can be done at a spa, sauna or even in your shower. By alternating the temperature of the water, you can reduce inflammation, stimulate your body’s circulation and remove waste from body tissue.

Have sex: Having sex can give you energy, help you sleep better, reduces cholesterol, reduces stress, increases the flow of oxygen to your brain, and can even be a natural pain reliever.

Consider a colon cleansing: Colon cleansings are believed to remove the body of parasites and other toxins that can interfere with digestion and general health.

Try skin brushing: This detox strategy involves stimulating your skin in order to increase "its rate of elimination of toxic waste products

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