Visiting a paradisiac place can be more beneficial than what is believed. Sand is an element that sometimes can pass unnoticed, but it keeps an unimaginable power, catapulted as an aesthetic and medicinal treatment. It invigorates, relaxes, exfoliates and prevents osteoporosis; know the impressive advantages you’ll obtain with a stroll on the beach.
Submerging the feet in sand is a very pleasant sensation. The state of relaxation in which a person enters goes beyond a temporary feeling, because that simple action benefits the lymphatic system, and as a result, the circulatory one, preventing the appearance of varicose veins, and even the production of swellings.
Other benefits from a stroll on the beach are the toning of the muscles. Use the power of the sand as a part of your exercise routine, to make a stroll or a light jog have a little more resistance, which in the long run will influence the aspect of your legs, gluteus and even abdominal area. At the same time, practicing exercises on the sand prevents injuries because the damping power of this natural element is, to your limbs, a kind of support mattress. Aside from a stroll, the trainer Keiji Yoshiki, assures that you can also try other series of exercises, like abdominals, modified planks, and all kinds of jumps you want without worrying of the impact on your joints, mainly, towards the inferior ones like the knees and ankles which are the most affected by inadequate use of a routine.
Sand is also an ally against cellulite. Eliminating the remains of dead skin, and also, when elevating the activity of the circulatory system, it allows the hard to remove adipose tissues to become unprotected, and finally, can be discarded by the organism.
One way to prepare your own exfoliant with the power of the sand is by taking a little of clean sand, without any kind of chemical residue or sea algae, then, mix a cup of sand with three tablespoons of almond oil, so that it doesn’t only exfoliate but also becomes a highly moisturizing cream. The next step would be to stimulate the skin by rubbing the preparation over the areas to be worked on, being the legs and the abdomen the most common ones.
The power of sand has been so special that there is a whole alternative medicine based on this rock erosion product. Psamotherapy is renowned because of the formation of sand with magnesium, iron, silica, and other organic substances, which, when concentrating heat, represents a detoxifying treatment, utilized in weight loss treatments and degenerative disorders.
A bath of sand not only eliminates dead cells, it allows the body to be freed from toxins, purifying the organism, which will end up in decreased inflammation; because of its relaxing effect, in the control of pathologies like nerves and stress, being one more gift that prodigious nature offers.
I never thought about the dampening effect on sad, very good for doing jumping jacks and losing a few pounds…