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Winter Balm is a little love for your body
This post details a recipe for a nourishing winter balm, ideal for hands, feet, elbows, and knees. It requires organic ingredients such as beeswax, shea butter, and oils, all gently heated and mixed. Essential oils are then added before pouring into glass containers. Ingredients can be found at health food stores and creative labels can…
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14 Ways Nature Wants to Love You
In nature you can experience surprising gifts of awe, calm your mind through meditation, and engage in physical activity while being surrounded by the gifts of nature. Connecting with nature can boost your immunity, mood, and creativity, while also offering a reminder of life’s rhythms and providing a playground for your imagination.
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Nature Connection As Essential Self-Care; making way for what you want
The author shares their journey of self-care through dance and nature connection. By prioritizing daily self-care, they experienced positive shifts, improved well-being, and new opportunities. Nature connection allowed for greater awareness, emotional processing, relaxation, and perspective. Prioritizing self-care is emphasized as a key to releasing negativity and inviting more of what truly matters in life.
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Getting Good Greens In The Dead Of Winter
In winter, getting enough greens can be challenging, especially in snow-covered areas. Options like tough leaves (kale, collard greens), sprouts, and seaweed can be beneficial. Nutritive infusions and lactofermented vegetables are also recommended. Frozen spinach, herbs, and greens powder offer convenient alternatives. Overall, incorporating various greens into meals is essential for maintaining a healthy diet.
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Awesome & Easy to Grow Winter Sprouts
You can easily grow sprouts on your counter in colder months. Soak seeds, then place in a jar, rinsing twice daily and letting them drain. Homegrown sprouts taste fresh, and make a delightful addition to meals. You can find sprouting seeds at health food stores or online. Use a non-rusting, easy-to-clean lid.
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Healthy & Easy Valentine’s Day Recipes from Nourishee at Fleurbain
No matter what you’re celebrating—Valentine’s, Galentine’s, or Meowentine’s—these healthy-ish, ridiculously easy recipes bring the love (and the flavour). Roasted garlic + sage dip, Fleurbain truffles, and a cozy damiana liqueur, with ethical chocolate tips.
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Moosewood Chocolate Cake, my way This vegan chocolate cake is one of the easiest and the very best. It makes your home smell like a chocolate cake. 🙂 I started making it in the 90’s and it is still in rotation. Don’t be afraid to modify the classics to your tastes. For me, I like…
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Outdoor Meditation; if your monkey mind is bouncing off the walls, try taking it outside
Nature connection and meditation offer similar benefit in easing anxiety, reducing stress and slowing your heart rate.
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A Warm Winter Nature Connection with A Lovable Cat
Cats like to take walks with their owners, even in the winter. Yes, I like to include my cats in nature connection. It’s not like walking with dogs. It’s best to remain open to the moment and to pay close attention to how the cat is feeling in the space. They might not want to…
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Stillness of Winter
Going outside each day to nature connect helps me shine bright and relax.
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Not a Morning Person
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