H O N E Y 🍯 a phytonutrient powerhouse 🍯 The Story of Honey The first depiction of humans using honey dates back to 2100 B.C. Many cultures from all over the world have used honey for thousands of years. Honey was believed to be so divine that ancient Egyptians and Romans would use it as a sweetener of course, but also as a gift to their gods and even as an ingredient in embalming fluid. Some of the world's oldest honey (3,000 years old) was found in clay honey pots in an Egyptian tomb, King Tut's tomb to be precise. The purpose of this was to keep him happy on his celestial journey to the afterlife. Did you know...
GARDENING + MEDITATION = BLISS 🌿 learn how to make your own meditation garden 🌿 Meditation gardens are intimate spaces created for unwinding and reflecting away from the noise and clutter of daily routines. Meditation is a deeply personal experience, so designing an ideal space for relaxation will be based on what you want to feel in your special space! When spending time in your mediTation garden, you typically want to take in nature through your senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and even taste. By opening our senses, it allows us to get in touch with ourselves and with nature. Here's How To Do It ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ a healthy mind starts with a healthy body When you grow...
CONNECTING WITH NATURE being surrounded by nature affects your mental and physical health. ☀️🌲🌸 🌿 nature heals, restores, and connects 🌿 The sounds of the forest, the scent of the trees, the sunlight playing through the leaves, the fresh, clean air-these things give us a sense of comfort, there's no doubt about it. Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing, reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and the production of stress hormones. Nature helps us reflect on our own lives and our connections with others through inducing feelings like awe, wonder, and reverence,...
eucalyptus honey light • woodsy • earthy Oh Honey! Our new Eucalyptus Honey is completely unique and unlike any other honey you've had before! It has a beautiful silky texture with light earthy and woodsy tasting notes. This honey is ideal to stir into green and white teas, as it doesn't alter the flavor of the tea too much and instead just adds the perfect element of sweetness as the woodsy and earthy notes complement and enhance the natural flavors of these teas. Did You Know? 🍯🍯🍯 All of our raw and unfiltered honeys are named after the type of plant bees pollinate. To get specific, unique and most importantly natural flavors of honey, beehives are strategically placed in fields, orchards or groves where a majority of...
LOVIN' ON THE EARTH 🌲 🌎 When You Buy A Tree, Another Is Planted Earth Day is almost here and we have the perfect thing for you to do to celebrate and love the earth-plant a tree! We are so thankful to the Earth for all she gives us and we understand that when we take from the earth, we must give back. Earth Day is approaching and we have the perfect thing for you to do to celebrate and love on the earth-plant a tree! Modern Sprout is on a mission to help reforest the future – for every kit purchased, a donation is made to plant a tree. Tree Kits feature carefully selected seed types that will thrive...