Did you know that each day when you use your regular facial products, you may be applying toxins to your skin that actually age you much faster than normal!Consumer awareness of beauty product chemicals is growing, scientific scrutiny reveals the harmful effects of toxic ingredients in cosmetic and body care products as they continue to… Read more »
Spice Up Your Life
You may think that adding spices to your favorite drinks and dishes is just merely making it all more flavorful, but spicing up your meals doesn’t just up the tastiness factor — it can also be a boon to your health! Spices not only excite your taste buds but are composed of an impressive list… Read more »
Essential Oils for Better Health
The benefits of natural plant oils have been recognized for more than 6,000 years not only for their appealing fragrances, but also for their healing and mood enhancing properties. Too often today’s lifestyle is overwhelmed by stress, pollution, unhealthy diet, and inactivity. Now we can benefit from natural oils in our daily lives, to encourage… Read more »
Manage Menopause Naturally
Many cultures celebrate the hormonal change as a dawn of a new era in a woman’s life, revering the wisdom that comes with the years, but we in the west tend to associate it with a period of ‘identity crisis’ and negative attitudes. Often called the change of life the menopause is a natural event…. Read more »
The Chakra balancing effect
Chakra is a Sanscrit word meaning wheels, and is often depicted in pictures and charts as the sun with rays, or wheel swith spokes. Legend has it that many thousands of years ago, the Aryan army invaded India and rode in chariots. The wheels of the chariots lit up with bright lights as the new… Read more »
Wonders of Skin Brushing
Did you know there’s a simple beauty trick that only takes five minutes out of your day, costs next to nothing and cleanses your body inside and out? The trick is ‘dry skin brushing’ part of an ancient Ayurveda cleansing philosophy. Ayurveda is a 500-year-old science originating from India, believed by many to be… Read more »
The Power of Touch
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” We calm our pets by stroking them, we greet each other with a hug or a handshake,… Read more »
A Pleasurable Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a wonderful time for many women and is considered one of the most exciting and pleasurable experiences we can have. Many women ‘know’ when they are pregnant. This intuitive feeling is probably due to the early outpouring of female hormones, followed by the production of human chorionic ‘gondotrophin’ by fetal tissues as soon… Read more »
Mind Over Matter – The practice of mindfulness meditation
‘As I began 2012 with the glorious birth of my first grandson, it suddenly dawned on me that all too often as we go through life, we lose the aliveness that glows in the face of a healthy infant’. It seems the wonders of our early childhood dimly fade as we conform to the standards… Read more »
‘Look Good and Feel Good’ Aveda beauty and makeup tips
Standing tall, feeling confident, believing in yourself — these are all important ways to feel your best. But as any woman who’s ever stood in front of a mirror can tell you, beauty secrets count too! Feeling that you look your best can be a real confidence booster. The key is, knowing how to enhance… Read more »