Aura Beauty & Massage

01/09/2025

💧 What’s in Your Urine After Lymphatic Drainage Therapy?

If you’ve ever needed to rush to the bathroom after a lymphatic drainage session, you’re not alone — and it’s not just because you drank more water. Something powerful is happening inside your body.

Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) is more than a relaxing therapy — it’s a cellular-level cleanse. And the urine you pass afterward gives you clues about what your body is finally able to release.

So, what exactly is in that post-therapy p*e?

🧬 Your Lymphatic System: The Body’s Fluid Filter

Before we get to the urine, let’s look at what the lymphatic system collects:
• Old immune cells
• Pathogens and toxins
• Cellular debris and waste proteins
• Excess fluid from tissues
• Fats from digestion (through lacteals)
• Inflammatory molecules and cytokines

These are transported through lymph vessels and nodes, then emptied into your bloodstream near the collarbone. From there, your liver and kidneys filter and excrete them — often through your urine.

🚽 What’s in Your Urine After MLD?
1. Interstitial Fluid
The puffiness you carry around is made of excess fluid between cells — which now has somewhere to go.
Result: Increased urination, often within hours.
2. Urea and Nitrogenous Waste
Your lymph brings metabolic waste and dead cells to your kidneys. You may notice:

• A stronger smell
• Slightly cloudy urine (short-lived)

3. Inflammatory Byproducts
If you have autoimmunity or chronic inflammation, your lymph may carry:

• Cytokine fragments
• Histamine byproducts
• Immune waste proteins
This is why some people feel tired or “off” after their first few sessions.

4. Fat-Soluble Waste
Your deep abdominal lymph carries fats and toxins from the gut and liver. These may show up in your urine after drainage therapy.
5. Electrolytes
As fluid shifts, sodium, potassium, and magnesium may fluctuate. That’s why hydration is essential.

🧠 Why This Is a Good Thing

The fact that your kidneys are eliminating waste after lymph drainage is a win — it means your lymph system is working, your detox organs are responding, and your body is healing from the inside out.

✅ What’s Normal to Notice After a Session
• More frequent urination
• Stronger-smelling or darker urine (temporarily)
• Mild cloudiness or foam
• Feeling thirsty, tired, or slightly headachy

🌿 How to Support Your Body After MLD
• Drink 1–2L of water with electrolytes or lemon
• Sip herbal teas like nettle, rooibos, or dandelion
• Use castor oil packs over the abdomen
• Avoid alcohol, processed food, and sugar for 24 hours
• Breathe deeply and rest well

💬 Final Thought

“Your lymphatic system is the janitor — but your urine is the garbage truck. If it’s moving, you’re healing.”

So next time you notice changes in your bathroom habits after a lymph session, smile — your body is doing exactly what it’s designed to do.

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28/08/2025

Thanks so much to my amazing clients for my recent reviews! 🥰

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05/07/2025

Great result for my new client today! Before and after Facial Lymphatic Drainage for swelling 🥰

04/07/2025

🌬️✨ Meet Your Vagus Nerve: The Wanderer That Talks to Your Lymph!

Did you know there’s a superhighway of communication between your gut, your brain, and your immune system? It’s called the vagus nerve — and this magical nerve does way more than most people realise.

The vagus nerve (Latin for “wandering”) is the longest cranial nerve in your body. It starts at your brainstem and wanders all the way down to your chest and abdomen. Along the way, it stops to chat with your heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, digestive organs… and yes, your lymphatic system!

🧠 What Makes the Vagus Nerve So Special?

This powerful nerve is the main highway of the parasympathetic nervous system — the “rest and digest” part of your nervous system. When your vagus nerve is happy, it promotes calmness, slows your heart rate, helps you digest food, and reduces inflammation.

But when it’s underactive or overwhelmed, your body gets stuck in fight or flight mode. That’s bad news for healing, detoxing, and lymphatic flow. 😮‍💨

💧 So, How Does the Vagus Nerve Help the Lymphatic System?

Great question! Here’s where it gets juicy:

1️⃣ It Regulates Lymphatic Flow Through Movement and Rhythm

The vagus nerve influences the smooth muscle tone of your intestines (peristalsis). These gentle contractions actually help to pump lymph, especially through the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), one of the biggest immune hubs in your body.

➡️ When the vagus nerve is stimulated, it keeps this rhythm going — supporting lymphatic drainage through the abdomen.

2️⃣ It Reduces Systemic Inflammation

The vagus nerve activates something called the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway. This directly reduces the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines — a massive help for anyone with autoimmune disease, chronic inflammation, or sluggish lymph.

➡️ Less inflammation = less lymphatic congestion.

3️⃣ It Enhances Immune Surveillance

A well-toned vagus nerve improves communication between the brain and immune system. This helps the lymphatic system filter invaders more efficiently and coordinate better with the spleen, thymus, and lymph nodes.

➡️ This means quicker detection and clearance of toxins and pathogens.

4️⃣ It Works With the Glymphatic System While You Sleep 🧼🧠

Yep, your brain has its own lymph system — called the glymphatic system. The vagus nerve supports deeper sleep, during which cerebrospinal fluid washes over your brain to clear waste. This reduces the burden on your body’s detox and immune systems.

➡️ Vagus + Glymphatics = Dream detox duo!

🌀 How to Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve (And Support Your Lymph)

The best part? You don’t need expensive tools to activate this healing connection. Try these daily habits:

🌬️ Deep belly breathing
🎶 Humming, chanting, or singing
💧 Gargling water for 30 seconds
🧊 Splashing cold water on your face
🧘‍♀️ Meditation or prayer
🌿 Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapy
💚 Castor oil packs (calm + drainage = yes please!)
🐾 Lying down with a pup (bonus points for your 5 dachshunds!)

🧠💧 In Summary

The vagus nerve is the calm conductor of your inner healing orchestra. When it’s functioning well, it works hand-in-hand with the lymphatic system to reduce inflammation, support detoxification, enhance immunity, and promote true rest.

So if you’re working on healing your lymphatic system, don’t forget the nerve that’s quietly running the show behind the scenes.

📚 Research & Resources
• Tracey, K. J. (2002). The inflammatory reflex. Nature, 420(6917), 853–859. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature01321
• Breit, S., Kupferberg, A., Rogler, G., & Hasler, G. (2018). Vagus nerve as modulator of the brain–gut axis in psychiatric and inflammatory disorders. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 44. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00044
• Meneses, G., Bautista, M., Florentino, A., et al. (2016). Electric stimulation of the vagus nerve reduced the mortality and serum TNF in a murine sepsis model. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 47, 191–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.012
• Jessen, N. A., et al. (2015). The glymphatic system: A beginner’s guide. Neurochemical Research, 40, 2583–2599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-015-1581-6

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29/06/2025

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Manual Lymphatic Drainage- Not Just Your Average Massage

So, what is Manual Lymphatic Drainage?

Manual Lymphatic Drainage is an advanced massage which uses a range of gentle specialised and rhythmic pumping techniques to stimulate the lymphatic system, which plays important roles in our immune system, fat transport and drainage of the fluids between cells.

Lymphatic drainage is both preventative and remedial, and can enhance wellbeing. The massage is deeply relaxing, promotes healing, and controls swelling. It also relieves fluid congestion and is an effective component of the treatment and control of lymphoedema.

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27/03/2025

🌸 OPEN IN APRIL 🌸

A big thank you to my wonderful clients for all your caring and support throughout this challenging time. I’ve now been fitted with a boot which I’m getting on well with, so will be open again next week. I will be contacting you in stages to book you in, so you will receive a text from me soon. Look forward to seeing you all again 🥰

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