Cleansing for Clarity: Larissa of Sol Cleanse Shares a Nuanced Approach
How do you define cleansing or resetting to bring your body, mind, and spirit into balance? What does this look like for you, and why has it become such an important part of your life?
I define cleansing simply as stripping away what doesn’t serve you, leaving more space for what does. The beauty is that there is no one-size-fits-all approach for all, or even for myself across a span of time. I am always changing, and so are my needs. Right now, I am drawn to nourishing organic slow-cooked meals and soups, gentle walks with no stimulation (music or podcasts), reformer Pilates, yin yoga, bathing in the sun whenever I can, and daily meditation. I feel my best when I slow down.
What does taking time to slow down, step back, recharge, or practice self-care mean to you personally and professionally?
Recently, meditation has emerged as my ultimate, most potent form of self-care. It really encompasses so much in one practice. It allows me to calm and de-stress, it allows me to observe the contents of my mind and the feelings held within my body, and with that awareness they are freed so that I can just enjoy spaciousness. For me, there is nothing that compares to who I am free to be because of my meditation practice.
Why have these practices become such a cornerstone of your life, especially as someone who has built a business around them?
Because when I don’t, life does not have the same sweetness. What begins as feeling like discipline or deprivation (depending on which way you choose to look at it), once you feel the benefits of any kind of regular practice, it becomes your new baseline of the way you expect to feel in life. When habits slip, that old murky self comes back and that contrast makes you realise that these are, in fact, essential tools for living a beautiful, content life.
How do you carve out space for these moments amid the busyness of life — running a business, parenting, working, or managing other responsibilities?
This has been perhaps my biggest hurdle on my path so far. I would use motherhood, or being a businesswoman, as an excuse... “I don't have time.” In reality, my priorities lay elsewhere, like scrolling on my phone. What a harsh reality — we can always find time, somewhere. Once my meditation practice became more solidified, I naturally started waking up SUPER early (4:30am!) to meditate before my 3-year-old would wake me around 5:30am. The old me would never have believed that to be possible! Now I look forward to meditation every morning. What will I find to observe? How will it make me feel?
What benefits or effects have you noticed — for yourself or those you work with — when you intentionally slow down, pause, and reset?
When I intentionally reset with food, I can hear the signals of my body clearer — what it is asking for and what it needs me to feed it. Nourishing myself feels inspiring again and like less of a chore. That spirals into moving my body feeling uplifting and exciting, rather than a monumental effort just to get myself to a class. Each positive choice snowballs into another, creating a tangible wave of momentum. In that effect, the benefits are uncapped.
What advice would you give to others who want to bring more intentionality into their habits to nurture mind, body, and spirit wellbeing?
Of course, we can go it alone, but when you are really needing a leg up out of unhelpful habits, if you can afford it, seek help from people and businesses who have set up their entire operation to help people like you to succeed. When I started working 1:1 with a meditation teacher my whole life changed! It can be as simple as booking back in for a yoga class when you haven't been for six months — that starts that positive wave of momentum flowing.
And remind yourself, you do have time in your schedule; you just need to observe where you are currently placing your priorities — a.k.a. your time!
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