Emotional First Aid: Addressing Emotions and Trauma with Botanicals and Havening Touch Therapy
Many times, when an emotional trauma occurs, we don’t deal with it the same way we would bodily first aid. Emotions are shoved down: press on, push past, keep trucking, suck it up. Unresolved emotional trauma can manifest in many ways, causing pain, anxiety, irritability, panic, disease…just about anything you can think of as a symptom can be a result of emotional trauma.
Antidotes & Plant Allies for Challenging Times
The past few years have many thrown for a loop, and I get asked frequently about herbs for relaxation, sleep, and stress. Here are a few tools to help you in challenging times. My hope is that you can pull a few of these tips and plant allies to use when needed.
Holiday Gift Guide
We regularly get comments saying Wow! I didn’t know you had that product! With almost 100 products on the site, it can be overwhelming on what to choose for your special people this season. Here are our ideas for the best gifts for all the lucky people on your list.
Uncommon Ways to Keep Your Immune System Thriving & Surviving During the Holidays
Did you know uncommon things as gut health, excessive phone time, arguments, toxic body products, and a less-than oral hygiene regimen can also lower the immune system response? Here are a few uncommon ways to keep your immune system thriving and happy for the holiday season!
Liferoot Creative Process - How We Formulate New Products
One of my favorite things to do at Liferoot is to create new products. Curious about how we develop new botanicals? Learn more here.
Materica Medica - St. John’s Wort
Each plant flowers in a different cadence, almost like they are putting on a show. The St. John’s Wort is always a show stopper with its cheery yellow flowers and trailing beautiful leaves.
Rosacea Lifestyle Tips & Helpful Herbs
When I was 23, I was given a spa gift certificate for my birthday. I remember the spa, very ornamental and zen, quite fancy and I wasn’t a fancy gal. They proceeded to break out all the facial things (keep in mind I had never had a facial before).
How to Support Your Bodily Detox Systems
When we normally think of “detox” we think of eating a certain way, taking a pill or herb to clean out some sludge that might have developed. And while that is definitely beneficial and has its place and time (we love spring for this), there are things you can do day-to-day to support the key systems that are responsible for keeping your body moving toxins along in the right way.
Balancing Inflammation
Inflammation is an important reaction of the body when an injury occurs. Acute inflammation can be a life saver, bringing important healing components to the area in an attempt to regain balance. Inflammation is an important event of cellular defense system, and can be triggered by a variety of factors such as pathogens, allergens, damaged cells and toxic compounds. Inflammation indicates tissue remodeling & repair, and is characterized by redness, heat, swelling, pain and loss of function.
Winter Cleansing Practices ~ Tips & Do's and Dont's
So what is the best way to ease into the New Year? What are the best cleanses for January and the New Year? While every body, mind and soul are different, honoring the seasons and climates have been the way humans have been doing it since the dawn of man.
Herbal Infused Honey
As the cold/flu season approaches, it is always nice to have some herbal remedies on hand for various symptoms and yuckiness. With herbalism, if you can get the herb to the tissue you are trying to treat, the chances of the herb working quickly and effectively are so much better. And this herbal honey does just that.
Butterfly Pea ~ Tea & Medicinal Benefits
Butterfly Pea is a perennial leguminous twiner vine, which originated from tropical Asia. This vine boasts beautiful blue purple flowers that are edible and quite medicinal. They have been used for thousands of years in Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine and are slowly making their way into the apothecary shelves of folk herbalists in America.
Garlic and Shallot Galore ~ How to plant these medicinal wonders in your garden
A staple to almost every garden, easy to grow, and highly medicinal…the amazing allium family (think onion, garlic, shallot) never disappoints in bringing a wonderful flavor and unique healing property to your plate. Old as time itself, these cold hardy, drought tolerant, pest resistant plants have made their way across the world and into our bellies and apothecary.
Tinkering with Tinctures ~ Folk Tincture Method and Recipes
There are several different methods of getting the most out of herbs. Each part of the plant can be used for different things and most of the time, it depends on what you’re using it for. If you are using herbs on skin for a rash, bite or wound, you will likely make a salve, oil or poultice. If you want something for digestion or acid reflux, you’d make a tea or tisane.
Enhance your Spiritual Practice with Herbs, Incense, & Essential Oils
For ages, humans have relied on herbs, essential oils, and incense for a kaleidoscope of ALL things. The ancient tradition of a quiet journey to find the exact spot where the particular sought herb grew, the right season & time of day, & the reverence of picking the plant for the greater good knowing the power and knowledge it contained.
Love Your Amazing Liver
Many cultures throughout time have thought there was something special about the amazing organ, the liver. The Babylonians attributed magical powers to liver and used it for divinations. The Greeks considered the liver as the home of all human emotions.
Immune Boosting Skincare Tips
This time of year, when the skin is dry and the immune system is challenged by all that’s going around, why not save some time boost your immune system while keeping your skin nice and glowy?? And bonus, have some self-care.
Holiday Pine Tea Recipe
Herbs and water have been used for thousands of years to bring the body back into balance. Across cultures and time, there have been countless ways to infuse herbs into water. We love to use the Earths natural heater in Texas for our infusions. The sun!!
Herbal Sun Tea Recipes
Herbs and water have been used for thousands of years to bring the body back into balance. Across cultures and time, there have been countless ways to infuse herbs into water. We love to use the Earths natural heater in Texas for our infusions. The sun!!
Emotional First Aid: Botanicals that Support Balancing Emotional Health
When we speak about administering first aid, our first inclination is to tend to something on the body… such as a cut, burn or scrape. But what about emotional first aid? Many times, when an emotional trauma occurs, we don’t deal with it the same way we would bodily first aid. Emotions are shoved down: press on, push past, keep trucking, suck it up.