Why is Cleansing Necessary?

Up until the turn of the 20th Century, cleansing was an integral part of all natural healthcare systems throughout the world. Only recently, with the over-dependence on allopathic medicine and the denial of our deeper instincts, has cleansing become seen as unconventional, strange, or just plain unnecessary.

Even in today’s culture few of us think it strange to do a spring cleaning and to clean and maintain our homes, cars, or offices. We also think it unclean and socially unacceptable to not maintain a clean body. These are all forms of cleansing. However, owing to our obsession with externals, we have forgotten about the cleansing and healing of our inner environment: our organs, our blood, our brains, our minds, our emotional bodies, and, finally, our spirits. As children most of us were not taught how to do an internal cleanse. Most of us didn’t even know such a thing existed. Today, most of us are looking for a way to recapture our health in body, mind, and spirit.

While cleansing is an ancient practice, it has never been more essential than today to cleanse and maintain a lifestyle that promotes health and well-being. Physically we are being challenged in ways that we have never seen before on the planet. The soil is depleted of minerals and filled with heavy metals and pesticides; the air is filled with carbon monoxide, lead, and other toxins; the water is purified and nutritionally enhanced with chlorine and fluoride, both carcinogens; and our food is processed, bleached, preserved, and protected by pesticides, also known to be carcinogenic. Mentally, our culture lives in a state of chronic stress, and depression is on the rise as never before. The fast pace of our modern lifestyle, the demands and expectations of our jobs and relationships, and our disconnection from nature, ourselves, and from spirituality have caused a kind of stressful anxiety, a burden on the nervous system, that depletes us to the core of our bodies, minds, and spirits.

In short, we are all stressed, starved, and poisoned, and these states interact to compound their negative effects. If we are starved—nutritionally depleted—we lack the nutrients we need to manage our stress and anxiety. We will also become more vulnerable to the toxins and poisons in our environment, food, water, and news media. If we are stressed, we will burn up our nutrients much more quickly, especially those that manage our stress, anxiety, and our sense of well-being. Fewer nutrients again means vulnerability to toxins and a whole host of other acute, chronic, and life-threatening illnesses. Lastly, if we are poisoned, the body is called to function under extremely difficult circumstances. Poisons such as heavy metals and pesticides can reduce the absorption of nutrients and cause cellular and neurological damage. This condition again leads to starved tissues and a stressed and weakened nervous system. As you can see, if you are to some degree stressed, starved, or poisoned, then you must be to the same degree all three.

Is there a solution? Of course. The TOTAL LIFE CLEANSE.

Why Cleanse through the Total Life Cleanse?

Why is the CLEANSE so unique? When we say TOTAL LIFE CLEANSE, we don't just mean the whole physical body with all its organ systems, which of course it includes. We mean the whole physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual body. We feel the only way to really have long-lasting benefits is to make fundamental changes in our habits related to what we eat, to how we eat, to our total lifestyle, and to our consciousness. TLC effectively incorporates ancient wisdom, practical exercises, meditation, right diet, and individualized lifestyle changes into our nine week seminar.

Why is it so long? Aren't most cleanses only 3-10 days or so? Many cleanses are effective at cleansing the tissues of the body; however, these short cleanses are often very depleting. They are not rejuvenating, and are not long enough for people to make long term lifestyle changes. Nine weeks is just enough time for people to cleanse and then incorporate long-term dietary and lifestyle changes into their daily lives.

The effectiveness of group support throughout these nine weeks cannot be overestimated. TLC offers group support on a weekly (in person) and daily (online) basis. Whenever we endeavor to make real changes in our life, one of the greatest obstacles is the lack of support from our culture and from friends and family around us. The group support creates a safe place to try new things, witness the success of others, and reveal our challenges. It creates a sense of community so that we don’t feel alone while going through such a transformative experience. We find the group itself supports the success of everyone in it. In any endeavor for personal growth, right association has always been considered the most important factor. TLC group support can offer this essential ingredient.