Daily Healthy Breast Care Routine
Many of us have healthy habits of self-care like brushing and flossing our teeth or taking a shower. These routines are second nature to us and yield great benefits. We’d like to see breast care fall easily into every woman’s daily routine. The following recommendations support the lymphatic system at flushing toxins from the breast tissue and increase blood flow to and away from the breasts. End result – healthier breast tissue. Healthier tissue is less susceptible to carcinogenic changes. This is worth the initial effort. Be gentle with yourself in implementing these breast care tips – we have grown up with a lot of taboos around breasts that have kept us from providing any care for them and touching them at all may seem very awkward at first. Keep at it ladies, girlfriends, it’s time to break some taboos – our breasts are in need of some TLC!

1. Shower Time:
a. Before showering, dry brush your skin with a natural bristle brush in the direction of your heart to support your lymphatic system to drain toxicity.
More info on skin brushing: Skin Brushing

b. In the shower, get familiar with your breasts (www.breastexam.ca).
c. While showering, alternating the temperature of the water is a simple way to promote good circulation to your breast/s. Doing this improves the microcirculation in tissue, bringing nutrients and oxygen to the cells and removing waste more efficiently. Shower following this sequence of water temperature changes: 1 min hot, 20-30seconds cold. Do this 2 or 3 times ending the shower with cold.
d. While enjoying the hot and trying to take your mind off the cold, cup your hands around your breast/s, gently pull your breast away from your chest wall and move your breast/s in a circular or up and down movement. This allows breast generated lymph fluid to drain out of the breasts into an important lymphatic drainage area called the retromammary space (works like the breast jiggle).

2. Evening:
a. Take your bra off when you get home.
b. Before bed apply castor oil or a healthy breast oil to your breast/s.
c. The Breast Jiggle: While lying on your back in bed applying the oil gently lift and move from side to side and up and down one breast at a time--- give them a little jiggle to support draining congestion. Tell them you love them!

3. Wear your bra as little as possible. If you need a bra, choose a bra that is cotton, has no underwires and allows the breasts to move a little. Make sure it is a comfortable bra and the proper size and that it leaves no red marks on your skin. Don't wear your bra to bed. 113-fold increase in breast cancer incidence among women who wear their bras all the time.

4. Move your body!|
This increases blood and lymph circulation throughout the body. Find something active you enjoy and do it regularly. Four hours per week of exercise can result in a 37% reduction in risk for breast cancer.

5. Be informed and share and empower others! The Complete Natural Guide to BREAST CANCER, Dr. Kaur ND is a great, proactive breast health resource. We’d like to see Dr. Kaur and her book on Oprah – email Oprah and help us make this a reality!

6. “Love your planet. Love your body. Love your life.” LaLunaLove

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