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...
spring cleaning 🌿 freshen your space with natural ingredients 🌿 Many all purpose cleaners contain ingredients harmful not just to the Earth, but to our bodies as well. Thousands of chemicals from cleaning products are washed into streams and rivers and volatile organic compounds (VOC) in cleaning products can affect indoor air quality and add to outdoor smog. Using natural cleaning products that use ingredients purely derived from nature and that are non toxic is one of the easiest ways to give back to the Earth. ⬇ Lavender Herbal Natural Cleaner Made with alcohol in the form of vodka, water, hydrogen peroxide, and essential oils, this multi-purpose cleaner works to eliminate dirt, grease, grime, and bacteria. No parabens. No phthalates. No endocrine disruptors....
Composting Made Easy + tea leaves you should definitely throw in your heap. 🌱 🌱 🌱 Composting is a mutually beneficial practice for the Earth and yourself, as your food scraps can add nitrogen, moisture and carbon to your planting soil that allow your plants to grow healthy and strong. Composting is one of the easiest ways to reduce your waste and pretty much everyone can do it! Whether you live in a house with a backyard or an apartment in the city, there is a method of composting for you! 3 Methods of Composting: If you don't have access to a yard, try vermicomposting! This method utilizes the power of worms (and their poop) and is low maintenance and inexpensive. You...
YOGA PAIRING Check out our April yoga flow with our favorite yogi, Ashley. 2 parts Pine Needle, 1 part Sweet Orange and 2 parts Patchouli Grounding Day Essential Oil Blend freshly mowed lawn ∙ warm earth ∙ cool air This essential oil combination grounds the senses and uplifts your mood, as it captures the aroma of a woodland forest sprouting back to life for the spring season. The three oils work together to relieve anxiety and tension, while restoring emotional balance. Diffuse all three oils together to embrace the transitioning season and welcome the warming weather. As the soil begins to soften, we begin to plant the seeds of intention for the warm months ahead! This month we will honor...
Blue Cornflower Supports the liver. Eases digestion. Reduces inflammation. Blue cornflower, or centaurea cyanus, was named after Chiron, a famous centaur in Greek mythology. Chiron was a healer and teacher to the heroes of ancient Greece. He taught the medicinal uses of herbs and it is said that Chiron used cornflower to heal a poison arrow wound. Cornflower grows spontaneously wherever it can and is typically a vibrant blue color, but can be other colors such as pink, purple, or white. Check out these blue cornflower teas: Wild Strawberry Mango Paradise Dulce Sueños THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF CORNFLOWER: Cornflower possesses digestive and diuretic properties, making it a natural remedy for digestive upset or constipation. Its soothing qualities can help relieve tissue and...
