You care about your health and well-being. You practice yoga, eat healthy food, maybe even organic. But, do you know about the ingredients in your skin care products? Your skin is the largest organ in your body and absorbs what you put on it. As far as your body is concerned what you put on your skin has the same effect as what you put in your mouth. Many companies use chemicals in their skincare products that are very harmful to your body. Check out this infographic: I am pleased to announce that I have become a “Beauty Ecologist” for my favorite skincare company, Pangea Organics. Pangea Organics products are skillfully formulated to amplify hydration and support cellular regeneration by feeding the skin with the highest quality antioxidant nutrients, EFA-rich oils, and the most nourishing plant botanicals that nature has to offer. All ingredients are organic. There are never any synthetics […]
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Five Tips To Thrive This Holiday Season
The holidays are upon us. It’s a time when the world around us is festive but the body needs more rest. Here are some tips to conserve your energy and enjoy this time of celebration. 1. Go to bed 1 hour earlier each night you are home. That way you will be well rested for the nights you are out celebrating. 2. Make a big pot of soup or stew and roast some root vegetables. Eating nourishing and grounding foods, rather than grabbing what is fast and easy will help you stay healthy and balanced this season. 3. Commit to your yoga practice and get to the mat each day. If you can’t make it to class, here are some short home routines to help get you started. 4. Take a 5-20 minute break each day. Turn off your computer, put down your phone and check out! Dance, draw, put your […]
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This time of year I like to make a a meal that warms my home and nourishes my body. Eating cooked soups and stews both helps me to stay grounded and balanced during this busy season but it also insures that I will have healthy food to eat rather than grabbing something on the go. Here is a basic vegetable soup to start with. 1 chopped leek or onion 3-4 cloves of garlic – minced 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 cups each: peeled and diced potatoes chopped carrots fresh, cut green beans or celery 2 quarts broth (vegetable or chicken) chopped tomatoes (optional) 1 can of your favorite bean – make sure the can does not have BPA fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup chopped parsley leaves (you can use thyme, dill, or another favorite herb) salt and pepper to taste In stock pot heat the oil. Add leaks and garlic […]
Continue ReadingThe Pebble In Your Shoe
You know that little ache in your body? The one you have learned to live with and work around in your yoga practice and in other physical activities, that thing you just manage to deal with or rather choose to forget about in your life? Yeah, that one. We all have them; it’s part of being in a body. But do you know what? You don’t have to live with it anymore. Those little tweaks and aches are messages telling your body that something is out of alignment. Perhaps you are stronger in one area and weaker in another. Maybe you have an old accident or injury, or perhaps even an emotional trauma about which you may have forgotten; a trauma that is still having a residual effect on your body, like when you fell off your bike as a child or your first heartbreak. Perhaps it’s simply the fact […]
Continue ReadingLiving Vibrantly: We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For
Happy New Year! I hope your first week of 2012 is off to a great start. Personally, I am feeling very optimistic about this year. Yes, it’s true, our world is not in the best shape and these next several months will determine a lot about where we are headed. While this is scary, I see it as a great opportunity. I am optimistic because in my world I see people everywhere waking up. Great beings are consciously deciding to live in greater alignment with spirit, whatever that may mean to them. The old ways of being simply will not work in our current times. Inspired by the awakening I am seeing around me, and remembering that we need new ways of being, my theme for the year is LIVE VIBRANTLY!. Your nature is vibrant. The life force energy pulsing within you is vibrant. The question is: do you have a […]
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