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Gathering with women in nature to soothe the soul

Gathering with women in nature to soothe the soul is in our blood, a practice women have done for millennia 💓 Our time at @nortehaus was magical - the perfect setting for a witchy women’s retreat 🧙🏽‍♀️ Activities included:
Forest bathing
Earthing
Soul chats
Foraging
A mugwort amuse-bouche
Followed by a forest feast
Moon-gazing
Card pulling
A cozy fire
And herbal body oiling before bed with my own blend of mugwort and St John’s wort🌿🌼 Tag the people you’d bring on a winter women’s escape!👇🏽👇🏽 #forageandsustain #forestbathingtherapy #nortehaus #womensgathering #groundingtechniques #japandi #kawarthas #visitcanada #visitontario

Micro-plastics have inundated our environment in w

Micro-plastics have inundated our environment in ways we can’t even conceive of 😒 When it comes to your clothing, making conscious decisions (when possible) to opt for more sustainable and earth-friendly fabrics makes all the difference in: ✔️Our global plastic problem
✔️The maintenance of healthier soils and land
✔️Actually achieving low-waste and circular fashion
✔️Improving our well-being (synthetic and plastic fibres are endocrine disruptors and can greatly impact our health)
✔️Improving the well-being of the people who make our clothing
✔️The energetics of your clothing and how the fibres you wear make you feel Recycled plastic fibres (polyester, nylon etc) are everywhere now, a move many big fashion brands are undertaking in order to showcase themselves as #sustainable, when in reality, what they’re doing is releasing micro-plastics into the environment that have become next to impossible to recapture🙅🏽‍♀️ Don’t fall for the #greenwashing that this industry is thick with! Questions? Ask away in the comments!👇🏽👇🏽 Or read the blog post (link in bio) to learn more! 👉🏽👉🏽 #forageandsustain #microplastics #microplastic #greenwashing #sustainablefabrics #sustainablefabric #naturalfabrics #naturalfabric

What’s your favourite earth scent?👃🏽🍂

What’s your favourite earth scent?👃🏽🍂 Some of mine are:
🌲The scent of a pine forest, especially cedar wood
🪵The scent of an outdoor fire on a cold winter day
🍃The scent of the humus after it’s rained Now you - comment below!👇🏽 👉🏽👉🏽Link in bio for full blog post on Forest Breathing and how you can intentionally engage your senses the next time you’re out in the world (doesn’t have to be in a wooded area). #forageandsustain #forestbreathing #forestbathing #forestbathingtherapy #forestbath #earthing #humus

What would you pick? Social media or email marketi

What would you pick? Social media or email marketing? Each platform definitely has its own set of pros and cons, but when it comes to effectively getting your products and services to convert, there’s a clear winner!✨ Remember:
▪️Social media is so great for creating fun engagement, sparking conversations and showing the realness behind your business. ▪️Email is for marketing, sales, conversions, community-building, and creating a deeper connection with your community - the aspects that actually move the needle forward! 📣The price will be going up on our email newsletter course v soon, so if you haven’t had a chance to sign up yet, now is a good time!! 👉🏽👉🏽 #forageandsustain #emailmarketingtips #newsletters #consciousbusiness #smallbusinesscoach

Mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris) is a truly magical he

Mugwort (Artemisia Vulgaris) is a truly magical herb, allowing us to live in several worlds at once - the physical, the spiritual, and the emotional 🌿💫 After taking @kamimcbride ‘s amazing handcrafted herbal oil course, I made my first batch of herbal oil using mugwort, a plant I’ve been drawn to for a few months now (last slide)🌱 The oil is potent - a deep, viridescent green - that is so effective for muscle and joint pain, womb discomfort, cramps, and overall relaxation. I’ve been using it for my sciatic flare ups too, and it’s so wondrously healing Mugwort is known as the herbal guide to the underworld, has the unique ability to enhance the action of other herbs, while accessing the deepest tissues of the body. Have you ever worked with Mugwort? What have you used her medicine for?👇🏽 Images 1, 3-4: @thenewnewage
Image 2: @evolutionary_herbalism #forageandsustain #mugwort #mugwortmask #herbaloil #herbalbodyoil #herbalbodyoiling #herbalism

Link in bio for the full blog post, that goes in m

Link in bio for the full blog post, that goes in much more detail!👉🏽👉🏽 We’ve listed the sources of almost all fashion fabrics, in order of sustainability, starting with Plant and ending with Oil (crude). When Plant, Tree and Animal fabrics are pure and unblended, they are almost always able to break down easily, biodegrading into the earth, without a trace.🌿 Fabrics made from Oil - polyester, nylon, acrylic, spandex, polyamide etc., are toxic to produce and for the earth, staying in our environments forever.🛢️ When shopping, look for fabrics that are biodegradable, compostable, and ethically produced. Link in bio to read more!👉🏽👉🏽 #forageandsustain
#sustainablefabrics #sustainablefuture #fashionfabrics #sustainablefibers #regenerativefashion

Take a deep breath and choose whatever number you’re drawn to first (don’t overthink it) 💗 When you slow down, drop into your heart, and practice earth kinship, you will never be led astray.✨🌿 Comment with what you got below! 👇🏽 Post inspired by the lovely @deltavenus #forageandsustain #earthkinship #spendtimeinnature #forestbathing #holisticwellbeing #selfcareiscommunitycare

Link in bio for full blog post that goes way more

Link in bio for full blog post that goes way more in depth, on each fabric (this is such nuanced info, so more explanation might be needed for our ranking) 👉🏽👉🏽 Do you know what’s lurking in the fabrics you wear? 1: Hemp - the most versatile plant on earth, regenerative, biodegradable, uses less water 2: Linen - on par with hemp, historically one of the best and most sustainable fabrics to date 3: Alpaca Wool - hypoallergenic, biodegradable, biologically efficient, droppings are a land fertilizer 4: Bamboo/Tencel - made from trees but uses a highly chemically-intensive process 5: Cotton - uses a tremendous amount of water and lots of pesticides (non-organic) 6: Polyester - a plastic (crude oil) product that leaches micro-plastics into the environment Read more in the blog post (link in bio) 👉🏽👉🏽 What’s your favourite fabric? #forageandsustain
#sustainablefabrics #sustainableclothes #hempclothing #linenclothes #alpacawool

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