To sweat or not to sweat? A silly question!

By on February 5, 2013

Don’t Let Em’ See You Sweat? I say… bring it on!! Ever since my 70 year-old very cool hippie dude friend told me about sweating/detoxing via a pile of mulch, I was like… sign me up! I was quite happy to be his guinea pig.  The man is smart, not to mention very forward thinking.

This past weekend came time for me to give it a try. Since I practice what I preach (and write about), I always try things out before recommending. This was no different. You certainly can’t be afraid to sweat, I mean… reeeeealllly sweat, and… no better way than in the garden relaxing. Other ways I love to sweat include sweat lodges (and years ago, Bikram Yoga). The interesting thing about this type of sweat (according to me) is that it works the way osmosis does.

Osmosis:“Tendency of water to flow from a hypotonic solution (low concentration of dissolved substances) to hypertonic solution (higher concentration) across a semipermeable membrane.”  ~biology-online.org~


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Tim Dundon prepares my bed of mulch

So in this case it was my diluted sweat moving to the high concentration of superfood and humic acid producing mulch. As you’ll see in this photo, this pile of mulch was very concentrated/active – the steam coming off it shows there’s plenty of activity going on inside. And indeed there was! I began sweating profusely after just 5 minutes. I know profuse sweating can mean something different for different people, but… I happen to be a fan of rather extreme unconventional sweating… so… I kinda know what it means to really sweat! A bonus was emerging with skin as soft as a baby’s bottom. According to Tim, this was from the microbes polishing the skin. Giddy UP – my kinda spa treatment!

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she emerges from the pile of She*it – digging it!

And to those that know the power of mulch, this is no ordinary mulch, Tim (my friend) is well known for his Black Gold, his Ladder of Matter documentary, for being Zeke The Sheik, the SodFather, Craptonite, you name it. His She*it (what he calls his mulch) is some really great stuff! As for Poop Dog Tim (another name he calls himself) he has been on a mission to empower others to grow their own food decades before it was considered cool (or a necessity).

 

“Horses sweat, men perspire, and women glow”  ~Unknown~

 

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