Self Care Ritual

Outdoor Health and Wellness urge to remind you that taking care of yourself on the inside and out is so important. Each week we will offer a self care ritual to help in the process of nourishing your being.

Herbal Foot Soak

This herbal foot soak is fun to do as a family after a long hike in the beautiful outdoors.

Ingredients:

2 cups fresh or dried herbs; sage, chamomile, lavender, pine, rosemary, elderberry, horsetail, dandelion, juniper or comfrey.

1 gallon of spring water

Steep herbs in boiling water for 20 minutes. Strain liquid and let cool to a luke warm, comfortable temperature. Pour into a foot basin and soak feet.

Time:

Soak feet for 20-30 minutes. Then pat dry.

Benefits:

This herbal foot soak has a calming and detoxifying effect. The herbs have healing properties that affect the immune, nervous and circulatory systems. This helps to soothe mental and physical fatigue and restore a calm balance to the body, mind, and spirit.

*Note this foot soak is simple to do while backcountry backpacking. After a long days hike it is so rewarding to soak in an all natural spring water and herbal remedy. Herbs can be cultivated along the trail (with permission and instruction from your guide), spring water can be collected in an empty water bottle, and a billy bath can is used to heat the water as a foot basin.

Be cautious of extremely hot temperatures.