Undo Stress & Tension With This 5-Minute Ritual

It's not always realistic to run yourself a #selfcare bath, especially if life is busy or if you don't have a big enough bathtub! But there is a way to get the same benefits of a bath without expending nearly as much time, effort, or resources. Enter: the foot soak.

Desiree Pais, meditation teacher, Chinese medicine student, and natural beauty expert, has shared her take on a therapeutic foot soak. Five minutes, four steps, and a few deep breaths will take your stress levels down and make you feel more connected to your body. "In Chinese medicine, salt has the energetic quality of draining downward, so after a long day of thinking, working, being on technology—which is very airy and in our heads—salted foot soaks help to bring the energy down from our heads and ground us so we can feel relaxed and rejuvenated," she said.