Just as it is important to know the source of your food, it is equally advisable to know what goes into your home cleaners. Your skin is your largest organ, absorbing much of what it contacts. Our chosen daily cleaning and grooming products can also affect your lung and hormonal health. The products that you use to clean your home and laundry are often highly  fragranced and poorly labeled as to their toxicity. Research shows that household cleaning and pesticide products may contribute to breast cancer because many contain endocrine disrupting chemicals or mammary gland carcinogens. Further, the products that you use … Continue reading →

Is this spring, or is this just a memory? We are a month into spring ~ it is easy to see the differences in this spring compared to previous ones, but the spring season remains very much the same in many ways. The element of wood is associated with spring. Just as the wood of a bamboo tree sways and bends gracefully with the winds of change we need to remain flexible in this unusual spring. Fortunately, like the roots of a strong oak tree, natural tendencies of the winter season will remain deeply rooted as a memory in our … Continue reading →