Deep Rest
Get so chill - your friends ask what you’re on (tell them it’s crazily deep-rooted grass called Vetiver)
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This Monday is Blue Monday!
What about taking Monday off? Spend the day eating blueberries and watching Le Grand Bleu? Because this Monday is Blue Monday!!! And while that may be epic when it's a New Order tune - when it's just another day - it's considered to be the single toughest day of the year. And given where we are in the pandemic - that might just translate to the toughest day ever? So what can we do? Simple answer is - what makes you happy? Do that! Or here's a few ideas for taking it blue on blue... Blueberries for breakfast - literally bursting with juicy...
Dry January has been cancelled due to lack of interest!
You'll probably have read, or seen that there's not much interest in Dry January this year. “Dry January” is a month when many people voluntarily stop drinking alcohol after the excesses of December and start the new year on a sober, clearer, more refreshed and healthy note. But booze is a depressant - and it is a strange time to be inviting more of that into our lives just now. But if you are having an elongated Christmas - here's a few things you can do to be kinder to your body: 1. Get your 8 glasses of water into you - often when...
Hibernation and the sacred fire
Autumn calls for a cosy fire. A fire to keep us warm and bring brightness and light. As the days grow shorter, cooler and darker the fire is a perfect reminder of drawing inwards and gaze into the light. Mother Nature and our natural instincts guide us. Autumn is time to hibernate, to be more introspective and bring awareness to our inner environment. The fire is the perfect symbol for this transition and lesson into hibernation. The fire in Ayurveda and Yoga In both Yoga and Ayurveda, we have the five element theory. In short: everything is created by five great...
Has your skincare and beauty routine changed in 2020?
COVID-19 has certainly flipped the world on its head with nothing quite as it was before – and this includes our skincare routines. With face to face contact limited, work meetings held over Zoom and the need to wear a face covering while out and about, the beauty industry is reporting huge shifts in skincare trends. Simply put, we seem to be turning our backs on traditional make up and many insiders are convinced these trends are here to stay. Putting on a mask has made many of us rethink our make-up routines. Wearing make-up under a mask for extended...