How do our IONIC DETOX treatments work?

In our office we use a professional ionic detox system called an IONIC CELL CLEANSER. This is a machine that generates negative ions or positive ions (2 settings). There is a stainless steel module that is connected to the machine that delivers these ions into the water where the client puts either their feet or hands. Sea salt/minerals are added to the water as well, and this is necessary for this process to work.

We often alternate between using the hands and feet at each session because the hands are best for detoxing the upper body (brain, breasts, lungs,etc) and the feet are best for detoxing the lower body (liver, gut, kidneys, etc).

It works in a few different ways:

• These negative or positive ions are absorbed by the body (hands or feet) and they start to clear energetic blocks in the meridians and open up detoxification pathways (kidneys, liver, gut) where the toxins are then eventually cleared from the body.

• You don’t want to pull toxins out of cells and tissues but have clogged detox and drainage organs/systems. That’s the beauty of the ionic cell cleanser - it supports opening all of these pathways at the same time!

• The ions also stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system/vagus nerve and therefore induce a deep relaxation, which allows your system to let go and release what no longer serves and start to heal/repair.

• Over a period of 1-2 weeks after the treatment, a process called ELECTROLYSIS occurs. Negatively charged ions attract positively charged toxins and positively charged ions attract negatively charged toxins from inside the cells and tissues out into the lymph and blood stream for detoxification.

• To upgrade your detox session experience you can add the red/infrared light therapy treatment for additional support in clearing cellular toxins, boosting mitochondria/ATP production, reducing inflammation, improving blood flow and nitric oxide levels, stimulating parasymphatic nervous system, supporting liver/kidneys/gut as well as flushing the lymphatic system.

• Self-care techniques such as self-lymph massage, increasing fluid intake as well as specific herbs, foods and supplements are recommended to support an easeful and gentle process post treatment.

WHAT’S WITH THE GROSS WATER in the basin after these treatments? 

There are many misunderstandings about these treatments. While some toxins are pulled out of the hands or feet into the basin during the sessions, it's not really so much about that or the gross rusty looking water left over in the basin, and NO that is not all coming out of you!

Most of that is coming from the corrosion process that occurs with the stainless steel + ions + minerals in the water. This BIG misunderstanding is part of why ionic detox footbaths are often seen as a scam/fraud by people who don’t understand how they work. Whether or not you have hands/feet in the water it will look rusty/gross as a result of the corrosion process.

For example, CBC’s marketplace did a show about detox footbaths, to expose this alternative health modality as fraudulent. They used a cheap $200 made in china system and they only studied what was in the water before and after the sessions. They did not test people‘s blood or urine levels of toxins. I personally wouldn't generally consider mainstream news to be an objective source of health information as there are generally too many ties to Big Pharma, and therefore if they are trying to dissuade people from some alternative health trend, its highly possible there may be something valuable there to consider.

Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt in the US did his own study of his patients using a professional grade ionic detox system and he found that the levels of chemicals and heavy metals in their blood and urine steadily increased from the day of the treatment until day 3 (the peak of toxin release) and then gradually decreased over a period of a week. 

This is typically the trajectory I see in my clients too (based on their symptoms and/or intuitive energy testing), except that some people take 2 weeks to complete this detox process if they have slower metabolism/detox processes.

In our office we use a $3000 system that was made in the US and that is very powerful. Most people start to notice something is happening in their body as soon as they put their hands or feet in the water.

The bulk of the detox and magic occurring starts within the body, when your feet or hands are in the water but most of it occurs in the days after your session, so when people who are studying these only consider what is in the water they are missing the point entirely! 

IONIC DETOX SESSIONS SUPPORT EMOTIONAL CLEARING TOO!

These ionic detox treatments don’t just move physical toxins either. Many people notice emotional detox occurring alongside the physical detox. I have frequency seen people crying during these sessions or reporting noticing anger, sadness or fear moving out of their bodies in the days after!

Interestingly, the type of toxin being released from the body often corresponds with different types of emotions, for example what I’ve intuitively seen is people with high aluminum tend to notice a lot of sadness/depression. People with a lot of mercury tend to have a lot of frustration and people with lead toxicity tend to deal with a lot of anger. 

These emotions can peak after a detox session while they are clearing, and then after the process is complete people can notice an overall reduction in how often or how intensely they feel these emotions day to day.

These emotions have their own vibration as do these toxins, and some of them vibrationally match up together and clear together!

The way I see it is the toxins in our bodies are bundled up in a package with denser energies, stuck emotions, and limiting beliefs in the subconscious. What I see in my practice is the more we have unresolved mental/emotional issues, the more we hold onto physical toxins too. 

And, the more physical toxins we hold, this can severely affect our mental/emotional health too (for example, heavy metals in the brain can be one cause of depression).

So, I love these ionic detox treatments (and the light therapy) because they not only help to move the physical toxins but they also energetically work on supporting the energy field in clearing the other forms of toxicity too!

Symptoms I've seen improve in my clients over the last 4 years since introducing this tool in my practice:

- Digestive difficulties like constipation, bloating and food sensitivities

- Headaches

- Depression and anxiety

- Mold toxicity symptoms

- Fatigue

- Rashes like eczema

- Brain fog

- Overweight issues

- and many more!

My new employee Sias has completed his training with me to offer light therapy and ionic detox sessions and I’m getting wonderful feedback from our clients about their experience with him. He’s a wealth of knowledge about health and healing (has over 20 years experience in various health/wellness-related fields), and I’m so glad to have him as part of the ANOTHER WAY TO HEAL team!

HOW MUCH DO THESE SESSIONS COST?

For the remainder of October we have a 20% discount being applied to the fees below. Fall is a great time to cleanse!

DISCOUNT CODE to apply at checkout when booking: FALLDETOX20

Regular fees:

Ionic Detox Session for Adults or Kids 12 yo or older (45 mins):  $70

Ionic Detox Session for Kids under 12 yo (30 mins): $50

Ionic Detox Session + Light Therapy (1 hr): $100

1 hr Red/Infrared Light Therapy Session: $75

We also have 4 session packages on these sessions so you can bundle up and save and get a deeper cleanse over several sessions!

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions about our detox services. To book either contact me or click here: www.melissacrawford.ca/book-online

With love,

Melissa