#bath challenge

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🛁 Benefits of Epsom salt baths

* Eases muscular aches, soreness, stiffness and mental stress * Reduces inflammation * Improves sleep quality (Source: Martha Stewart)

* Relieves dry skin and makes it look smoother * Has antioxidant and disinfectant properties * Relaxation: magnesium helps our body produce melatonin (Source: Holland & Barrett)

* Detoxify and remove toxins * Exfoliate dead skin * Improve skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis (Source: Medical News)

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🛁 02.07.23

Day 2 - During the whole 20 minutes in the bath today I kept hearing this continuous noise, somewhere between banging of movement in the water pipes and the guttural squawking of birds. Turns out it was my stomach.

Overthought myself out of buying that citronella candle for Anna.

Fell asleep and woke up with a start.

My muscles feel so heavy like they’re filled with water. But they’re surprisingly not sore, despite doing 60 minutes of Tabata yesterday and 60 minutes of parkour today. That’s been a clear difference since taking Epsom salt baths and last weekend.

I never want to wash my hair when I’m in the bath. This is probably good for my hair.

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🛁 July Challenge: Hot baths every day - 01.07.23

* Run a hot bath.

* Fill it with 150g of Epsom salt.

* Set a timer.

* Soak for 20 minutes.

* See what benefits I get after 30 days.

Day 1 - That felt like the longest 20 minutes of my life. I decided to not distract myself - as I normally would in the bath - with a Youtube video or music, but to do body scans or be mindful. Turns out it is not as easy to be mindful in a small bathtub as it is sitting on a cushion.

Checked the timer: 12 minutes left. Urgh.

Checked the timer again: 6 minutes left. FML.

I thought back to my lunch with Bekah today. I thought about what I should get Anna for her birthday in August. I decided on citronella candles, since she likes being in her garden. But wait, does she not like the smell of citronella? One of my friends does not... but was it her? Surely not. She had a stack of them in the East London flat, if I remember correctly, but perhaps I’m misremembering...

The timer goes off. I suddenly wished I had another 6 minutes to solve the mystery of the citronella-hating friend.

GOALS FOR JULY BATH CHALLENGE: * Have 20 minutes of enforced mindfulness and digital & dopamine detox every day * Feel less sore after all my workouts * See if hot baths are as beneficial as daily cold showers.

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Priscilla takes on the Ice Bath Challenge in a red swimsuit. She is a bit shy in the beginning but after a while she 'warms up' completely. If she doesn't move, it doesn't feel that cold. So we make her move :-) She used a lot more bags of ice than we usually do so it was clearly very cold. She's a super nice girl so if you want to see more of her, please let us know.

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190 views?!?! Holy...

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Go watch my new video :3

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I think I swallowed some bubbles - The Bath Challenge. check it out at