06 Feb 2015
Let’s face it. Now-a-days, Self Care has fallen to the bottom of our to-do lists, even below wash car and organize garage. Sometimes, it is so absent from our habitual routine it isn’t even in our realm of thinking. Self-Care? What is that? Who in the world has time?
It you were born in India or have studied Eastern philosophy and medicine, it might be a part of your daily ritual. Or maybe you...
05 Feb 2015
For many, the scent of patchouli is nostalgic of the hippy flower child era. Not only is the fragrance reminiscent of enhancing the freedom of speech, sexuality and open mindedness, but it also used to camouflage the smell of pot. Some people inhale deeply, savoring the sweet aroma.
Others cringe their noses and recoil in disgust, blocking out that pungent musky odor, too overpowering for their...
02 Feb 2015
Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and findall the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.-Rumi
What’s this Self Love everybody’s talking about? Self-Help shelves are stuffed to the brim with “Love Your Self” and “Take Care of your Self”. How are we supposed to know if we love ourselves unconditionally and fervently? How can we tell?
Do you think happy positive...
09 Jan 2015
Do you beat and twist the fibers to make ropes and mats?
Do you extract the wood sap to make a blue dye for fabric?
Do you treat your skin to the precious soft kernel oil?
Do you use the leaf powder as a food supplement?
However you play the tree, you will benefit.
Known to the Nigerians, as idagbo monoye, this “crazy growing tree ‘, has roots that taste like horseradish and pods that look...
04 Nov 2014
Are you sick and tired of the chemicals in your and your children’s toothpaste? So were we. Earth to Body is proud to present a truly GREEN tooth cleanser!
Your teeth will love you. Your mouth will love you. Your dentist will love you.
Now ask yourself. Do I know what a typical commercial toothpaste contains?
Does it contain microbeads? (the polyethylene that is now being banned?)Does it...
03 Nov 2014
Treat your face to an Earth to Body Facial.
1 Soap: Wash your face with any of our soaps (yes, it could be the shampoo bar). Favourites for the face are the emu neem or the argan tamanu. If you use the Nori Neem, be gentle and do not rub, as it contains pumice.
2 Facial Toner: Spritz gently onto the skin. Do not wash off.
3 Manitouka Scrub: Mix the oil into the salts if it has risen to the top....
22 Sep 2014
…how much they love to chew the leaves and meaty fruit of the gnarly argan tree, native to Morocco. Climbing the tree is child’s play, they’ll say, and sometimes as many as 8 or 9 goats will challenge the swaying limbs. They do not seem to care if they damage or destroy the tree, or eat the fruit before it has ripened. After all, they are goats.
Ask the goats about the succulent argan oil...
10 Sep 2014
Lavender is powerful. Lavender is renowned around the world.
Lavender is rich in its aromatherapy. These aromatic molecules called esters pacify and calm. I remember a screaming baby on an airplane was immediately calmed when her mother produced a small hanky in which she dabbed a few drops of lavender essential oil. Baby slept.
Lavender has antibacterial and anti-microbial properties. It is...
19 Jan 2014
Be 2, or 3 or 4 years old in Siberia. Have your parents take you outside and rub you down with snow.You do not get the cold or flu.
Or live in Sweden. Have your parents pour very cold water on your head.This is a routine. Especially during flu season.So no flu.
Be an adult. Take the cold showers, or snow rubs, or cold lake dips alone, or with friends. Take your children with you.
In these...
06 Jan 2014
An organic apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Pests love apples. So apples get sprayed. ☹
WithThiabendazole Diphenylamine (DPA)AcetamipridAzinphos methylImidacloprid
All dangerous to our health.You do not know what you are ingestingwhen you bite into an apple.
So wash your apples well.Scrub lightly. Some of the poisons will go down the drain and ☹, unfortunately, into our water.Best to buy...
