Essential Oil Essentials: Sunny, Natural Perfume Blends For Spring Scents

It’s spring!  (At least for those of us here in the northern hemisphere.) It’s a great time to make your own seasonal perfume blends to celebrate the return of green. Spring brings to mind rebirth, flourishing, moving forward, and movement in general.  Any of these can inspire a great-smelling, natural blend.  Or you can center your perfume around one main essential oil. 

#WellnessWednesday- Yoga For Life: Week 149

Downward Dog Bind 

One of the goals of Yoga is to help the practitioner set aside the Ego, which can only care for itself, and step into our true nature as collaborative beings. Through devoted practice, Yoga reveals the bonds that tie together all living things. But when the Ego becomes inflamed, which can happen for any number of reasons, it is impossible for the practitioner to experience the truth of unity.

The Deer Exercise: Male Sexual Health & Taoism

The deer, in Taoism, is identified as an animal who lives long and has a healthy sexual appetite. There are other animals, such as the crane and the turtle, that are identified in Taoism who live long and healthy lives, but the deer’s strong sexual and reproductive characteristics makes it stand out among the rest. The deer was observed constantly exercising its anus. The exercise was adapted for humans and the deer exercise was invented.

Grow These 5 Medicinal Plants For A Unique Herb Garden

Growing herbs is often the gateway to becoming a gardener and eventually starting a vegetable garden.

Are You Drinking Enough Water? Signs Of Dehydration

Summer is upon us folks in the Northern Hemisphere. Soon the temperatures will be on the rise. It's time to check in with your daily habits and see if you are consuming enough water to stay hydrated. Keep reading to discover the scientific-backed health benefits of consuming water and how you can benefit from increasing your intake.

Meatless Monday: Scrumptious Stuffed Bell Peppers With Creamy Walnut Sauce

When flowers are in bloom all around and the earth is warming, the last thing you want is to weigh yourself down with heavy food. That’s why spring is a great time for these scrumptious vegetarian stuffed bell peppers. What makes them so scrumptious, do you ask?  It’s all about taking flavor and texture up a notch by adding fragrant herbs, vegetables, and a creamy walnut sauce to the mix.

Your Weekly Astrological Forecast: April 28- May 4, 2019

The Karmic Tools Weekly Forecast covers the current planetary transits which affect people in different ways and to various degrees of intensity.  Take notice when it is a Personal planet (Sun / Moon / Mercury / Venus / Mars) interacting with a Social (Jupiter/Saturn) or Collective planet (Uranus / Neptune/Pluto).  And pay extremely close attention when it is a Social planet interacting with a Collective planet because that means something *big* is brewing that will move large groups of people along their evolutionary paths. Tun

Relax & Stress Less With This Silky Reishi Latte Recipe

While it may seem like an odd marriage to combine reishi mushroom extract and alternative milk lattes, these ingredients complement each other to make one surprisingly delicious beverage that’s guaranteed to boost your immunity and

De-Cluttering The Garden

Like everything else in life, gardens and green spaces need to be de-cluttered to stay beautiful and not overload the soil. Here are a few pointers...

 

Superfood 101: Rambutan!

Rambutan is a member of the family Sapindaceae or Soapberry family of the genus Nephelium L. or nephelium P. There are 124 listed species of which four are accepted but are not listed in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) classification.