Jan
11
Favorite Ingredients of Wellness
Here we are, 2015 already! I do hope this year goes by at a slower pace than the last. Perhaps it’s because I’m getting older that I feel the years are rolling by far to quickly. I don’t know, but with all that I plan to do in 2015, I hope, and remain optimistic, that time will pass more slowly.
I hope all your dreams bear fruit and may your 2015 be happy, healthy and filled with love, laughter and some mindfulness!
Here are some of my recent favorites:
Mindbody
sitting still
I talked about mindfulness apps in the last favorites post. Since then another very special app has been released. The Sitting Still app is developed by Eline Snell and the Mindfulness Matters team. It is close to my heart and my business as it is linked to the Mindfulness for Children programs I am now running. Though designed for teenagers it is as helpful for adults who are wanting to reduce stress and worries, calm the mind, concentrate better and bring presence to daily life.
The Sitting Still App has the following features:
10 guided meditations with personal notes features to keep track of your progress- 4 silent meditations with bells: 3, 5, 15 and 30 minutes
- 2 guided body scans: a short and a long one
- Statistics which you can use to keep track of your progress on a weekly, monthly or annual basis
- Optional notes to write to yourself after every meditation
- Feedback after the meditations
- Optional reminders for specific dates and times
- Option to send motivational messages to yourself at any moment
Physical
Facial massage with Lisa Eldridge
Whether your skin is suffering from the heat and sun in the South or the dry and cold in the North, you will love this facial massage you can give yourself every day. The video is a bit long but it is worth watching to the end as Lisa shows all the different techniques you can and should use. Whether you take 2 minutes or 20 minutes to do this your skin will love you for it. I find it particuarly benefical with our rejuvenessence serum in the evening.
The environment
“Twelve ways to deal with a climate change denier – the BBQ guide”
Matt Brown/Flickr @CC
I’ve come across many really interesting articles with an environmental focus recently and most deserve a mention here or somewhere, but I thought everyone could do with reading this one.
If you’ve ever felt frustrated in conversations with climate change deniers, those who deny the fact that humans are a major cause of climate change and the knock on environmental consequences, then the folks at the Public Awareness of Science Centre at the Australian National University share some tips on how to turn these conversations around. Good Luck!
Listening to
So you want to be a writer
If you write, whether freelance, for your blog, novels or even corporate or content writing, you should listen to these weekly podcasts from Valerie Khoo and Allison Tait of the Australian Writers’ Center. Always fun, full of great writing and blogging tips and tidbits, and a weekly interview with well known authors (though I skip through these as they are mostly fiction writers).
Reading
The Whole-Brain Child
“As children develop, their brains “mirror” their parent’s brain. In other words, the parent’s own growth and development, or lack of those, impact the child’s brain. As parents become more aware and emotionally healthy, their children reap the rewards and move toward health as well. That means that integrating and cultivating your own brain is one of the most loving and generous gifts you can give your children.”
Cooking
Beetroot caviar– an exceptional idea for my favorite food blogger Hiedi Swanson and an interesting addition to any dinner party.
