The 5-Minute Bath
Monday 26 Jan 2009Okay, here’s my little secret–every morning I take a 5-minute bath! In fact as much as I love baths the majority of my baths never last beyond 15 minutes.
Here’s my "technique" for the 5-minute bath. Start running the water, pour in your bath salts and go ahead and get in the tub as it is filling up. Make the water as hot as you can take it and fill the tub only half way. When you slide your body down into the water, it should cover only your backside and slightly up over your sides. This allows your chest, belly and tops of legs to be exposed to the air. (Sometimes I think I look like a frog when I do this.)
The skin that is out of the water will be able to breath (respiration) and you will experience a releasing, rejuvenating bath. You will feel the soothing hot water and the cooler air above you. This also helps to regulate your body temperature so that you don’t overheat. You can close your shower curtain or sliding glass doors, if you have them, to keep in the steam.
Relax like this for about five minutes and when you’re ready to get up, sit and splash water on the parts of your body that were not submerged. This will be the final cleansing of your skin. Did you know that salt is a natural anti-bacterial so you don’t even have to use soap.