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.
Natural Postpartum Care with Herbs & Botanicals
In this collaborative post, we offer guidance on how to prepare and care for your body in postpartum, as well as the role of herbs and how they can support the body after birth.
Permaculture and Gardening Tenants, Why do YOU garden?
When we walk out into our gardens, and see all the lush plant life around us, it’s easy to look past the principles in our life that got us there. Many gardeners want a garden, and have many reasons for doing it. Growing your own food is a common reason, and a valid one at that. Having plants to attract birds, insects, butterflies. The beauty of blooming flowers or fresh herbs. Learning these practices and passing on to your children.
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.
Eating Seasonally and How it Helps Your Brain
Humans are more connected with our food supply than we might think. The natural cycle of the sun and the way that plants grow is in sync with your body's needs. Winter greens that grow abundantly help to hydrate the body and give much needed minerals that are lacking in the cold months. Fresh fruit in summer give much needed electrolytes for the summer warmth, and can even keep the body cool.
Incense Burning: Meanings, Uses in Spiritual Practices & Smudging
The burning of incense has been transporting people to a different spiritual plane for many centuries, connecting them with their sole purpose in life. You don't have to be a specific religion to honor the practice of incense burning. It is a medium to accomplish a prayer, thought, or ritual.
Non-Toxic Glossary & Label Guide
Did you know that your personal care and home products (from shampoo to antibacterial wipes to makeup) contain carcinogenic ingredients, neurotoxins, endocrine disruptors and allergens that could be hazardous to your health?
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.
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!!
Understanding and Hacking Your Skins Sleep Cycle
Sleep and a nighttime beauty routine might not seem like they go together, but they do! And when you get both working effectively, things can really change on the inside and out!
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!!
8 Summer Beauty Tips (and we aren’t just talking about looks)
Many of my clients find they end up feeling depleted, sun scorched, and their skin agitated and wrung-out in the summer. So here are a few tips to keep your beauty shining bright on the in and outs!
Goddess Health Course Preview
Hello friends! I recently created the Goddess Health course for Your Wellness Academy (YOWA) and wanted to share a little preview on my blog.
❤️ Motherhood ❤️
As a mom myself, I can say it's been a beautifully imperfect journey, where my heart is worn outside of my body most of the time. When we appreciate the role of a Mother, in whatever form it is defined to you, we see it is complicated and beautiful.
Happy Hands ~ Soap, Hand Sanitizer, Do’s, Don’ts & Recipes!
Liferoot now carries hand sanitizer! So you all know my love for all things natural, tree-hugging and herbal. But I have a hard time getting behind a hand-sanitizer that contains nothing but essential oils and water. There are several natural hand-sanitizers out there that may not be working for you and your family, so please use safe judgment before using.
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.
10 Unconventional Ways to Boost the Immune System
The human body is such a wonderful and amazing creation. The immune system is such a marvel, so complex that many devote their whole lives to understanding it. As soon as an invader enters your territory, the body is already hard at work (like a small army), defending you at all costs.