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🌏 Organizations Empowering Women On Opposite Sides of the Globe 🌎

This International Women’s Day we would like to showcase some of our favorite organizations that inspire and empower women the world over. Friends of Thai Daughters & the Guatemalan Housing Alliance may be located on opposite sides of the globe, but they each share the common goal of improving the lives of women, with a special focus on ethnic minorities, through community-based empowerment, organization, education, and access. Be they the Hmong or Karen of Northern Thailand, or the Tz'utujil or Quiche’ of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, these organizations help empower the disenfranchised, and create long-lasting ripples in the lives and communities of countless women and their families...

Crystals and Gemstones for Love, Manifestation, & Romance

GEMSTONES FOR LOVE: Crystals That Support & Attract Romance ❤️

Crystals and gemstones have different energies that can be used to enhance your own energetic vibrations, and some are uniquely suited to supporting feelings of love & romance. Whether you are using them to manifest love, to identify and attract a partner, or just as energetic emotional support as you navigate the rivers of romance, crystals can lend you a hand in the land of love. Move over Romeo, here are a few of our favorite gemstones for the starry eyed romantic in all of us...

Meet the Maker: Dallas From Neptune 🪐

“The first thing I ever wanted to be when I grew up was a painter. Later, it was a writer. I try to keep art in my life, and channel that appreciation for beauty and self expression. It gives me the courage I had as a kid, when anything was possible, my dreams were big, and I wanted to be Picasso. “

The art of tie dye is a recent addition to Dallas’ life, and it wasn’t always sunshine daydreams. Dallas willingly admits that her first forays into tie dying as a child were underwhelming, and her first shirt was “sort of a faint blue nothing,” but good designs come to those that wait...

Winter Solstice Yoga Flow to Relieve Stress 🙆‍♀️❄️

We find it’s best to take this time for yourself in the morning to start a positive intention for your day. Even if you don’t make it through all these poses before your morning coffee, we encourage you to grab your yoga mat or a recycled falsa blanket and start with an easy breathing exercise.

Try to keep your mind focused on your breath. If you find yourself wandering off into the tasks that lay ahead of you for the day, center yourself back and breathe deep...

Eco Friendly Gift Wrapping Ideas ♻️

"Deck the halls with balls of paper! 🎶 " may as well be the refrain cheerfully trumpeted by carollers as they melodically instruct us on the key points of successful Holiday decoration and gift giving. Not to be a Grinch, here–indeed, part of the thrill of receiving holiday gifts is tearing their wrappings with abandon in a treasure hunt that involves only one obstacle! However, it’s this practice that creates a dramatic increase in garbage going to landfills at this time of year. Fortunately, there are many ways to retain the fun spirit of unravelling gifts, repurpose the holiday spirit, reduce your contribution to the Holiday trash heap, reuse what you can, and recycle everything you can't...

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