New Moon in Aquarius & Chinese New Year of the Rooster

Inspiration everywhere. It's incredible how you can feel the shift in our daily encounter with the work people are putting out there. Looking at artists websites, blog posts and various popular culture a new level of creativity is being pulled forth. Important time to curate the inner and outer spaces of our lives. A few things worth taking note of:

• Local communities gatherings happening all over the United States (and the entire World) for fundraising and awareness efforts - like Healing Elements in Saint Paul, Minnesota >> Support Standing Rock or Full Circle Venice's #giveheart Campaign
  • Article from New York Times printed January 24, 2017 on Standing Rock
     
• Chani Nicholas Astrology for New Moon in Aquarius: We The People...
• London celebrating the Chinese New Year of the Rooster - beautiful photos via BBC
   
• Raw Patterns x tsii - Handmade jewelry w/guitar strings & crystals and block shirts from repurposed factory remnants by creator and musician Greta Melcher
   
• Metaphysical jams // Album highlights:  To Zion via Kala x Trevor Hall and Levo via Iffy x Reconcite 
   
• Wonder Valley Olive Oil w/a beautiful goddess label from Joshua Tree, California - from the November 2016 harvest w/limited quantities available
   
• These mini copper planters w/succulents x Julie Kostreva - an LA based designer and artist. She believes great design is beautiful, useful and playful. Also peek at her collaboration projects. 

Enjoy. Much peace, love and gratitude,
RLD

Healing Power of Tattoos

Spiritual and therapeutic practices range across many forms of art - for me, tattoos are an important part of life and find them to be incredible markers of my life's journey. They serve as a form of ritual that global cultures have been practicing for many powerful reasons over the ages of time. Wanderlust posted a lovely article by Mara Raye, author and founder of Yoga for Creativity, exploring this idea a little further >> check it out!

Infographic: Oil Pulling & Tongue Scraping

Yogananymous and Temple Trumeric partnered with HiYo Creative to make a beautiful and accessible infographic on the Ayurvedic cleansing rituals of oil pulling and tongue scraping. Pretty nifty! Here is a link to the full layout: 

Sun Potion & Tonic Herbs: An Introduction

We live in an extraordinary time of entrepreneurs and well-being minded souls on earth. I was honored yesterday to do a training with Scott Linde, the creator of Sun Potion Transformational Foods, a beautiful tonic herb and superfoods purveyor based out of California. They hold high quality and ethical sourcing to a standard that we can trust - expanding the healing community with their offerings. The intention and purpose of these herbs is to provide support for what our body knows how to do naturally in modern day life. They provide subtle detoxification on a cellular level that rounds the edges of potential stressors and pathogens.

At times, we may hear people refer to Chinese herbs or Ayurvedic herbs...these are in reference to plants that have existed for thousands of years, if not more. Each culture developed different ideas for harvesting and combinations of the plants depending on their location on the planet - utilizing the environment for optimal health and well-being. Although different forms of Eastern societies developed their own systems for health and herb use, the information held in these plants that our bodies understand and read is truly cross-cultural global knowledge. A term that David Crow, Acupuncturist and Founder of Floracopeia, used to describe plants that are found all over the world in a recent course on Ayurveda. Which means they are systems that can be used together and we can learn from each lineage. 

How do I use a tonic herb or superfood? There are many ways...its about thinking of them as ingredients. In addition to simply adding warm water for a tea, there is so much more. The herbs can be added into soup, salad dressings and blended beverages as a few ideas. The herbs have a cumulative effect and are to be done in small accessible amounts daily, an intention that is a cornerstone to well-being rituals. 

Stay tuned for a few recipes and ideas  - in the mean time, please take a look at Sun Potion's website to learn more about their story. Sun Potion is carried at Spot Spa in NE and Uptown Minneapolis - I would be delighted to walk through the options with you. Please feel free to book a 30 min 'retail experience' (complimentary, of course) with me either in person at Spot Spa or by phone for those not in the area - get in touch here. 

Peace & Gratitude lovely beings, looking forward to bringing you exciting potion ideas soon!
RLD
 

Chalkboard Mag Love: Turmeric Latte via LA

Winter wellness at it's finest direct to you from LA's eatery Gratitude Cafe via the beautiful and well organized Chalkboard Mag - Turmeric Latte. Enjoy!

Summer Inspiration: Ceramic Art Planters

These beautiful art and nature combos are by Samantha Langley Clay. Found at the StoneArch Art Fair by the river in Minneapolis this past weekend. Succulents are so simple yet pre-historic. Her porcelain is truly lovely.

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