Hot/Cold Contrast Shower
This is an application that everyone should incorporate into their daily routine. By doing so you will probably notice increased resistance to colds and flues, increased general vigor and muscle tone, and certain ailments may disappear. Take a warm shower as you normally do in the morning (or evening), and make sure you feel nice and warm. When you finish washing yourself, turn the shower toward cold. You do not need to turn the warm water off entirely, but you need to feel a definite and fairly dramatic change in water temperature.
As you feel the cold water hitting your skin, take your washcloth and rub your skin briskly where the water is hitting you. Move around so that the stream of water can hit against the different areas of your body and continue to rub briskly where it is hitting you. Continue to do this for 30 to 180 seconds. The colder the water the shorter the time you need to remain in the cold shower, the less cool the water the longer you will need to stay in.
When you finish, turn off the water and briskly rub dry with your bath towel. You will be pleasantly surprised that the air outside the shower doesn't feel so cold anymore. When you first start doing this daily application you may not be able to tolerate turning the water very cold, but as the days go by you will find that you can gradually turn it cooler and thus your body will give a greater reaction.
As you feel the cold water hitting your skin, take your washcloth and rub your skin briskly where the water is hitting you. Move around so that the stream of water can hit against the different areas of your body and continue to rub briskly where it is hitting you. Continue to do this for 30 to 180 seconds. The colder the water the shorter the time you need to remain in the cold shower, the less cool the water the longer you will need to stay in.
When you finish, turn off the water and briskly rub dry with your bath towel. You will be pleasantly surprised that the air outside the shower doesn't feel so cold anymore. When you first start doing this daily application you may not be able to tolerate turning the water very cold, but as the days go by you will find that you can gradually turn it cooler and thus your body will give a greater reaction.