Legend has it that back in the day, Roman gladiators used dill to ward off performance anxiety before matches and heading into battle. Maybe the expression, “Don’t be such a dill,” came from someone who wasn’t in on the secret yet. “Hey, look at Maximus. Rubbing on essential oils? What a dill !” Well, Maximus had [...]
You can warm up with food in winter, but can you warm up with essential oils? Absolutely! Here are our favourite tricks and application methods for using essential oils as comfort food for the soul when baby, it’s cold outside. Please remember: Not all oils are created equal. Quality varies immensely, so please ensure you are [...]
Ocotea essential oil isn’t as easy to pronounce as Ishpingo, but it’s easier to find. Let’s take a look at why. Once upon a time in Ecuador, there was a particularly great tree. Well, there were more than one tree. And there still are. Thankfully, no fauna become extinct in this story. These particular trees are [...]
Today's recipe for Lentil Soup with Lemon and Rosemary Essential Oils is made with a slow cooker. Fast life? Get a slow cooker! It takes the heat off you when you have minimal time for the kitchen. It turns the heat up on you when you’re cold and desperately seeking comfort food. A slow cooker is [...]
Can you really help your ballet students with essential oils? Absolutely, you can. And if you’re already a seasoned ballet dancer, the same applies for you. I’m about to show you how. This guide gives you the basics. Once you’ve got a handle on how to use oils safely and how they can help, go ahead [...]
When I say ‘Idaho’, you might think, ‘Potato’. Unless you love essential oils, in which case ‘Balsam Fir’, ‘Blue Spruce’ and ‘Ponderosa Pine’ are just as likely to spring to mind. All three are named for the region in which they grow. Idaho Ponderosa Pine is native to western North America and not just found in [...]
If I told you the fruit and vegetables you’d been eating were synthetic, not natural, would you be outraged? Alarmed? Worried about what that crazy stuff might do to you? Yet this is exactly what can happen when you buy essential oils. Products we assume to be natural — because we can trust what’s on the [...]
Communicating makes the world go around. And here you were thinking the world turns because of inertia after a cloud of hydrogen collapsed down from mutual gravity and needed to conserve its angular momentum! Actually, it's nowhere near that complicated ... or is it? Every single day, we’re engaged in meaningful conversations that can cause us [...]
On the scale of nada to nirvana, how’s your dedication to meditation going? Hong Kuai essential oil is on your side. And if you’re not keen on meditating but would love its benefits, great news: it’s still on your side. This beautiful, centering single oil is precious and somewhat rare. It’s produced by steam distillation of [...]
In a perfect world, we get all our nutrient needs from our food. If only we lived in that perfect world. Maybe Elon Musk will find it for us someday! Meanwhile, we can supplement those needs and it’s a wise idea to do so. As with everything according to my personal philosophy, balance and interaction are [...]
