When we dry brush we want to start at our feet, brushing with long, firm strokes upwards towards the lymph nodes centred in our groin and in our armpits ultimately ending up in the lymphatic ducts which are located just above your heart.
FEET:
Start at the soles of your feet, gently stroking from your toes to your heal. Then to the top of your foot, brushing from your toes to behind your heal on both sides of your feet.
LEGS:
Upward strokes from your ankle to your knee & then knee to your groin (lymph glands), brushing from the back to the front of your leg, both the inside and the outside of your leg.
BUTTOCK & BACK:
Brush from the top of your buttock in a circular sweep to where your buttock joins your leg and then round to your groin (a bit like smoothing your skirt to sit). Continue up your back, brushing from your spine up and out to the side of your body. At the top of your back, brush up and over your shoulder blades to the lymph glands at the front of your armpit.
ABDOMINAL:
Working below your breasts, using your belly button as the centre, brush down and outwards to your groin, and up and outwards to your sides using gentle strokes.
HANDS & ARMS:
On the palm of your hand brush from wrist to finger tips and between your fingers, turn over and brush from finger tips to wrist. Continue up your arm, working from the inside and outside to the front and finish at the lymph glands at the front of your armpit.
DECOLLETAGE, NECK & FACE:
Use a soft jute brush for more sensitive areas and only brush 2-3 times per week. On your face use gentle sweeps working from the centre outwards and down and continue down your neck with gentle downward strokes. For your décolletage brush from the centre outward to the front of your armpit
FEET:
Start at the soles of your feet, gently stroking from your toes to your heal. Then to the top of your foot, brushing from your toes to behind your heal on both sides of your feet.
LEGS:
Upward strokes from your ankle to your knee & then knee to your groin (lymph glands), brushing from the back to the front of your leg, both the inside and the outside of your leg.
BUTTOCK & BACK:
Brush from the top of your buttock in a circular sweep to where your buttock joins your leg and then round to your groin (a bit like smoothing your skirt to sit). Continue up your
back, brushing from your spine up and out to the side of your body. At the top of your back, brush up and over your shoulder blades to the lymph glands at the front of your armpit.
ABDOMINAL:
Working below your breasts, using your belly button as the centre, brush down and outwards to your groin, and up and outwards to your sides using gentle strokes.
HANDS & ARMS:
On the palm of your hand brush from wrist to finger tips and between your fingers, turn over and brush from finger tips to wrist. Continue up your arm, working from the inside and outside to the front and finish at the lymph glands at the front of your armpit.
DECOLLETAGE, NECK & FACE:
Use a soft jute brush for more sensitive areas and only brush 2-3 times per week. On your face use gentle sweeps working from the centre outwards and down and continue down your neck with gentle downward strokes. For your décolletage brush from the centre outward to the front of your armpit.
Ideally body brushing should be practiced once a day, but you don’t want to make it a chore, it should be a chance to have some quiet time to yourself, so take it slowly. Put aside 5 minutes before your bath or shower to care for yourself and your wellbeing. Once you have finished dry brushing, bathe as normal to wash off the loose skin cells and don’t forget to moisturise once you get out of the shower to keep your skin soft and supple
