5 minute meditation For stress relief when you are short on time. 🧘🏽♀️ 🌿 🧘🏽♀️ 🌿 Meditation is one of the best ways to manage stress and anxiety and anyone can do it. It can build resilience over time and help you to respond better to the challenges in your life! Got 5 minutes? Set a timer and try this easy meditation. ⬇ Step 1: Close your eyes and focus on a five-count breath: Slowly inhale from the belly Then into ribs Then into chest Up into the head Then gently hold the breath for the fifth count Reverse this process on the exhale for another count of five, exhaling from the head, chest, ribs, belly, and pausing on the last...
S T R A W B E R R Y a symbol of motherhood & abundance 🍓 🍓 🍓 In many cultures across the world, strawberries are associated with motherhood, fertility, and abundance. Strawberries are among the first plant to produce fruit after winter in the areas where they are native, signifying rebirth and a new start. The “seeds" you see on the outside of a strawberry are actually the plant's ovaries! Each “seed" is technically a separate fruit that has a seed inside of it. Strawberries are also recognized for their rich vitamin c and folic acid levels, which are great for promoting a healthy pregnancy. SCIENCE TELLS US Strawberries are a good source of vitamin C, manganese, folate (vitamin B9), and...
🌿 A Pocket Guide 🌿 Of the best tea making tips & tricks from our matriarch, Dana. Dana is one of the leading founders (and mom to us all) of our little tea co and is the reason we all love loose leaf tea so much! This Mother's Day we are celebrating her, as she is an inspiration to us all and loves like no other. After surviving cancer THREE times, she believes that the healing benefits of tea are part of what got her through and helped her body to fight, heal, and remain cancer free to this day. White tea in particular, is Dana's go-to because of how antioxidant rich it is! Antioxidants work by tracking down free radicals...
cinnamon ☀️ warming ∙ sweet ∙ woody ☀️ The cinnamon tree is an Asian evergreen member that has brown, papery bark, and leathery leaves. To harvest cinnamon, the branches of the tree are cut off and the outer bark is peeled off, revealing an inner bark (the cinnamon) which curls into a quill as it dries. Cinnamon has a long and rich history and was written about in Chinese books on healing more than 4,000 years ago! Cinnamon traditionally was used to provide relief when suffering from the cold or flu, especially when mixed in tea! Fun fact: Cinnamon doesn’t have a sweet taste but does amplify the sweetness in other ingredients! Vietnamese Cinnamon Use this decadent and rich cinnamon in baking,...
NOURISH YOUR MENTAL HEALTH + ways to balance your mood and reduce tension, stress and anxiety 🌿🧘🏽♀️🧠 April showers bring May flowers! Happy May, you tea lovers! This month we are focusing on nourishing our mental health and balancing our moods. That's why we want to share some simple and easy ways to reduce stress and anxiety that you can start today. Here are a few ways to control your stress & nourish your mental health. ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ Calming the mind is key. Meditate: This is easier than it seems! You might develop a mantra that you repeat in your mind as you take slow, deep breaths. Or, you might take a few minutes to practice mindfulness, which involves...
