Rest, Relax, Detox

Restore Wholeness.

The new year usually arrives with the pressure to pursue a “new you”, along with a push on products and programs promising a boost in health, energy and appearance.

But wellbeing, vitality and lasting health isn’t a quick fix – it’s the result of daily and nightly habits that work together to support your health holistically.

Focusing on the foundations of wellness defines your whole health: sleep quality, stress resiliency and efficient elimination all define the quality of your body’s rhythms and functions.

Rest – Sleep Quality

Did you know?

1 in 3 adults aged 35-64 aren’t getting enough sleep! *

Not only that – within this demographic, quality of sleep is also compromised, with people having trouble with getting to and/or staying asleep!

Sleep is an essential physiological state and cultivating healthy slumber is just as important as cultivating your health habits during waking hours.

Our body relies on a period of sleep each night to perform vital functions related to growth, development, hormone balance, cardiovascular system repair, emotional and cognitive brain functioning, and regulating the immune system’s ability to respond to foreign invaders. 

Consciously nurturing a healthy sleep routine and schedule is one of the best investments you can make into your health! This means easing the body and brain into a relaxed state in the evening (no hardcore workouts or doomscrolling!)

Plant medicines have been used for thousands of years for their calmative and sedative effects.

ValeriCalm® offers unique calming effects with a blend of 6 sleep-supporting herbs, including:

Passionflower
Valerian
California Poppy
Chamomile
Hops
Motherwort

These traditional herbs work synergistically, complementing each other’s unique benefits in a holistic sleep-supportive tonic that addresses many factors that often compromise quality sleep in today’s world. ValeriCalm®  and ValeriCalm® Capsules soothe and relax the nervous system and cultivate calm without grogginess the next morning.

Not only that, ValeriCalm® also supports a healthy “sleep architecture” – how the body progresses through the different stages/phases of sleep.

Relax – Stress Resiliency

Even in the waking hours, it’s important for the body and mind to relax.

Stress is commonly referred to as a modern epidemic. We are exposed to daily stressors in the busyness our immediate lives, under financial pressures and the impact of news events and social media thanks to living in the digital age.

Day to day life can be a lot for us to handle, and many Canadians report high stress levels!

Stress can’t always be stopped, but stress resiliency can be cultivated.

Adaptogens are plant medicines that support the body in adapting to stress, helping to return to a state of balance and increase resiliency and optimize its functioning – including major body systems and organs.

Ashwagandha has been used for thousands of years to strengthen the body’s vitality and fortify the body’s resiliency to infection while restoring and calming the nervous system, alleviating anxiety.

Strest® tincture and capsules contain ashwagandha and 5 other stress-supportive adaptogens in a synergistic formula to help build resiliency and relieve symptoms of stress, restoring mental, emotional, and physical equilibrium.

Detox – Lessening the Toxic Load

Your body is hard at work detoxing 365 days a year! Supporting the body’s innate detoxification pathways is the most sustainable and effective way to detox.

Liver detoxification, bile production, bowel movement, urine production, and productive perspiration are all ongoing processes that are required to keep a body healthy and free of toxins. While a short, intense cleanse might help “jump start’ some of these processes, they are all required every day of our lives.

That said a gentle program can help maintain consistent habits, support the body in efficiently removing toxins and stay healthy. The 4 Seasons Detox Kit provides guidance and support with a dietary guide and program checklist to keep you track and set the stage for everyday healthy habits.

Learn more about natural detoxification: Quick Cleanses vs. Ongoing Detoxification 

It’s all connected!

When we don’t get enough sleep, our stress resiliency is weakened, and the body isn’t given the opportunity to make crucial reparations for organs and systems to function optimally.
A chronic state of stress concentrates the body’s resources on the perceived threat, not “rest and repair” functions of which channels of elimination rely on.
If the body carries a “toxic load” because the function of channels of elimination is compromised, it can affect sleep quality and mood.

Take the pressure off of yourself this year – and instead resolve to invest in restoring your whole health.