Vegan Lip Balm The season of cold weather, and windy days is upon us. These weather conditions can lead to dry skin and chapped lips. In this article you will find an easy aromatic recipe created by our director, Jade Shutes. Not only does it smell fabulous but it uses no animal products. Learn how…
Adrenal Fatigue PART II: Cortisol and the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis – A Dip Into Physiology
“Adrenal fatigue” proponents are right about one thing: the stress of life can definitely be too much for the body to handle. It’s just not the adrenals that are the problem. Changes in cortisol production aren’t caused by a deficiency in the adrenal glands, but by regulatory mechanisms of the nervous system that protect against…
Cleansing, Mindfulness and Tending to the Garden of your Skin
Our skin is certainly not inert yet we often relate to it as if it was. From the way we are taught about our skin at school, to the way we are encouraged to care for it, it is obvious that our relationship with our skin has become very mechanical. No attention is given to…
The Age of ADHD
Are ADHD sufferers just children? Are you ADD or ADHD? When thinking on Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) people generally believe that it is a disorder just related to children and adolescents in school, however, we do know that 65% of all children will remain as ADHD sufferers throughout their life. Also, we do have…
Hormones: Friend or Foe?
Hormones just want to be friends. If our bodies and their different parts and pieces were all different characters in a fictional story, I propose that hormones would be the antagonists. Which would then make our brains the protagonist. But as in any good story, a closer look at the antagonist shows that they are…
Ayurveda and Immunity
Immunity is defined by the Google dictionary as “the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells.” Ayurveda, the ancient science of life and longevity, is the best place (in my opinion) to look for HOW to do this naturally. Immunity…
