We often hear from botanical skin care formulators that they decided to formulate because of their personal skin problems and because they couldnโt find products that worked. My story is a little different. My holistic skin care practice began many years ago working...
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Plant Alchemy
Candle Gazing Ritual for the Winter Solstice
As we near the end of 2021, it is a natural process to examine and reflect upon duality of life this past year. Love and loss, growth and gain, pain and suffering, birth and death. It is both the light and the shadow, the yin and the yang (in Chinese philosophy) that...
Stilling the Mind with Aromatic Resins during Gemini Season
While in the full bloom of the Spring season in this month of May, there may be a sense of excitement and aliveness in the air, stirring waves of inspiration, creativity and impulses to get into projects, whether it may be planting in the garden, re-decorating your...
Aromatic Rituals: Aligning Essential Oils with the Spring Equinox
In what feels like our longest dormancy, the stimulation of โspring feverโ is being activated by the shift and increase of sunlight, early sightings of flower buds and touches of warm weather in the atmosphere. March 20th marks the official launch of Spring along with...
The Art of Self Love: A Pathway to Compassion
Love is one of the greatest gifts one can give. It is the expression of care, compassion, empathy and kindness. It can be expressed in a multitude of ways: through a hug or embrace, a gesture -- random acts of kindness for a neighbor, volunteering at a charity,...